AMIT SARWAL

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Dr Amit Sarwal is the Co-Founder and Editor of The Australia Today, with a career spanning broadcast media and academic leadership. He brings strategic vision, cross-cultural expertise, and editorial innovation to storytelling that connects communities and amplifies diverse voices.

INNOVATION

Prof. Rajeev Varshney leads team to decode chickpea genome in milestone for Australian agriculture

The analysis has revealed previously untapped genetic diversity that is vital for improving yield, flowering time, drought and acid soil tolerance, and disease resistance.

INNOVATION

Fijian Navy officer selected for marine engineering course in India under ITEC programme

Established in 1964 by the Government of India, the ITEC programme is a key pillar of India’s development partnership with over 160 countries across Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Caribbean.

INNOVATION

Startupbootcamp Australia accelerator launches in India to fuel next-gen energy solutions

"We are keen to be a partner in finding solutions that can help India emerge as a powerful $35 trillion economy by 2047.”

INNOVATION

Rabuka’s visit boosts Fiji–Australia Vuvale Partnership on security and diaspora

PM Rabuka noted that Australia remains Fiji’s largest visitor market, contributing to Fiji surpassing one million tourist arrivals in 2024—45% of whom came from Australia.

INFOTAINMENT

Pacific poet Selina Tusitala Marsh named first Commonwealth Laureate

One of Marsh’s most imaginative ideas is to create a “poetry quilt” — 56 squares representing each Commonwealth nation, each with lines from their poets.

OPINION

Hey SBS Hindi, yoga is not South Asian; don’t erase its Indian and Hindu roots

So why is it parroting the same reductive academic jargon that flattens Indian/Hindu traditions and replaces clarity with ambiguity?

INNOVATION

‘Not a luxury’: Fiji’s Deputy PM says women must lead — from community halls to Parliament

Prof. Biman Prasad emphasised that this gap is not just a matter of gender disparity, but a critical issue of governance that calls for “a united and sustained effort from all of us.”

POLITICS

First woman of Indian heritage, Dr Zelinda Sherlock, completes one year as Hobart’s Deputy Lord Mayor

Dr Zelinda Sherlock made history last year as the first woman of non-European heritage elected Deputy Lord Mayor of Hobart in the Council’s 150-year history.

INNOVATION

India refuses to sign SCO joint statement over terrorism omission, calls out Pakistan’s ‘double standards’

“Some countries use cross-border terrorism as an instrument of policy and provide shelter to terrorists. There should be no place for such double standards.”

INNOVATION

Extremist group behind bomb guides and hate plots declared terrorist organisation in Australia

“It is this extremist hatred which is not welcome and has no place in Australia.”

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