FINAL: India 151 All out lose the game by 65 runs. They never really recovered from the twin strikes by Starc of Kholi and then Rohit. Raina departed not much later and it was left to Dhoni and Jadega to get the remaining runs at over 10 runs an over. With 5 wickets down before the 100 was up winning was always going to require a captains innings which did not eventuate. Wade was declared Man of the Match.

9.34PM:  India 77/5, 14.2 overs – Wicket – Raina (4 off 9 balls) out to Christian caught by David Hussey. Another blow for India and now Dhoni needs to play a captains innings to win this one. Jadega who got picked ahead of Shewag also has a golden chance to cement his place in the teams lineup.

9.10PM: India 65/4, 11.4 overs – Wicket – Rohit Sharma (21 off 21 balls) now departs caught behind. Twin blow by McKay. India on the back foot as Dhoni comes in to join Raina.

9.08PM: India 64/3, 11.2 overs – Wicket – Virat Kholi (31 off 34 balls) out caught by Ponting in cover. Big wicket for Australia as they have broken the 50 run partnership that threatened to take the game away.

8.35PM: India 13/2, 3.2 overs – Wicket – Gautam Gambhir (5 runs off 8 balls) pokes at a short one and nicks it to the keeper off Starc’s bowling. Now the pressure is on Kholi and Rohit – India’s young guns. Indians need a consolidation period and cannot afford to lose more wickets. They also need to keep an eye on the run rate required which is nudging over 7 runs per over.

8.20PM: India 9/1, 1.5 overs – Wicket – Sachin (2 runs off  6 balls) plays the drive upishly and is taken brilliantly by Ponting on the bowling of Starc .

8.15PM: India 0/0, 0 overs – India need to chase 217 runs as per the D/L method. They have opened with Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar. Good choice given Ghambir was the match winner in the last game and hence the inform opener.

7.45PM: Australia  216/5, 32 overs – End of innings with Daniel Christen 17* off 16 balls and David Hussey 61* off 30 balls. Australia scored 30 runs in the last 3 overs to take the advantage away from India. Indians will have thir work cut out chasing at a required run rate of 6.75 runs an over. They will no doubt look for a solid opening partnership from their openers and hope to not lose early wickets. They will also look to their Twenty20 win on friday and play a similar style run chase.

7.16PM: Australia  154/5, 26.1 overs – Wicket – Michael Hussey 45 runs off only 32 balls falls to Vinay Kumar caught in the deep by Kohli.

7.10PM: Australia 150/4, 25.2 overs – Hussey brothers (Michael 44*, David 19*) combine as Australia reaches 150runs in 153 balls.

6.50PM: Australia 122/4, 23 overs – Wicket –  Wade out on 67 as Rohit strikes again to keep Australia in check.

6.30PM: Australia 39/3, 14.4 overs – Wicket –   Michael Clarke out caught in the deep on Rohit Sharma’s part time spin. Dhoni’s gamble works.

6.18PM: Australia 35/2, 11 overs – Play resumes with Kholi in the attack and overs reduced to 32 overs per side.

6.00PM: Australia 35/2, 11 overs – Swami Army keeps MCG entertained as covers come off.

3.08PM: Australia 35/2, 11 overs – Wade hits a 6 and then a 4 off Vinay Kumar as the forcasted thunderstorms hit the MCG. Heavy rain now and players are off the field, covers are on.

2.55PM: Australia 19/2, 7.5 overs – Wicket – Ricky Ponting bowled by Vinay Kumar. Another wicket for the young paceman taking the ex-Australian captain and putting India on top. Out comes Clarke.

2.45PM: Australia 15/1, 5.1 overs – Wicket – David Warner bowled by Vinay Kumar. Ricky Ponting arrives at the crease to a generous applause by the crowd.

2.40PM:Australia 11/0, 4 overs – Tentative start with only 11 runs off 4 overs – a run rate of only 2.75 runs an over.

Australian Team -  David Warner, Matthew Wade (wk), Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (captain), David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Daniel Christian, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Starc, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty.

Indian Team - Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (captain & wk) Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar.

2PM Toss - Dhoni wins the toss and puts Australia into bat first in overcast conditions in Melbourne. No doubt Dhoni wants to replicate his winning strategy in the last Twenty20 game on friday by putting pressure on Australia on the field.

Game 1 – 5th February, 2012 – Day Night- Australia vs India @ MCG

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Melbourne, February 6: Cricket Australia said today that it’s National Selection Panel has named Ben Hilfenhaus in the squad for Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Series ODI against Sri Lanka this Friday (10th February) in Perth, due to the foot injury sustained by Brett Lee during Friday’s KFC T20 INTL against India at the MCG.

Cricket Australia had on Thursday (5th February) confirmed Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has been diagnosed with a broken foot following a fielding incident in Friday night’s KFC T20 International against India at the MCG.

Cricket Australia team Doctor Trefor James said:

“Brett Lee sustained a fracture of his right foot when he was struck by a ball in the last over of his spell during the KFC T20 against India at the MCG on Friday night.

“He was able to complete the over however the foot became more painful and swollen the following day. An x-ray has confirmed a fracture of the small toe and we now expect Brett will return to cricket in four-six weeks.”

A decision regarding a replacement player for Lee will not be made until after today’s first Commonwealth Bank ODI against India at the MCG. Squad members will return to homeports until Wednesday when the squad will congregate in Perth for Friday’s second match, Cricket Australia media release says.

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Melbourne, Dec 22, 2011: A Melbourne teenager has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for the killing of Indian overseas student Nitin Garg one year back. The teenager will serve minimum of 8 years imprisonment and after that will be eligible for parole.
Delivering the verdict, the judge said Nitin Garg was knifed with a folding knife for his mobile phone and that he “was an innocent and random victim” and it was his presence in the park, not his race, that led to the fatal attack.
The killing of Nitin Garg had led to diplomatic tensions between India and Australia. The tragedy came amidst many other attacks on Indian overseas students in Melbourne and Sydney. The attacks led to a dramatic decline in Indian students coming to Australia for studies.

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Mr. Ravi Bhatia, Chairman AIBC, Victoria

By our business reporter

Melbourne: The Australian India Business Council today welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to reconsider the Government’s ban on the sale of uranium to India.
“The decision to reconsider this ban is long overdue” said Mr Bhatia. “India is an increasingly crucial trading partner for Australia and the ban on sale of uranium is a contentious issue preventing an open relationship”.

“With a population of 1.2 billion people and 40% of who live below the poverty line, India needs strong and reliable sources of energy to assist in her development. Nuclear energy is an essential element of India’s need for carbon friendly power” said Mr Bhatia.

“The Australian Government’s refusal to supply uranium to India has been a persistent negative influence on the relationship with India. We strongly encourage the Government to reverse its position and allow the free trade between these two great countries”
Meanwhile, in a media statement Mr. Arun Sharma, National Chairman, AIBC commended the Prime Minister on reconsidering the ban in the broader national interests and in recognition of strengthened relations between both countries.
Professor Sharma said “the Australia India relationship will redefine our nations and the region, over the coming decades. The ability for India to generate the power needed to support its rapidly growing economy is reliant on safe and secure access to nuclear power. With Australia holding a significant share of the world’s uranium reserves, it represents an important opportunity for trade that can be managed given appropriate levels of transparency”.
“AIBC believes that with adherence to International Atomic Energy Agency arrangements and strong transparency measures that Australian uranium can be sold to India for peaceful purposes. Professor Sharma acknowledges that “this is a highly emotive and sensitive issue and urges the Government to work closely with business and communities in both countries to ensure the most robust and transparent arrangements are in place to support the move.”
“India’s continued peaceful rise as the largest democracy in the world and one of the largest economies in our region is in the national interests for all Australians. AIBC welcomes the opportunity to work with both Governments to see a way clear in opening up the sale of Australian uranium into India”, the release said.

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By our reporter
Brisbane: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was today awarded the title of Doctor olf the University at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane. Earlier, he had refused to accept the award protesting attacks on Indian overseas students in Australia.
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Renowed gazal singer Jagjit Singh, who was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital last week, passed away on Monday (October 10), reports NDTV.

The singer was admitted to the ICU reportedly due to a brain hemorrhage and he underwent an emergency neurosurgery on admission. He was 70 years old.

Widely credited for the revival and popularity of Ghazal , an Indian classical art form, by simplifying the complex form of Ghazals in to a more simpler form of Ghazals by amalgamating Ghazal and Geet. His music became popular in mass media through films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth and Saath Saath (1982), and TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991). Jagjit Singh is considered to be the most popular ghazal singer and composer of all time, in terms of commercial success. With a career spanning over five decades and a repertoire comprising 80 albums the range and breadth of his work has been regarded as genre-defining.

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Joint Media Release with Senator Chris Evans – Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations and Chris Bowen MP – Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

The Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Chris Evans, and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, today announced a suite of measures to enhance competitiveness in Australia’s international education sector.

The new measures are in response to the report by the Hon Michael Knight AO, Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program 2011, which was released today.

‘Our international education sector is world class, and the reforms announced today will help entrench Australia as a preferred destination for international students,’ Senator Evans said.

‘The reforms will assist in ensuring Australia remains an attractive study option and will offer practical support for international education providers that have been under pressure as a result of the high Australian dollar.’

Recognising that the Australian university sector has a track record of providing high quality international education at lower levels of risk, the government will introduce new streamlined visa processing arrangements for a range of Australian university courses for faster, easier visa access for prospective students in time for second semester next year.

The streamlined arrangements will apply to international students enrolled in courses at the level of bachelor degree or higher.

These students, regardless of their country of origin, will be treated as though they are lower risk, similar to the current Assessment Level (AL) 1 requirements.

‘Our consultations found that the financial requirements for Student Visas were too onerous, so we are reducing the financial requirements for some applicants, with students now needing around $36 000 less in the bank when applying for a visa,’ Mr Bowen said.

‘This reduction in the AL financial requirements will particularly assist a significant number of Vocational Education and Training and private education providers.’

A two- to four-year post-study work visa will also be available for university graduates depending on the level of study completed. Other work visa options, such as the Temporary Skilled 457 visa and the Skilled Graduate Visa, continue to be available to graduates and to employers looking to meet genuine skills needs.

‘Students are increasingly looking to augment their studies with graduate work experience and this further post-study work visa option will offer university students a more complete study experience in Australia,’ Senator Evans said.

The government will also undertake a fundamental review of the Student Visa risk management framework, the ALs, to report by mid-2012. The AL framework review will specifically explore a provider risk model, in consultation with an external reference group.

The government will consider options for the early implementation of the findings of the AL framework review, targeting a small number of high quality education providers – including TAFEs – to recognise the lower migration risks associated with them.

‘We need to move to a more targeted approach to assessing and responding to immigration risk in the Student Visa program that recognises and rewards high-quality education providers,’ Mr Bowen said.

These reforms will be made possible through a new ‘genuine temporary entrant’ requirement for all Student Visa applicants that will enable the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to better assess applications.

As part of the response to the Knight Review, the government will also:

Allow all English language students to apply for a visa without first meeting minimum English skills requirements;
Extend the time a PhD student can stay in Australia while their thesis is marked;
Establish an Education Visa Consultative Committee to improve information flow between the Australian Government and the international education sector; and
Repeal the automatic cancellation and mandatory cancellation provisions for student visas.
Australia is widely recognised for the delivery of high quality, internationally recognised qualifications by a diverse range of international education providers. Australia’s international education sector has undergone rapid growth over the past decade, with the number of Student Visas more than doubling from 108 000 in 1997-98 to 269 828 in 2009-10.

In December 2010, the government commissioned the Hon Michael Knight AO to review the Student Visa program to enhance the quality, integrity and competitiveness of Australia’s international education sector. Mr Knight consulted with almost 300 stakeholders in Australia, India, China and Malaysia, and considered more than 200 submissions.

The government has accepted all 41 recommendations in the Knight Review, with the majority proposed to be implemented through 2012-13 so that key recommendations can come into effect before second semester 2012.

These measures build on the government’s immigration reforms that strengthen pathways to studying in Australia and complement recent steps to strengthen Australia’s international education sector, including the Baird Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 and the release of the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) International Students Strategy for Australia.

Mr Knight’s report, the terms of reference for the AL review and a range of fact sheets can be found on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s website.
See: www.immi.gov.au/students/knight/
Thursday, 22 September 2011
SOURCE:http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/cb/2011/cb172439.htm

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Melbourne: The traders of ‘Little India’ got a big boost on the evening of 17th August when Mr. Jude Perera, MP Cranbourne raised the issue of ‘Little India’ in the Victorian Parliament. He urged the Ted Baillieu government to compensate the traders badly affected by the Greater Dandenong’s ‘revitalisation’ program, which has imposed big business losses.
Little India, a multicultural hub is facing instant decimation because of the ‘revitalisation’ project which has curtailed road access, traffic chaos, lack of parking area, customers turning away, uncertainty of existence and lack of maintenance. The losses suffered by traders are set to ruin many trader families and loss of jobs for about a hundred people.
In his address, Mr. Jude Perera, took upon the State Planning Minister Mr. Matthew Guy for not replying to him and the Little India traders. He called the government to tell the traders about the future plans of the properties that constitute the Little India.
Mr Perera has asked the Planning Minister Mr. Matthew Guy to explain as to what he was doing when he was the Shadow Minister for Planning on the Little India issue, instead of blaming the ‘mess’ on the previous Labor government led by Mr. Brumby.
Mr. Perera said: “Not only does this show that the minister is inactive, uncaring and lazy, but when in opposition he was an inactive, uncaring, lazy shadow minister as well. Therefore due to his inaction, the minister’s meeting with the Little India traders has been reduced to a cynical political exercise. The livelihood of these traders is under threat. They do not appreciate anybody using their plight as a political football.”
In the absence of Planning Minister Mr. Matthew Guy, in his reply, Mr. Smith, Minister of Environment & Climate Change said:
“I say to the member for Cranbourne, who I observe is still in the chamber, that many of the issues surrounding Little India and the Urban Renewal Authority began under the previous Labor government. The former Minister for Planning, Justin Madden, was not clear as to what was happening in that area. I note that the member for Cranbourne said that this issue should not be used as a political football. That is a little hypocritical, in that I noted that the Leader of the Opposition was down there recently getting his photo taken for the local press. It makes me wonder why the Leader of the Opposition when he was a minister and sitting around the cabinet table did not raise these issues at the time.”

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Amit Menghani: I did it.

Amit Menghani, is the 2011 Young Victorian of the Year. Mr Menghani, a 24-year-old aerospace engineering graduate, is president of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia, a not-for-profit student body. Amit was in the forefront with FISA founder Gautam Gupta and others during the protests against attacks on Indian overseas students. The issue made headlines in the media nationally and internationally.

Two years ago, Amit Menghani led a rally of thousands angry Indian overseas students to the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House, protesting against a spate of violent attacks against Indian students in Melbourne. Yesterday he became the 2011 Young Victorian of the year.
In 2009, he sought to raise awareness of the problem of violence against Indians after a young student was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver at a party in Hadfield.

”There lacked a channel between the media and the students, so I decided to make people aware that these things were happening,” Mr Menghani said yesterday.
Born in Jaipur, Rajasthan and raised in the United Arab Emirates, Mr Menghani arrived in Australia at 18.His middle-class ”family of battlers” took out a loan of $100,000 to educate their son at RMIT. In his acceptance speech, yesterday, he said he had learnt from his family’s sacrifice and understood that in life, you needed to do ”that little bit extra”, reports The Age.

He owed a lot to Victoria – it was here that he met ”the love of his life” – and hoped one day it would become ”a world leader in multi-ethnic co-habitation”.
Source: The Age

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