Madrid, Dec 12 (IANS) Former Spanish international striker Raul Gonzalez believes Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo could become the best footballer of all time. “I think now he is at the top, and if he continues the same way, he could be the best of all time,” the 37-year-old Raul told the BBC World Football show. The […]
Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research Jillian Skinner today encouraged innovators to apply for grants under the NSW Government’s Medical Devices Fund. Applications for round three of the NSW Medical Devices Fund open today, with $6.7 million available to support outstanding medical technologies. This funding is on top of the $16.4 million already […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said the NSW Government will not increase fares to the amount recommended by IPART in 2015, instead keeping Opal bus and light rail fares unchanged and increasing other fares in line with the cost of living only. Fares for Opal bus and light rail customers will remain the same […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner is encouraging school leavers or anyone interested in a career change to take advantage of close to 300 scholarships offered by the NSW Government for the 2015 Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) program. The program will see students training at metropolitan and rural TAFE NSW Colleges as well as the NSW […]
The Western Australian Museum’s record-breaking exhibition Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous will travel to Queensland next year. Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said more than 173,000 people visited the exhibition in Perth, making it the WA Museum’s most popular exhibition to date. “The hugely successful exhibition will open at the Queensland […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today gave the signal for an excavator to commence demolition of an old building at Westmead Hospital – the official start of one of the largest hospital redevelopments ever undertaken in NSW. Mrs Skinner was joined on-site by local MPs Geoff Lee (Parramatta) and Tony Issa (Granville) as well as Liberal […]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Delhi government Thursday banned the plying of e-rickshaws on 236 roads in the capital. A notification issued by transport department was approved by the Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung. It was issued under section 115 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988).
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 (IANS) Malaysia’s Tai Cheau Xuen has been banned for four months for doping by Wushu’s international governing body, the Wushu Federation of Malaysia said Thursday. Tai tested positive for stimulant sibutramine during the Incheon Asian Games in September and was stripped of the gold medal, reports Xinhua. Tai’s ban will run […]
Panaji, Dec 11 (IANS) Goa’s Vigilance Department officials Thursday raided the home of a police sub-inspector being probed for links to the drug mafia and seized his laptop and mobile phone, an official said Thursday. PSI Sunil Gudlar, formerly attached to the Goa Police anti-narcotics cell (ANC) was booked in 2011 for his alleged links […]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The CBI Thursday filed a chargesheet in its ongoing investigation in the Odisha chit fund scam, and named 16 people, including BJD legislator Pravat Tripathy and seven companies along with the Artha Tatwa group. They have been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, violation of the Prize Chits and Money […]