Farmers movement in Pakistan demands fair prices for wheat
Pakistan’s new government has decided to drastically reduce the procurement of wheat this year amidst record production, creating fear among farmers of massive losses and distress to the rural population Thousands of farmers in Pakistan have launched a nationwide...
Melbourne cops searching 2 Indians after alleged fatal stabbing
MELBOURNE, 6 May, 2024: Homicide Squad detectives have released details and images of two men, as well as an image of the vehicle they are believed to be travelling, following a stabbing in Ormond (south-east suburb) yesterday (5 May,...
AMA welcomes sickly sweet sugar tax calls
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Farmers movement in Pakistan demands fair prices for wheat
Pakistan’s new government has decided to drastically reduce the procurement of wheat this year amidst record production, creating fear among farmers of massive losses and distress to the rural population Thousands of farmers in Pakistan have launched a nationwide...
Karachi labour rally demands higher minimum wage & rejects IMF deal
$ 18 million funding for Australia-India space projects
ANZAC Day spirit spices up at the Indian Consulate
A billion meals wasted daily in 2022, as 783m people face hunger
Nairobi, 27 March 2024 – Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity. Food waste continues to hurt the global...
Rohingya conundrum: Stateless, helpless and unwanted
Who gets to control the Indian Ocean’s ‘tollgate’?
No country provides equal opportunity for women: World Bank report
2024-25 budget ‘focused on helping families’: Premier Jacinta Allen
MELBOURNE, 7 May, 2024: The 2024-25 Victoria budget was today presented by Treasurer Tip Pallas in Parliament saying, “In this Budget we’re making sensible choices. We’re helping families. And we’re building a strong future for Victoria.” In a media release,...
AMA welcomes sickly sweet sugar tax calls
$ 18 million funding for Australia-India space projects
ANZAC Day spirit spices up at the Indian Consulate
Indian movies among 200 at the SFF 2024 (5-16 June)
SYDNEY, 8 May, 2024: The 71st Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is all set to mesmerise movie-buffs, with a lineup of around 200 movies from across the world from 5 to 16 June, with seven Indian movies, including the Cannes selected...
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CA launches new plan to push up women & girls Cricket
MELBOURNE, April 30, 2024: Cricket Australia (CA) has launched its ‘Women and Girls Action Plan’ to keep cricket at the forefront of the women’s sports revolution by driving significant increases in participation, audiences, commercial revenue and representation over the next...
Purple Fire Women’s Car Rally : Symbol of women’s empowerment
New Big Bash multi-layer contract option for overseas players
Cricket Australia eager to hold Indo-Pak bilateral series:Nick Hockley
Misinformation undermines life in the age of digital revolution
By Bhabani Shankar Nayak* In this era of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) -fuelled digital revolution, misinformation has emerged as a potent weapon wielded by both ruling and non-ruling elites. Their aim is often to undermine truth, dismantle democracy, sow...
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Gaura Travel’s weekly instalments payment option for India air fare
MELBOURNE, 18 April 2024: To make it easy to fly home more often, Gaura Travel has introduced a convenient payment plan option for flight fares to India. Customers can now book their flight tickets to India with just a 5%...
Indian Jeweler in US charged with trade fraud & illegal money transfer
Planned surgery wait times longest on record: AMA report
MELBOURNE/CANBERRA, 19 April 2024: Planned surgery wait times in Australia’s public hospitals are now the longest on record, and emergency departments remain strangled by access block. The median waiting days for elective surgery in 2022-23 was 49 days. “Australians are...
WHO Social Connection Series: Roz’s story
WHO : Protecting you from substandard and falsified medicines (Video)
AI to Z: all the terms you need to know to keep up in the AI hype age
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ever more prevalent in our lives. It’s no longer confined to certain industries or research institutions; AI is now for everyone. It’s hard to dodge the deluge of AI content being produced, and harder...
Misinformation undermines life in the age of digital revolution
Kerala (India) has country’s first AI teacher (See video)
Tech companies to combat misuse of AI in 2024 elections
Widening disparities & growing threats cloud global cybersecurity outlook for 2024: WEF
India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft clicks full-disk Sun images
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