Five local businesses and projects have been praised for their efforts to reduce the risk of work-related injury and disease across Western Australia. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin announced the Gateway WA Perth Airport and Freight Access Project, DM Civil, Excel Robotics, Brett Chisholm and Lloyd Needham as the winners of the prestigious 2015 Work Safety […]
In its biggest ever engagement with Africa, India on Thursday sought to recharge its ties with all 54 African countries, announcing increased interaction in areas like energy and agriculture while offering an additional concessional credit of $10 billion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the summit attended by 41 heads of state and government as “historic”. […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sacked eight cabinet ministers and withdrew portfolios of nine ministers in a major shake-up of his ministry. The move is being seen as a precursor to the cabinet reshuffle scheduled for October 31 when some new faces are likely to be included in the 43-month-old Samajwadi Party […]
Stating that defence and security cooperation would be a key pillar of India-Africa partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday also promised to accord high priority to scaling up of trade and investment flows between India and Africa. “We will make our trade more balanced. We will facilitate Africa’s access to the Indian market. We […]
The Congress on Thursday questioned both the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the issue of the parole plea of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and alleged moves to transfer him to Bathinda jail in Punjab. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday rejected the October 5 parole plea of Chautala for […]
The Delhi High Court will on Friday pronounce its order on pleas filed by three discoms challenging the decision of the government to have their accounts audited by official auditor Comptroller and Audit or General (CAG). A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw will also pass order on a PIL […]
The country has been rocked with controversies like the Dadri lynching, rape assaults and attack on freedom of speech. But with the power of music, pianist Anil Srinivasan hopes to “contribute positively and creatively” to a world where grudges and blame-games are the order of the day. “Unfortunately, the country is in very a weird […]
Delhi Dynamos striker Robin Singh believes that the Indian Super League (ISL) will help the nation in the long run and some years down the line India will be a force to reckon with in football. This is Singh’s first season in the ISL, which is into its second edition, and he has already made […]
The obsession among Indians with anything that people in the West do has to stop, says young and popular designer Masaba Gupta, who hopes originality gets a fillip in the country. “We, as a nation, are generally very obsessed with the West and anything that they do. Anything that’s a fad — be it in […]
With the launch of the world’s first, ultra-secured silicon-based microprocessor that can detect cyber threats in real-time, the Indian companies have reacted positively to the announcement, flooding the Oracle India executives with queries about its availability and delivery to their doorsteps. The revolutionary 32-core, 256-thread SPARC M7 chip features an always-on security, the first-ever […]