The Albanese Government will ban the use of credit cards for online wagering, stepping up its commitment to protect vulnerable consumers from gambling harms. The legislated ban will be applied to Australian licensed wagering services and would bring online wagering into line with land‑based gambling where credit cards cannot be used. Today’s announcement implements recommendations from […]
SydWest Multicultural Services is pleased to announce the upcoming merger with Participate Australia, effective 1 May 2023. Participate Australia is an organisation that specialises in the provision of support services to people living with disability and their carers. Participate Australia brings deep knowledge, skills, and expertise in disability services to further the range of SydWest’s […]
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates’ spacecraft Hope probe has taken the first high-resolution images of Mars’s little known Moon Deimos. The images, which capture the farside of the 12.4-km-wide Deimos, were taken during a fly-by performed on March 10, Nature reported. Instead of the carbon-rich rock often found in asteroids, the scientists […]
London, April 26 In a significant move, the UK market regulator on Wednesday announced it was blocking Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the developer behind hugely-popular Call of Duty (CoD) franchise. The final decision to prevent the deal comes after Microsoft’s proposed solution failed to effectively address the concerns in […]
Washington, April 25 Riding on the success of “Squid Game” and “The Glory”, streaming giant Netflix said it will invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and scripted shows. The US streaming service announced the plan following a meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk […]
Ahmedabad, April 25 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday filed an appeal in the Gujarat High Court, seeking a stay on his conviction by a magistrate’s court in a criminal defamation case. The appeal will be heard by a single-judge bench in due course. On April 20, a sessions court in Surat dismissed Gandhi’s plea […]
International cricketing greats Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar have joined Sir Donald Bradman, Alan Davidson and Arthur Morris by having a set of gates named in their honour at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The gates, used to access the field of play, were unveiled to mark Tendulkar’s 50th birthday and 30 years since Lara’s innings of […]
New Delhi, April 23 Ahead of the meeting of the Defence Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Delhi this week, India and China on Sunday held the 18th Corps Commanders-level talks — nearly five months after the last round in December last year. At the meeting at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the […]
New Delhi, April 23 Most parents are concerned about potential long-term risks from the Covid-19 vaccine for their children and some fear they’ll be held responsible if their child gets ill after the jab, a study has revealed. Despite efforts to increase the vaccination rate among children, many remain unvaccinated due to parental concerns about […]
New Delhi, April 22 Delhi Police said on Saturday that they neither arrested nor detained former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik after several messages were seen circulating on social media claiming his alleged detention. However, a total of 24 persons, including some farmer leaders from Haryana, were detained before they were released after […]