An innovative approach to tackling water scarcity by Australia with Indian major Tata Group Canberra, January 29: The Australian Government is partnering with Indian major Tata Group and US-based XPRIZE and to run the ‘Water Abundance Prize’ – an open challenge to use technology to improve affordable access to cleanRead More →
Bengaluru, January 27: Magnolia LNG, owned by the Australia-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, signed a pact with the US-based Vessel Gasification Solutions (VGS) to sell liquefied natural gas to India for 20 years. The US gas project will supply 4 million tonne, annually, said a top official on Friday. “TheRead More →
Sydney, January 23: After Australian police struggled to find a motive for the March 7, 2015 attack and vicious murder of Prabha Kumar, homicide detectives made plans to travel to India. After ruling out sexual assault and robbery motives; as it emerges, detectives intend to speak to her family andRead More →
First of its kind, AIBC Women in Business delegation to travel to Gujarat, India in 2017 AIBC to host official welcome for H.E. Gondane, new High Commissioner of India to Australia Sydney, January 20: Australia India Business Council Ltd (AIBC), the peak body facilitating bi-lateral trade and investment between AustraliaRead More →
Melbourne, January 11: “We are watching India closely to see if we can learn something from this (demonetisation) process.” Harinder Sidhu, Australia’s High Commissioner to India, said that following India’s demonetisation decision, there is talk in Australia about “demonetising our highest denomination note,” according to The Indian Express. Ms SidhuRead More →
Melbourne, Jan 6: Australia has told its citizens visiting India to use electronic payments where possible as some travellers were facing difficulties exchanging Australian dollars post demonetisation. In an advisory on Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said: “Indian authorities have replaced withdrawn 500 and 1,000 rupee notes,Read More →
Melbourne, January 5: Hit-run driver Puneet, who fled Australia after admitting to killing 19-year-old Queensland nursing student, Dean Hofstee, at Southbank in October 2008, has told an Indian court that it would be illegal to extradite him back to Melbourne. Puneet Puneet faces a maximum jail term of over 20Read More →
For Bollywood, the year 2016 ranked high in the controversy counter writes Sugandha Rawal From demonetisation adding to box office’s blues and calls to ban Pakistani artistes, to directors at odds with the censor board and celebrities going public with their personal battles — the biggest controversies of 2016 isRead More →
From currency to salt; very little escaped the reach of fake or fabricated news in India in 2016, writes Alison Saldanha Rumours spread from WhatsApp and other social media into the mainstream media. Institutions such as Unesco and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had to step in and tellRead More →
United Nations, December 22: The outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again called for India and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue and has expressed concern over the tensions along the Line of Control. Ban, whose term ends this month, encourages the South Asian neighbors to continue their effortsRead More →