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A stolen car has flipped onto its bonnet after the driver crashed at high speed while allegedly trying to evade police. Police chased the vehicle through suburbs in Melbourne’s north-east last night and arrested the male driver and female passenger. Victoria Police said officers were called to reports of people loitering suspiciously in Altona Street,…
NEW DELHI: Flagging the introduction of a third language in schools, Supreme Court Thursday said the decision to introduce it at the Class IX level would put unnecessary stress on students preparing for board examinations.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan made the observation while hearing Tamil Nadu govt’s appeal against a…
New South Wales health authorities have hailed a vaccination program that has nearly halved hospitalisations for a potentially deadly respiratory virus among newborn babies a “fantastic” success ahead of the winter peak. A study published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia has shown the maternal and infant vaccination program for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)…
Drivers are being left stranded without transport for months waiting for repairs, refunds or loan cars under warranty from overseas brands new to Australia and “inexperienced” with local consumer protection laws. Dealerships are sounding the alarm about their growing struggle to get timely authorisation to fix faults and repairs in cars from new manufacturers that…
NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2026 saw a sharp rise in top scores after the paper-leak controversy and nationwide retest, with Punjab’s Aryan Gupta topping the exam with a 715 score. Haryana’s Panshul Bansal who also scored 715 out of 720 is the second topper based on a tie-breaker rule. Their score was 29 marks higher than…
Comparisons have been drawn between the Queensland government’s latest youth justice crackdown and Campbell Newman-era boot camps, which showed limited evidence in addressing reoffending. The LNP’s ‘Circuit Breaker Sentencing’ will provide an alternative option to detention for courts, diverting juveniles to a remote location with a service provider for up to six months. Initially catering…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is being asked why it is spending $73.4 million to fit out an office in Adelaide’s first skyscraper, when its current building was constructed less than 15 years ago. According to a submission to federal parliament’s public works committee, the tax office and its more than 2,200 South Australian staff…
From surviving rampaging dinosaurs to confronting supernatural horrors on screen, Sam Neill built a career portraying characters who faced extraordinary dangers. But the illness that claimed the beloved New Zealand actor’s life on Monday was one that doctors see every day: pneumonia. Sam Neill plays Alan Grant in the 1993 film, Jurassic Park. (Supplied: IMDB,…
NEW DELHI: ED Thursday reiterated that Fema is primarily a civil legislation that through Section 15 provides for compounding of contraventions to facilitate voluntary compliance, reduce litigation and ensure expeditious disposal of cases, except those involving serious crimes like money laundering, terror financing and affecting country’s sovereignty and integrity.“In all cases, Reserve Bank of India…
Natasha Trajkovski was 21 when she was first prescribed opioids. After having a C-section, she was diagnosed with stage 2 endometriosis, and said she was living in constant pain. Ms Trajkovski said her doctor prescribed her low, daily opioid medication to help her manage, but her tolerance to the medication was rising “I was laying…