Perth’s prawners can contribute to science with the click of a button thanks to a new smartphone app. Fisheries Minister Ken Baston said Prawn Watch was an exciting citizen science project linked to the Western School Prawn restocking program which was focused on restocking the Swan and Canning rivers with prawns. “The project has already […]
NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant and Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Stuart Ayres, today welcomed the start of Sydney Festival 2015, highlighting the Western Sydney program for the first time will be running alongside the Sydney program for the full three weeks of the festival. Mr Grant said […]
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Accusing the central government of legislating by stealth, the Congress Wednesday opposed the coal ordinance and sought an immediate explanation on the issue that has triggered a nationwide strike by workers in the industry. “I think the government owes an immediate explanation when more than five lakh workers in this […]
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah Wednesday said the central government wants a “tranquil” atmosphere in the country and will protect the minorities. During an interaction with women journalists at the Indian Women Press Corps here, Heptullah also said comments by “individuals are immaterial”. “In a country of 1.2 billion, […]
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The NHRC has issued notice to the union chemicals and fertilizers ministry as well as the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) over reports that the latter had withdrawn an order that may lead to arbitrary hike in the prices of 108 cardiovascular and anti-diabetes drugs. Observing that the decision may […]
Hong Kong, Jan 7 (IANS/EFE) The Hong Kong government took another step towards its plan of political reform for the 2017 elections to the region’s chief executive, which is very similar to Beijing’s proposal that sparked a wave of pro-democracy protests in the city last year. On Wednesday, chief secretary Carrie Lam launched the second […]
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi Wednesday denied an allegation by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor that a police officer had physically assaulted his domestic help during interrogation to extract confession about murdering his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Bassi told CNN-IBN news channel that he checked with his officers about the allegations made […]
Raipur, Jan 7 (IANS) Coal production and its shipments were hit hard Wednesday at the South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) mines in Chhattisgarh as workers stayed away from work as part of the five-day ongoing strike called by trade unions. “On the second day of the five-day strike, production was halted at majority of the […]
Islamabad/Gandhinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) As buses under the Pakistan-India Dosti service from Lahore to Delhi were being restricted to the Wagah border in the light of terror threats, India Wednesday expressed hope that any “temporary aberrations” in the service would be sorted out. Passengers leaving for India (New Delhi) and those returning from there are […]
Patna, Jan 7 (IANS) Four rebel JD-U legislators Wednesday filed a petition in the Patna High Court challenging assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary’s decision to terminate their membership. The development came a day after the high court quashed the speaker’s decision to terminate membership of four other Janata Dal-United (JD-U) rebel MLAs for anti-party activities. […]