Seniors are being encouraged to become scam savvy during National Consumer Fraud Week as NSW Fair Trading offers advice and support to Australians over 55 on how to avoid being caught up in pernicious scams. Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe says that it’s important for seniors to be aware of scams and to know what […]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres today announced the first Openstack summit to be held in the Southern Hemisphere has been secured for Sydney in 2017. Mr Ayres said Openstack will be the first major international ICT event to be held in the new convention centre and will allow ICC Sydney to […]
Police continue to appeal for public assistance to help locate missing 22-year-old man Tej Chitnis. Tej was last seen leaving his Burwood East address in his silver Golf on Wednesday 27 April about 10am. He usually drives to the Blackburn Railway station, parks his car in a nearby street and catches public transport to University. […]
Sydney’s ambulance services will be boosted by a NSW Government investment in four more metropolitan superstations and 27 extra paramedic specialists. Additional NSW Ambulance superstations will be built at Artarmon, Caringbah, Northmead and in Sydney’s inner west as part of the NSW Government’s $150 million Sydney Ambulance Metropolitan Infrastructure Strategy (SAMIS) – the most significant […]
Star batsmen Wriddhiman Saha (56) and Murali Vijay (54 not out) smashed half-centuries each as Kings XI Punjab outclassed Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Friday. Batting first, defending champions Mumbai lost wickets at regular intervals as they were restricted to 124/9 in 20 overs, thanks to […]
The Congress on Friday asked the Election Commission to bar Prime Minister Narendra Modi from campaigning in Kerala for the May 16 assembly polls following his remarks comparing the state to Somalia. In a memorandum submitted to the poll panel, the party also sought “appropriate action” against Modi for violating the model code of conduct. […]
Friday, the 13th, turned out to be hot as hell for Delhiites with the maximum temperature soaring to 43 degrees Celsius — making it the hottest May 13 since 2011, the Met office said. The maximum temperature on Friday was recorded four notches above the season’s average while the minimum temperature of the day settled […]
Russia is being forced to look for ways to neutralise threats to its national security due to deployment of the NATO anti-missile shield in Europe, President Vladimir Putin said after the alliance launched a missile defence site in Romania. “Now, after the deployment of those anti-missile system elements, we’ll be forced to think about neutralizing […]
Global pharmaceutical company Cadila Healthcare on Friday posted a 11 percent increase in its net profit at Rs 388.7 crore for the fourth quarter ended March as compared to Rs.350.4 crore in the year-ago period, on account of robust sales. Total income rose seven percent to Rs.2,449 crore in the quarter under review from Rs.2,288 […]
India has unveiled a new National Intellectual Property Rights Policy to safeguard commercial interests arising from creativity — like music, books, industrial drawings, software and even drugs and pharmaceuticals. IT industry body Nasscom welcomed the policy. The country, in the process, also wants to meet its global obligation towards protecting innovation, while also placing it […]