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- Sports
Oval pitch will assist spinners, a good venue for India: Sachin Tendulkar
London: Sachin Tendulkar reckons the spin-friendly Oval pitch will make India a confident side going into the World Test Championship final against Australia and their tweakers could become doubly dangerous if they…
- World
Australian govt to crackdown on migrant worker exploitation
Canberra: The Australian government on Monday announced a crackdown to better protect temporary visa holders from exploitation and employers who are caught violating the new federal laws could face criminal penalties. According…
- Sports
We don’t feel any pressure of trying to win an ICC trophy: Rahul Dravid
London: They may not have won an ICC title in 10 years but India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday insisted his team is not feeling any pressure going into the World…
- News
Shangri La Dialogue, its key takeaways for India
The three-day Shangri-La dialogue, one of the most important security forums of Asia Pacific states concluded in Singapore on Thursday underscoring the need for dialogue over confrontation, specifically in the context of…
- World
Over 800 kg of cocaine seized in Australia; 3 arrested
Canberra: The Australian Federal Police said that three men were arrested in relation to a transnational crime syndicate that attempted to smuggle more than 800 kg of cocaine into the country. According to…
- Bangalore
Australian Consulate in Bengaluru to open soon
Bengaluru: Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell on Thursday called on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and discussed various issues, an official statement said. It was decided to strengthen the relationship between…
- World
‘Sniffing’: Social media trend takes life of Australian teen
New Delhi: A new social media trend of sniffing deodorant has claimed the life of an Australian teenager after the act left her brain damaged “beyond repair”, media reports said. Chroming —…
- World
Australian Sikh fined AUD 57,000 for underpaying Indian student
Melbourne: An Australian court has imposed a penalty of more than A$57,000 on a Melbourne-based painting company owned by a Sikh man for breaches affecting an Indian student working for it. The…
- India
‘Not about Modi’s glory…’: PM jibes at Oppn over boycott call for Parliament inauguration
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his return after a six-day tour across three countries, took a dig at Opposition parties including Congress over their call to boycott the inauguration of…
- World
Mother of Indian student killed in Australia tells court she is ‘tormented’
Melbourne: The mother of a 21 year-old Indian nursing student, who was brutally murdered and dumped in a shallow grave in 2021, told a South Australian court that she remains “tormented by…
- World
Indian student gets bail in alleged hit-and-run case in Australia
Melbourne: An 18-year-old Indian student has been granted bail by an Australian court after allegedly hitting three schoolboys at a crossing and driving away from the crash scene in Sydney, a media…
- India
PM Modi to visit Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia from May 19-21
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia from May 19 to 24, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday. Modi will be in…
- World
Australia: Khalistani event cancelled by city council in Sydney
Melbourne: A city council in Sydney has cancelled a Khalistan propaganda event planned for next month due to security reasons, a media report said on Friday. Acting on security agencies’ advice, permission…