2021 Australian of the Year Awards – who are the finalists?

2021 Australian of the Year Awards – who are the finalists?

2021 AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS FINALISTS WHO’S IN THE RUNNING FOR NATIONAL AWARDS? Awards to be announced 25 January 2021 australianoftheyear.org.au Health leaders, bushfire heroes, pandemic helpers, scientists, environmental guardians, human rights advocates and Indigenous leaders are among the inspiring Australians now in the running for the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards to […]

Samsung heir sentenced to prison for corruption

Samsung heir sentenced to prison for corruption

A Seoul court on Monday sentenced Lee Jae-yong, heir apparent of South Korea’s biggest family-run conglomerate the Samsung Group, to two years and a half in prison for corruption charges, including a bribery case involving former President Park Geun-hye. The Seoul High Court gave Lee, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., the prison term for […]

Australian PM urged to rebuke lawmaker for Covid disinformation

Australian PM urged to rebuke lawmaker for Covid disinformation

A poll published on Monday revealed that 76 per cent of Australians have called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to rebuke a lawmaker over disinformation regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The poll published by the think tank Australia Institute found that 76 per cent of Australians agreed that Morrison “has a responsibility to clearly and publicly […]

Virgin Orbit’s rocket deploys 10 NASA payloads via air launch

Virgin Orbit’s rocket deploys 10 NASA payloads via air launch

In a historic feat challenging SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Virgin Orbit which is the sister company of billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic, on Monday successfully sent its LauncherOne rocket into space via air launch, and not through a traditional one from a launch pad on Earth. The rocket, which had failed […]

Indian fan complains of racism at SCG

Indian fan complains of racism at SCG

 Even as authorities at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) are investigating reports from the Indian team that pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were subjected to racist comments, they have received another complaint from an Indian fan who alleged that a security officer on duty at the SCG told him to “go back to […]

US CDC projects 90k new Covid-19 deaths in next 3 weeks

US CDC projects 90k new Covid-19 deaths in next 3 weeks

 Nearly 90,000 people in the US may die from Covid-19 in the next three weeks, according to the latest projections of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Friday’s CDC forecast predicts that 16,200 to 29,600 new deaths will likely be reported in the week ending February 6, Xinhua news agency reported. A total […]

Dense fog, zero visibility in Delhi, Lucknow, Amritsar

Dense fog, zero visibility in Delhi, Lucknow, Amritsar

 Delhi, Lucknow and Amritsar witnessed dense fog on Saturday morning with zero visibility due to variable and calm lower-level winds, and the fog is likely to persist on Sunday as well. The Met department said “Zero visibility over Delhi, Lucknow and Amritsar due to variable and calm lower-level winds. Similar fog conditions are likely on […]

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine boss warns Aus against delaying rollout

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine boss warns Aus against delaying rollout

A scientist who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday warned Australia against delaying its rollout. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology recently called on the Canberra government to pause its planned rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccines, saying it may not be effective enough to generate herd immunity to the […]

Pakistani intruder shot dead in Punjab

Pakistani intruder shot dead in Punjab

A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur sector, the paramilitary force said on Friday. “The BSF personnel detected suspicious movement of an intruder from the Pakistan side near the barbed fence inside Indian territory at 8.45 p.m. on Thursday. Sensing imminent threat, the […]

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