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Australians are missing out on cheaper medicines due to backroom deals by one of the country’s most powerful lobby groups, according to a new report. Public policy think tank the Grattan Institute says the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, which represents most pharmacy owners, is calling the shots and bringing in massive profits at the expense…
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk during his indefinite hunger strike, amid an ongoing protest by Cockroach Janata Party NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s health deteriorated further on Sunday as his indefinite hunger strike at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest site at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar entered its 15th day.Doctors reported a further drop…
An FIR was registered against a suspended Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee employee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand government has directed the chief executive officer of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) to initiate action against officials and employees found responsible for alleged financial irregularities, following an inquiry into payments made for the accommodation, food and other…
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a 45-year-old man in connection to a violent assault in Western Sydney on Saturday. An image of Corum Ash was released by NSW Police on Sunday evening. Mr Ash is wanted on an “outstanding warrant for the offence of attempted murder”. “Ash is described as being of Caucasian…
Omar Abdullah slams BJP over J&K statehood, alleges ‘backdoor’ politics Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused BJP of making repeated promises on restoring the Union Territory’s statehood without fulfilling them. Addressing a National Conference rally ahead of the party’s ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest over the statehood demand, Abdullah also alleged that the…
The daughter of an elderly couple missing in Melbourne’s south-east has pleaded with her parents to come home. Eighty-nine-year-old Colin and 83-year-old Claudette checked themselves out of an aged care facility near Ferntree Gully Road in Wheelers Hill at 11:15am on Saturday. “They were recently in respite care, and it was such a change for…
Local rescue teams reached the scene promptly, but the lack of adequate medical equipment and medicines at the nearby island hampered efforts to save more victims. NEW DELHI: An Indian survivor of the tourist boat tragedy off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island has described how a “sudden storm” overturned the vessel within seconds, trapping passengers inside…
The embassy had also said that the ‘exact details of the incident are being ascertained as search and rescue operations by local authorities are ongoing.’ NEW DELHI: The mortal remains of the 15 Indian nationals who died after a speedboat capsized near Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island are being transported to Ho Chi Minh City and…
The family of a Perth man who died in an immigration detention centre in Bali says it is “broken” and has many unanswered questions about the circumstances surrounding his death. Cameron Hughes, 39, had been living in Bali for more than 15 years. He was married, had an eight-year-old son and ran his own car…