· First Red Dot Brewery facility outside Singapore for Melbourne · Twenty five new local jobs created · Victorian Coalition Government creating trade opportunities and employment Singapore’s first locally-owned, independent commercial microbrewery plans to establish a new brewery and beer garden in Melbourne’s west. Speaking in Singapore where she is leading the Victorian Coalition Government’s […]
New requirements for tighter screening of drug and alcohol use at construction workplaces across Victoria will commence from 1 July, helping to ensure a safer and more secure environment for workers, Minister for Finance Robert Clark announced today. “Widespread reports of workers being intoxicated, and of drug distribution and abuse, led the Napthine Coalition Government […]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government Thursday reconstituted six cabinet committees, including the one on appointments and on security. “The government has reconstituted six committees of the Cabinet i.e. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs […]
Nairobi, June 20 (IANS) Kenya’s Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha has confirmed he will only compete in two more Diamond League races in Monaco and Glasgow before heading to the Commonwealth Games in Scotland. “It is good to get back in form and win a competition,” said Rudisha here Thursday, reports Xinhua. “As I said, getting […]
Brasilia, June 20 (IANS) Colombia moved a step closer to securing a spot in the last-16, beating Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 in their FIFA World Cup Group C match at the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia here Thursday. Colombia, who defeated Greece 3-0 in their opening match, are now favourites to progress through to the next round, reports […]
Chennai/New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The BJP-led government moved to assuage upset feelings over a directive asking central government employees to use Hindi while posting tweets or messages on social media after DMK Thursday opposed such a move, terming it as the beginning of imposition of Hindi. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in the second tweet […]
Zagreb, June 19 (IANS) It was a do or die match for both Croatia and Cameroon in Arena Amazonas and a convincing 4-0 Group A win kept Croatian dream of making it to the World Cup second phase quite alive. Mario Mandzukic was back in Niko Kovac’s squad Wednesday and he made his presence count, scoring […]
A meditative walk by the riverside to dipping your feet into the Ganges to river rafting – enjoy all this and much more at the Ganga Kinare boutique hotel on the banks of the holy river in Rishikesh, internationally popular as a yoga hub, which is now becoming a hot spot for adventure sports. If […]
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Besides questioning the efficacy of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress sending five of its MPs to Madhya Pradesh to enquire into a rape case, women activists here are appalled at the selection of two women MPs in the delegation who had earlier passed snide remarks against a rape victim. Peeved by the […]
Washington, June 19 (IANS) Eminent Indian plant scientist, Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, has been named winner of the 2014 World Food Prize in recognition of his outstanding work in the improvement of wheat crop. Rajaram, who is now settled in Mexico, is credited with increasing world wheat production by more than 200 million tons in the years […]