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When cricket meets tennis: Kohli and Novak’s mutual admiration club
Indore: Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli on Sunday opened up about the mutual admiration he shares with Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic in a heart-warming tale of cross-sport camaraderie. It all started…
- World
Australian Sikh turns to social media to report death threat, verbal abuses
Melbourne: Questioning police response, a Melbourne-based Sikh shopkeeper turned to social media claiming he has been subjected to verbal abuses and a death threat, leaving him fearing for his life, a media…
- World
Australian man pleads guilty to culpable driving resulting in Sikh man’s death
Melbourne: A 24-year-old Australian man on Monday pleaded guilty in a court to culpable driving which caused the death of a Sikh man in Melbourne, according to a media report. Nirvair Singh,…
- World
Australian unemployment falls to 3.6%
Canberra: Australia’s unemployment fell from 3.7 percent to 3.6 percent in September, fresh data revealed on Thursday. According to monthly labor force data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), there…
- Middle East
Iran summons Australian envoy over FM’s ‘meddlesome’ remarks
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Australian charge d’affaires in Tehran to protest against “meddlesome” remarks by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, the media reported. The Australian diplomat was summoned to the…
- World
Australian real estate agent suspended after racist email to Indian tenant
Melbourne: A real estate agent has been stripped of her licence after sending a racist email to a former Indian tenant in which said she hoped migrants would not turn Australia into…
- India
Karnataka: NRI suicide note accuses Australian authorities of family harassment
Dharwad: The NRI woman from Australia, who recently committed suicide in Karnataka’s Belagavi district, in her death note had accused the Australian authorities and some residents of a locality in Sydney of…
- World
Australian Tamil woman gets more years in jail for ‘enslaving’ elderly Indian
Melbourne: An Australian Tamil woman has been sentenced to additional two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice during a slavery investigation. Kumuthini Kannan, 55,…
- India
BJP president Nadda meet ex-Australian PM Abbott
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda met former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott at the party headquarters here as part of its “Know BJP” initiative to engage with leaders and diplomats…
- World
Aussie-Indian man pleads guilty to unruly behaviour on Air Canada flight
Melbourne: An Australian-Indian man pleaded guilty to one count of behaving in an offensive and disorderly manner in an aircraft, and was fined AUS$750 by a local court this week. Hardik Patel,…
- World
Australian govt to overhaul cyber laws
Canberra: The Australian government on Monday announced an overhaul of its cyber security strategy following a string of major data breaches. Clare O’Neil, the Minister for Home Affairs, revealed the renewed strategy,…
- World
New Zealand PM to meet Australian counterpart
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next Tuesday for an in-person meeting day trip with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “The trans-Tasman relationship is New Zealand’s closest…
- Sports
Sania Mirza bids adieu to Grand Clam career with second-place finish at Australian Open
Melbourne: Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna came second to Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos of Brazil in the Australian Open mixed doubles final on Friday at Melbourne Park as the Brazillian pair…
- World
Over 17,000 weapons surrendered under Australian gun amnesty
Canberra: More than 17,000 weapons were surrendered in the first year of Australia’s permanent national firearms amnesty, the government revealed on Saturday. The government released the first annual report on the amnesty…
- World
Australian Cardinal convicted of child abuse dies
Canberra: Cardinal George Pell, whose conviction on child abuse charges shocked the Catholic Church before being quashed, has died of heart complications after hip surgery, officials said on Wednesday. He was 81.…
