Today I announce the appointment of the Hon Dr Brett Mason as Australia’s next Ambassador to the Netherlands. Australia and the Netherlands enjoy a friendly and mature relationship founded on shared values and strong people-to-people links. We cooperate closely on counter-terrorism, disarmament and non-proliferation, human rights and international development, with our ties further cemented by […]
More than 500 Western Australian athletes have received subsidies to travel to sporting competitions in the latest round of the State Government’s Athlete Travel Subsidy Scheme. Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies said the scheme supported talented athletes aged 13-21 by offsetting out-of-pocket travel and accommodation costs to attend training camps and competitions at […]
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance today announced eligible students at eight tertiary institutions, including the University of Newcastle and Australian Institute of Music, can now sign up for cheaper and more convenient travel with Opal. The latest group of institutions, together with the seven who signed up earlier this year, mean around […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will once again address the nation on April 26 in the seventh edition of his radio programme “Mann ki Baat” in which he shares his thoughts with the people. In a tweet, Modi said: “Looking forward to ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on the 26th of this month.” […]
Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) Software major Wipro Ltd. on Tuesday appointed its chairman Azim Premji’s 38-year-old son Rishad Premji to the board as a director from May 1. “Rishad will continue to run strategy and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in addition to new responsibilities of overseeing the technology office, investor and government relations and Wipro […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said the experience garnered from the recently concluded World Cup in Australia should help the Indians become a better side. Ganguly was the skipper when India reached the finals in 2003, but lost to Australia at Johannesburg. “I think they were good […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The RBI on Tuesday said the issuance of payment bank licence would be a game changer in the realm of remittances and bill payments with potential collaborations between telecom companies and banks. Speaking at the ninth edition of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) “Banking Tech Summit”, Reserve Bank of […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said it does not “endorse” any kind of statement which seeks to discriminate between the people of the country. Intervening during zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “We do not endorse any statement inside and outside the house which talks about […]
Pune, April 21 (IANS) Pune FC played gracious hosts on Tuesday as they let in two first-half goals to defending champions Bengaluru FC who thus tucked into third place in the Hero I-League standings. Goals by Shankar Sampingiraj in the very first minute and C.K. Vineeth (43rd) set up Bengaluru’s seventh win in 14 outings […]
Washington, April 21 (IANS) Two Indians – SughaVazhvu Healthcare founder and CEO Zeena Johar and journalist-author Rahul Pandita – have been named 2015 Yale World Fellows by the prestigious Ivy League university. With the addition of Pandita and Johar, the global Yale World Fellows network now includes 17 Indian Fellows, more than any other country […]