New Delhi/Nairobi, Feb 24 Environmentalist R.K. Pachauri Tuesday stepped down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following charges of sexual harassment. Pachauri has denied the accusation. Pachauri, who is also the director-general of New Delhi-based environment think-tank The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has taken “leave” from the post. In his […]
Local community safety received a boost today after the Liberal National Government awarded more than $679,000 in crime prevention grants. Police Minister Liza Harvey said 32 community organisations and local governments would receive grants for projects which had significant crime prevention benefits. “The Liberal National Government has funded 10 CCTV projects in this round of […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird last night met with Indian community and business leaders in Parramatta to share details of his successful first official visit to India. Mr Baird visited the cities of Ahmedabad, Delhi and Mumbai in January following an invitation to attend the global business summit Vibrant Gujarat by Indian President Narendra Modi. “I […]
World Cup winner and ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar has predicted that the event will be even more competitive as it progresses after the first 10 days produced exciting and entertaining cricket. Talking to the ICC on the sidelines of India versus South Africa match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, […]
Saturday, 21 February 2015 (New Delhi, India) – Hockey Australia and Hockey India today announced a landmark bilateral agreement that will see the Indian men’s national hockey team tour to Australia in each of the next three years, 2016-2018. In return, Hockey Australia will release its senior men’s national squad athletes for the Hockey India […]
This year’s Bikeweek is set to be one of the most diverse and exciting to date, with events ranging from a public art tour in Bunbury, to a comedy ride in Cambridge, offering something for everyone. Transport Minister Dean Nalder said almost $30,000 in Bikeweek 2015 grants had been awarded for a range of events […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner was today joined by Coogee MP Bruce Notley-Smith and Liberal candidate for Sydney Patrice Pandeleos to officially open the state’s first permanent rapid HIV testing site in Darlinghurst. The NSW Government has committed $460,000 over two years to establish the a[TEST] shopfront at 167 Oxford Street. It will be operated by […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Family and Community Services Minister Gabrielle Upton today announced a re-elected Baird Government will crack down on anti-social and illegal behaviour in public housing communities and evict tenants who commit serious crimes. “Public housing is a privilege, not a right. We will have no tolerance for people who don’t play […]
World Cup winner and ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar has predicted that the event will be even more competitive as it progresses after the first 10 days produced exciting and entertaining cricket. Talking to the ICC on the sidelines of India versus South Africa match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, […]
Toronto, Feb 23 A small yet significant study has revealed that some women turned to watching pornography for the first time after reading the best-seller “Fifty Shades of Grey”. “Several women [we interviewed] were hopping in for the first time to pornography or sexually explicit material that were written by women for women,” researcher Diana […]