The Andrews Labor Government is taking more action to boost family violence support services and protect victims through an $81.3 million package in the 2015-16 Victorian Budget. The package includes funding for the Royal Commission into Family Violence to continue its investigation of our national emergency. The Royal Commission will report back to the community […]
C ommonwealth Minister for Justice Michael Keenan and NSW Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott today announced additional disaster assistance for NSW communities affected by the recent storms and floods. Assistance is being extended to the local government areas of Gloucester, Hawkesbury, Ku-ring-gai, Mosman and Waverley through the jointly‑funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and […]
The NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) Unit in Strathfield has been inundated with 59 requests for assistance from April 20 to May 2 – the largest number from a single storm event in Strathfield since the storms that caused the beaching of the Pasha Bulker. “We’ve had 59 requests for assistance in the Strathfield […]
India has cautioned against the UN giving religion-based organisations a role in international security matters and warned that it could be “counterproductive”. Prakash Gupta, a counsellor at India’s UN mission, said on Monday the UN Charter’s provisions on the role of regional organisations in international peace and security issues clearly refers to “organisations formed on […]
A Bihar-based geologist has claimed that he and his team of scientists could have predicted the killer earthquake which hit Nepal on April 25 if they had been provided with the latest equipment. The quake resulted in a loss of more than 7,000 lives, with over 14,000 injured. “We could have predicted the earthquake in […]
Ran Bahadur Gurung is scouring for his belongings in the rubble which once used to be his house at this remote but picturesque village of Gurkha in Nepal, the epicentre of the devastating earthquake in Himalayan nation. While rummaging through the ruins, he stumbles across a mangled aluminum container. He flings it, mumbling something in […]
Odisha plans to go in for online marketing of milk and milk products prepared by the Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED), an official said on Monday. The government has advised the state agency OMFED to introduce online ordering of milk and milk products for delivery at the doorsteps of consumers in the […]
A baby girl born soon after her mother was rescued was among a record 6,551 migrants rescued over the weekend in the Mediterranean in 34 separate operations, the Italian Coast Guard said on Monday. An Italian navy vessel plucked the mother from waters in the Strait of Sicily and her baby girl was safely delivered […]
Talk of a change in the Handloom Reservation Act, which has since 1985 protected handloom weaves from being copied by machine-made and powerloom competitors, has got veteran designer Ritu Kumar worried about the plight of millions of India’s weavers who are already fighting for their livelihood. A notable name in the Indian fashion industry, who […]
You are touching 60 and had a stellar career. You earned enough to take care of the rest of your life, luxuriously. You’ve also travelled far and wide. Now, you want to retire for life in a tranquil place, yet with a somewhat engaging life. So where do you go? One such place is nestled […]