South Asian Dave Sharma appointed envoy to Israel

  SURREY Devanand Sharma the 37-year-old who is currently an Australian diplomat, made history by becoming Australia’s youngest ambassador after ...

UNESCO to increase pressure on Australia to conserve Great Barrier Reef

PHNOM PENH UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on Tuesday increased pressure on the Australian government to conserve the Great Barrier Reef. ...

80 Indians duped to pay excessive fee for Australia work visa: report

MELBOURNE Eighty Indians were among hundreds of foreign workers and students who were reportedly duped to pay excessive fee for ...

India, Australia to strengthen defence ties

NEW DELHI India and Australia have decided to implement a slew of defence cooperation initiatives to further strengthen the strategic ...

China steals new Australia spy agency blueprints: Report

CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA) Australian officials on Tuesday refused to confirm or deny whether Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints of a ...

I won’t be soft like my mother: Rahul to Cong leaders

NEW DELHI Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sent out an unusually blunt message to his party colleagues on Thursday, promising to ...

Tigmanshu wants Hrithik to play Hamlet, Onir wants Ranbir Kapoor

The proverbial Hamletian dilemma ‘To be or not to be, that’s the question, ‘ has now gone into a new ...

Sachin Tendulkar returns to Sydney Cricket Ground: Master Blaster’s wax statue unveiled ahead of 40th birthday

SYDNEY Sachin Tendulkar has made an unscheduled appearance at the Sydney Cricket Ground as a life-sized wax figure of the ...

8,000 Lankans took refuge in Australia after war

CHENNAI At least 8,000 Sri Lankan nationals, including refugees from camps in India, reached Australia since May 2009, when the ...

Thatcher made ‘racist’ comments: Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr

SYDNEY Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr says late British leader Margaret Thatcher made “unabashedly racist” comments, recalling what she allegedly ...

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