New Delhi : Mike Hussey, who has a fair idea about the current crop of India players, feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s absence will “hurt” the visitors in the upcoming Test series against Australia. The series starts on December 6 in Adelaide. Pandya is undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a lower-back injury …
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Australian fur seal pup population is shrinking
A census of annual pup production by Australian fur seal populations revealed the first reduction since species-wide protection was implemented in 1975, according to a study published September 5 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Rebecca McIntosh of the Phillip Island Nature Parks in Victoria, Australia, and colleagues. The …
Read More »Scott Morrison is new Australian Prime Minister
Morrison, the current treasurer, won an internal ballot 45-40 over former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton. Turnbull did not stand in the leadership contest. He had agreed to hold the ballot after a majority of party MPs signed a letter calling for it to take place. Turnbull had been under …
Read More »Australian court convicts archbishop for concealing child sex abuse
Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, is expected to be sentenced by the court in June. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in jail. He was accused of covering up a serious indictable offence by another priest, James Fletcher, after being told about it in 1976 when he …
Read More »Praneeth advances at Australian Open Badminton
The second-seeded Indian needed only 45 minutes to chalk out a 21-17, 21-14 verdict over his unseeded opponent. Praneeth will meet Maulana Panji Ahmad of Indonesia in the next round on Thursday. Praneeth faced resistance from his opponent in the early stages of the first game before opening up a five-point lead at 8-3. …
Read More »Praneeth to spearhead Indian challenge at Australian Open badminton
Established stars such as PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa are not part of the tournament. In their absence, Sai Praneeth and the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will lead India’s campaign. Several big names have pulled out of the low-key tournament. …
Read More »Australian man found dead on roadside in Udaipur
Udaipur : Michael James O’Toole , a 59-year-old Australian tourist was found dead on roadside near a resort along lake Fatehsagar here on Sunday morning. “ The man was a resident of Melbourne and had been in Udaipur since June 6” Chandra Purohit, SHO Ambamata police station told Udaipur Kiran. The police …
Read More »Australian man killed in Udaipur !
Udaipur : A 59-year-old Australian was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Udaipur today, police said. The body was found near Shilpgram area and the deceased was identified as Michael James, ASI Ram Singh Chundawat told Udaipur Kiran. “The man had stayed at a hotel for a day on July 28 and …
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