Nadine Silva

Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Sachint Lal has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to tertiary education and the community. Dr Lal is best known as the founder of Hawkesbury Clinical School at the University of Notre Dame, around 57 kilometres northwest of the Sydney CBD. He also headed the school between 2008 and 2022. Sadly, Dr Lal died on 7 October last year from complications of leukaemia. He was 88 years old.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney-based woman Anita Kumari Gupta has been issued with a notice for contempt of court after an Indian judge said she made “derogatory remarks” during a video conference hearing. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna has also directed the immigration office to impound Ms Gupta’s passport on arrival in the country. During the video conference, Ms Gupta was ordered to appear in person before the High Court of Delhi on 16 April for final arguments of a hearing.

Reading Time: 3 minutes LISTEN You may know Jameela Jamil as Tahani from The Good Place, but the British actress of Indian and Pakistani heritage is also a staunch activist. In 2018, Jameela launched an Instagram account called I Weigh as a social movement to question celebrities and platforms that promote unhealthy fad diets and unrealistic beauty standards.