Health Minister Jillian Skinner today announced the 17 recipients of the 2015 Cancer Institute NSW Research Equipment Grants. The $5.5 million investment will provide leading researchers from eight institutions with the tools they need to gain new insights into cancer and novel treatments. The research equipment ranges from high-powered computers to precision microscopes […]
A comprehensive, independent review of the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme has found the grants remain integral to the success of Australia’s international businesses. Tabled in Parliament by Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb, the 2015 Review of the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme concluded the grants helped exporters create, develop and […]
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Bruno Fiannaca appointed as new judge for the Supreme Court Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Bruno Fiannaca SC has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Attorney General Michael Mischin said Mr Fiannaca was a highly experienced legal practitioner who had spent the majority […]
Minister for Finance, Services and Property Dominic Perrottet and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro have welcomed the commencement of an information roadshow on the NSW Government’s Small Business Grants employment incentive scheme. The $27 million scheme provides eligible businesses with a $2,000 grant for each new full-time worker they employ, and a pro-rated grant […]
Mobile connections in India will grow to 880 million in 2015 — an increase of five percent from 837 million connections in 2014 — and spending on mobile services will grow four percent to reach $21.4 billion in 2015, information technology research and advisory company Gartner Inc. said on Wednesday. The spending on mobile services […]
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time,” said American author and humourist Mark Twain. Is your fear of losing life becoming a kill-joy? If we listen to experts, more and more Indians are finding themselves in the grip of death […]
Savour the delicious ‘ronga mota kukura aru sandoh guri’ or chicken cooked with rice powder and herbs and relish the mouth-watering ‘hahor logot dohi kosu fong’ – duck meat cooked with yam – at the hugely popular Heritage Khorika restaurant here that marries the modern outlook on food with the traditional Assamese recipes straight from […]
India-born former Google executive Nikesh Arora has bought shares valued at $482 million (Rs.3,148 crore) of Japanese multinational SoftBank Group Corporation in which he is director, president and chief operating officer. In a regulatory filing to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, SoftBank said its board members had approved Arora investing in the group in […]
The Taj Mahal in Agra is perhaps the world’s most photographed monument. Each minute hundreds of cameras click to shoot memorable photographs. “It’s a matter of pride to be photographed with the Taj Mahal,” Denis, a tourist from Australia, told IANS. These days, with almost every one in possession of a mobile or a digital […]
But for the alertness of a battery-rickshaw driver, two small boys of a residential society in Dwarka, in west Delhi, would have been kidnapped last week. In a worrying account of how easily child kidnappers are able to strike, two boys, aged seven and nine, were being quietly whisked away by a young man who […]