$1,000 Best and Brightest Award for each top Year 12 graduate Outstanding achievements of public secondary school students recognised Two hundred of Western Australia’s top public secondary school students have been rewarded for their outstanding academic and vocational achievements. Education Minister Peter Collier today announced the winners of the State Government’s Best and Brightest Award […]
New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a defamation suit against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and sought Rs.10 crore in damages for accusing him of corruption when he headed the DDCA. Kejriwal retorted that he and his Aam Aadmi Party cannot be intimidated. Even as a combative Jaitley defended himself in parliament […]
Bogota, Colombian media and social networks lit up with reactions to the botched Miss Universe finale on Sunday night, which saw the national contestant crowned and dethroned in a matter of minutes. The pageant host, US comedian Steve Harvey, announced that Miss Colombia Adriana Gutierrez won the coveted crown but moments later corrected his mistake, […]
United Nations, The US President Barack Obama will open a high-level meeting on refugees in September 2016 at the United Nations, when world leaders will be here to attend the annual debate of the UN General Assembly. Samantha Power, the US UN ambassador who holds the rotating council presidency for December, made the statement here […]
New Delhi, Child rights activists on Tuesday protested against the the Juvenile Justice Bill that seeks to amend existing law and treat juveniles in the age group of 16-18 as adults for trial in heinous crimes. “We feel one unfortunate Nirbhaya case cannot determine the fate of all the (juvenile accused) boys,” child rights activist […]
Washington, Acknowledging “legitimate terrorism concerns and threats” in South Asia, US says it continues to welcome and encourage efforts by India and Pakistan to work bilaterally to solve very difficult, complicated issues between them. “Every political leader has responsibilities .especially ones that are dealing here with sensitive relations,” State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters […]
New Delhi, The parents of the December 16 gang-rape victim on Tuesday met central minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to demand early passage of the juvenile justice bill in parliament. “We have been assured that the bill will be passed in the Rajya Sabha today (Tuesday),” Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi told the media after the meeting […]
Kolkata, A Jet Airways shuttle bus on Tuesday rammed into a stationary Air India flight at the city airport here. However, no casualty or injury was reported, an official said. The incident happened at bay number 32 of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport early Tuesday when the driver lost control of the bus and […]
New Delhi, A chartered plane of Border Security Force (BSF) crashed a few minutes after take-off from the Palam airport here on Tuesday morning, officials said. BSF spokesperson V.N. Parashar said they were yet to confirm the number of injuries and casualties. The Beechcraft Super King plane carrying 10 BSF personnel was bound for Ranchi. […]
NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe and CHOICE are warning consumers of the potential dangers of mermaid tails, a water play product that binds a child’s legs and acts as a flipper so the child can swim like a mermaid. A video from the United States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFD2W3G4qAs shows a little girl getting stuck upside down in […]