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THE 63rd REPUBLIC DAY R-DAY IN PICTURES
  :: Australasia
Celebrating Ramadan & Navratri together
Sydney, Sep 28: A group of international students in Australia are celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Hindu festival of Navratri together.

Indian channels to hit NZ TV
Wellington, Sep 22: In what is sure to come as good news for Indians living in New Zealand, an Auckland-based technology company will soon begin broadcasting international TV channels, including popular Indian ones.

Appear for a test to settle in Australia
Sydney, Sep 19:Immigrants who want to become Australian citizens under the proposed new citizenship law will now be required to appear for an English test and a 45-minute quiz on Australian history, culture and the democratic system.

NZ gets Indian origin governor general
Wellington, Aug 23 Amid trumpets and a 21-gun salute, Anand Satyanand, a person of Indian origin, was Wednesday sworn in on the steps of parliament as New Zealand's new governor general.

Indian Australian's film makes waves
Sydney, Aug 21: A young Indian Australian movie director is making waves with the commercial release of his controversial debut movie in Australia.

India students are top business for NZ
Wellington, Aug 18 India is fourth among New Zealand's top 20 source markets for its universities and higher education institutes with its student business valued at over $60 million a year.

Apollo planning hospital in Fiji
Suva (Fiji), Aug 14 India's Apollo group of hospitals is planning to set up a large hospital in the Pacific island nation of Fiji.

NRI among 'Pride of Australia' winners
Sydney, Aug 14: A prominent Indian Australian cookery writer is among 10 people who have won the "Pride of Australia" awards for 2006.

Indo-Fijian boy gets $458,000 compensation
Suva (Fiji), Aug 9 A court in Fiji has awarded $458,755 in compensation to a 10-year-old Indo-Fijian boy who had lost his sight after being administered excessive oxygen in an incubator post-birth.
Ethnic Indian wins scholarship
Wellington, July 19: Madhura Karnik, a New Zealand Indian, has become the third ethnic Indian in as many years to receive a $15,000 scholarship to pursue her university career.

NZ ups immigration intake
Wellington, July 1: New Zealand has included India and China in its list of preferred countries for migrant workers in areas of "absolute skill shortage".

A first by Indo-Fijian minister
Suva (Fiji), June 17: An Indo-Fijian minister in Fiji's newly formed government has pledged to spend his salary on the constituency from which he got elected.

NZ Indian students insecure: survey
Wellington, June 15: Indian students in New Zealand report low levels of perceived security at school, with some remaining absent as a result, according to a new survey.

Honour NZ's governor general-designate
Wellington, June 6: Judge Anand Satyanand, the former ombudsman who is set to take over as Governor-General of New Zealand in August, has been made an Additional Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II in her 2006 birthday honours list.

Fiji's national anthem now in Gujarati
Suva (Fiji), April 21: Gujaratis in Fiji started the centennial celebrations of their arrival in Fiji by launching a CD that includes a Gujarati translation of Fiji's national anthem.

120 Indo-Fijians in Fiji polls
Suva (Fiji), April 17: There are as many as 120 Indo-Fijian candidates representing different parties in the general election in Fiji scheduled to be held from May 6 to 13.

Indo-Fijian mayor visits Chandigarh
Suva (Fiji), April 6: The Indo-Fijian mayor of the town of Labasa in Fiji, Pradeep Singh, who recently visited Chandigarh, the place from where he did his graduation, said on return that "India has taken the right strategic path".

PIO named NZ Governor-General
Auckland, April 4: Anand Satyanand, a former ombudsman and judge, has been named New Zealand's next Governor-General.

NZ PM assures support to freed hostage
Auckland, March 29: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has assured Harmeet Singh Sooden, who was rescued last week from Iraqi abductors, all help as he arrived here on March 26 to settle down to life with his family in New Zealand.

Major coalition formed in Fiji
Suva (Fiji), March 21: The Fiji Labour Party (FLP) of former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry and the United People's Party (UPP) have made history by forming a coalition ahead of the general elections in the country in May.

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