Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced 500,000 Opal cards have now been issued as Opal goes live on another 520 buses, benefiting thousands of customers across suburbs in Western Sydney and the Northern Beaches. From today customers catching 220 State Transit buses in Brookvale and the Northern Beaches can use an Opal card to […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, today launched a new fragrant rice variety, which will open up new market opportunities for NSW growers and provide consumers with a unique locally-grown product on supermarket shelves. Ms Hodgkinson said the new rice variety, named Topaz, was put to the test today at an exclusive cooking demonstration and […]
Wednesday, 6th Aug 2014: Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd announced that the first look of its Diwali release, “HAPPY NEW YEAR”, will be unveiled on 14th Aug at Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai. The entire cast of the film including Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah will be […]
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) In order to curb unwanted early pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and sexually transmitted diseases (STD), parents should shed their inhibition and talk about sexual matters to their children as young as age 10, says a study. The kids should be exposed to sex education programmes at the very beginning of puberty, said researchers […]
Los Angeles, Aug 6 (IANS) Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has legally changed her surname to West after marrying rapper Kanye West. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star, who married rapper in May, says that she has applied for a fresh passport with her new surname, reports contactmusic.com. The 33-year-old shared an image of her […]
Agartala, Aug 6 (IANS) The first confirmed case of dengue has been reported in Tripura, an official said here Wednesday. “A man was found with dengue virus at the G.B. Pant Medical College and Hospital here. This is the first case of dengue in Tripura,” health department spokesperson Pranab Chatterjee told IANS. He said the state […]
Riyadh, Aug 6 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has banned its male citizens from marrying women from four countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar – a police officer said. The announcement comes as a part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to prohibit Saudi men from marrying expatriates, a subject widely debated in the Gulf nation. There is an […]
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Wednesday was trading 132.54 points or 0.51 percent down as banking stocks dipped. Good buying was observed in capital goods, while selling pressure was seen in banking, metal and auto sectors. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened […]
Jammu, Aug 6 (IANS) Does former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad opting out of the forthcoming assembly elections prove he is unsure of his personal victory? Azad made his announcement after he told a Congress convention in Jammu’s Udhampur town that his party would get a majority in the polls, expected in October. […]
Santiago, Aug 6 (IANS) Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activity in Latin America doubled in the past 50 years and will continue to worsen if nothing is done to reverse the trend, a UN agency has said. Emissions of carbon dioxide from agricultural and animal farming in the region increased from 388 million tonnes to more […]