Jason Day felt he should have been well in the red figures, Min Woo Lee ended up having to applaud his own gritty streak, and Adam Scott must have found it a tough old birthday slog. Yet at the end of a day of what might have been for Australia’s seven-strong contingent at the 154th…
File photo: Ships in Hormuz NEW DELHI: India’s maritime regulator, Directorate General of Shipping, has directed shipowners, ship managers and recruitment and placement service (RPS) agencies to avoid deploying Indian seafarers on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz until further orders, reports Dipak Dash.The regulator issued the advisory Wednesday night after recent incidents involving attacks…
An isolated community 500 kilometres south-east of Perth fears for the future of its school as the community struggles to retain teachers. Munglinup farmer and parent Matt Bell said the primary school, which has 12 students, was vital to keeping the community viable. The farming town resides in the state’s south and has a population…
NEW DELHI: In an important clarification to its two-year-old judgement against ‘bulldozer justice’, Supreme Court said its ruling does not bar use of bulldozers to remove rampant illegal constructions and encroachments on public land following compliance with the procedure laid down in municipal laws.Refusing to adjudicate individual contempt petitions alleging demolition of houses, mosques and…
Rideshare giant Uber has reversed its decision to impose a $5 fee on passengers requiring extra assistance, after advocates and service providers labelled it discriminatory and a “disability tax”. Last month, the ABC reported the company started charging extra for its Assist service in May, telling customers the move was to improve reliability and reduce…
A critical piece of the “defining technological achievement” of the 20th century will be at the centre of Powerhouse Parramatta’s opening exhibition. Weighing 4.5 tonnes, boilerplate #1224 was a test command module used for the Apollo space program that landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. The boilerplate was subjected to 102 ignition…
NEW DELHI: Justice can serve little purpose if not delivered timely – a truth underscored by a 1977 murder case.Though Supreme Court acquitted a person in the case – drawing curtains on a long drawn-out battle and marking a moment of triumph for the citizen who had all along denied committing the crime he was…
From midday Telstra’s chief executive and senior executives will be questioned at a Senate committee about the recent disruptive outage that put lives in danger when intermittent faults meant customers could not contact emergency services. One of the key questions will be about potential compensation. Already Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan flagged Telstra would match compensation…
North Queensland’s dramatic tidal variation is this year giving a rare opportunity to walk from the mainland to a lighthouse — 1 kilometre offshore. Wading through water, the walkers set out from Bowen, about 200 kilometres north of Mackay, to reach the North Head Island lighthouse. This year, the walk is only accessible for five…
Jacinda Ardern is calling for more empathy in politics. Since stepping down as New Zealand’s Prime Minister in 2023, Dame Jacinda has been warning against divisive and authoritarian leadership in favour of compassionate and values-driven governance. She says that a tendency towards strongman leadership is missing the mark with voters. “Often we hear discussion about…