Health Minister Jillian Skinner said survey results released today show NSW public hospital patients are overwhelmingly positive about the health care they receive. The two latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) reports – Snapshot Report: Adult Admitted Patient Survey Results 2014 and Patient Perspectives: Hospital care for people with cancer – detail patients’ feelings about […]
The NSW Government is investing up to $100 million to increase training options for employers, which will support over 47,000 training places for apprentices and trainees. NSW Minister for Skills John Barilaro said a top priority is to give employers more flexibility to choose the training providers who can best deliver government subsidised apprenticeships and […]
Vijaya Pereira — The 15th Australian Masters Games in Adelaide turned out to be the best for visiting Indian athletes as they took back home a rich haul of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals after a successful competing in the games held here early this month. More than 10,000 participants from across Australia and around […]
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill, other political leaders, performers and thousands of Adelaide residents this Saturday, October 31st for “Walk Together“. As part of the National Day of Unity, Welcome to Australia SA encourages South Australians to participate in National Mosque Open Day by visiting a local Mosque before walking together from Festival Plaza (behind […]
Senator Singh is in India for the inaugural Australia-India Leadership Dialogue (see media release further down) but took the opportunity beforehand to seek a meeting in Mumbai with Indian Actor and polio campaigner Amitabh Bachchan to ask for his support in fighting TB in the Asia Pacific. From Tasmanian Labor Senator, Lisa Singh: “I was […]
Caste, caste, caste… As Bihar readies for the third phase of assembly elections on Wednesday, caste seems to have taken the centre stage yet again. Although rival claimants for power are talking about issues related to economic development, political activists and voters think it is caste which will finally determine who votes for who. That […]
A court here on Tuesday convicted a 39-year old man of robbing, raping, burning and killing a techie from Andhra Pradesh in January last year. Women Court special judge Vrushali Joshi finding Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap guilty and will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Wednesday. Mumbai Police spokesperson Dhananjay Kulkarni said that the prosecution successfully […]
Not just being a leader in providing integrated cloud platforms and new-age Java, global software major Oracle has launched what is described as the world’s first microprocessor with enhanced security and better efficiency while running databases. At the OpenWorld 2015 conference here, Oracle introduced SPARC M7 processor which incorporates unique hard-wired security and performance functions […]
Permanent seats for India and an African representative in the UN Security Council and fighting terrorism were among issues raised and discussed in the ministerial meeting of Indian and African foreign ministers on the second day of the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) on Tuesday and in the bilateral meetings that followed. Addressing the ministerial […]
A six-day joint naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka commenced in the seas off Trincomalee, in the eastern part of the island nation on Tuesday, the Lankan navy media unit said. The joint exercise titled “SLINEX 2015” is scheduled to end on November 1. Six naval ships and six Fast Attack Craft of the […]