SBS Punjabi - ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Kerbside recycling from dozens of Victorian councils is set to go straight to landfill after a major recycling company announced it would stop accepting materials. It's the latest development in an escalating recycling crisis causing trouble around Australia. But there are a few things individuals can do to decrease dependence on the struggling industry.

New data shows projected declines in the road death toll are not being met and that's sparking plenty of strong feeling as to who is responsible, and why.

Australian farmers say the move to include thirteen more countries, including India, in the Work and Holiday visa program will help ease the labour supply issue - something that many say is crippling the agriculture sector.

Dr Raj Khillan, an experienced Melbourne-based pediatrician, says that a majority of Punjabi Australian families don't know much about autism and many struggle to accept the diagnosis for their child. He adds, more and more Punjabi families are now having to deal with autism, and early intervention is crucial.

This episode of Man vs Wild featuring India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was filmed in the jungles of Uttarakhand and will be telecast across 180 countries.

The Indian Parliament has outlawed a centuries-old 'right' of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife by saying the word 'divorce' three times.

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has failed in her bid to hold a plebiscite on Australia's immigration levels at the next election. Her plan attracted damning criticism from both major parties and secured just two votes in Senate.

ਵਨ-ਨੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੀ ਨੇਤਾ ਪੌਲੀਨ ਹੈਨਸਨ ਵਲੋਂ ਅਗਲੀਆਂ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ ਪੱਧਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਜਨਤਕ ਰਾਏ ਕਰਵਾਏ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਅਸਫਲ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਨੀਤੀ ਦੀ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਵੱਡੀਆਂ ਪਾਰਟੀਆਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਅਲੋਚਨਾਂ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਸੇਨੇਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿਰਫ ਦੋ ਹੀ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਮਿਲ ਸਕੀਆਂ। 

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has failed in her bid to hold a plebiscite on Australia's immigration levels at the next election. Her plan attracted damning criticism from both major parties and secured just two votes in Senate.

ਵਨ-ਨੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੀ ਨੇਤਾ ਪੌਲੀਨ ਹੈਨਸਨ ਵਲੋਂ ਅਗਲੀਆਂ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ ਪੱਧਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਜਨਤਕ ਰਾਏ ਕਰਵਾਏ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਅਸਫਲ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਨੀਤੀ ਦੀ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਵੱਡੀਆਂ ਪਾਰਟੀਆਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਅਲੋਚਨਾਂ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਸੇਨੇਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿਰਫ ਦੋ ਹੀ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਮਿਲ ਸਕੀਆਂ। 

More than two million Muslims from around the world are expected to descend on the Saudi city of Mecca next month for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But a growing number of Muslims, including Australians, are turning their backs on what is one of the central ‘pillars of Islam’ and are calling for a boycott of the event.

Harpreet Kaur is a primary school teacher in Wodonga, Victoria. An educationalist at heart, she is keen to teach and promote Punjabi among children and their parents.