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Hidden Heat-Tolerant Corals Can Save Great Barrier Reef, New Research Shows
- Sep 24, 2024 15:01 pm IST
- Melissa Naugle, Emily Howells, Line K Bay, The Conversation
Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves.
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Pics: PM Modi's US Visit - Quad Summit And Modi-Biden Bilateral Talks
- Sep 22, 2024 20:50 pm IST
- Edited by: Apurva Bharadwaj
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to US started off with a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden.
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Canada Aims To Join Military Alliance AUKUS To Counter China In Indo-Pacific Region
- Sep 14, 2024 21:00 pm IST
- Reuters
Canada is in discussions about joining an expanded AUKUS deal between the US, Britain, and Australia formed to counter China's growing military influence in the Indo-Pacific region, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said.
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Can Social Media Ban For Children Like Australia's Work? Evidence Suggests
- Sep 13, 2024 14:51 pm IST
- Amanda Third, The Conversation
Banning children under 16 from social media sounds like a seductive idea. For overwhelmed parents navigating their kids' lives in a digital age, this move from the Australian government may seem like a welcome relief.
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Elon Musk Calls Australian Government 'Fascists' Over New Misinformation Law
- Sep 13, 2024 06:56 am IST
- Reuters
Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government "fascists" over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online.
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Australian To Have New Privacy Laws To Prohibit Doxxing
- Sep 12, 2024 11:49 am IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
The act of doxxing by releasing someone's personal information without consent will be made a criminal offence in Australia under new government privacy laws.
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Study Explains How Traffic Noise, Pollution Are Linked To Infertility
- Sep 07, 2024 08:23 am IST
- Amy L. Winship. Mark Green, The Conversation
Roughly one in six people are affected by infertility worldwide. And with more than half the worlds population now living in urban areas, researchers are interested in whether living in noisy and polluted cities could be to blame.
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Australian Air Traffic Controller Found Sleeping On Duty After 10 Night Shifts In 12 Days
- Sep 04, 2024 07:34 am IST
- Edited by: Bhavya Sukheja
Australia's air safety investigators have recommended reforms after a Brisbane air traffic controller was found asleep at his desk while covering an early-morning shift.
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Australia Makes 1st Aircraft Deployment In India For 'Tarang Shakti'- II
- Sep 03, 2024 15:14 pm IST
- Asian News International
The Royal Australian Air Force has made its first deployment of combat aircraft in India for participation in exercise 'Tarang Shakti', Australia's Defence department said in a statement.
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Australian Ex-Childcare Worker Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing 60 Girls
- Sep 02, 2024 12:40 pm IST
- Reuters
Former childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith on Monday pleaded guilty to raping, sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of girls under his care in Australia and Italy.
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Thousands In Australia Without Power Amid Heavy Rain
- Sep 01, 2024 12:25 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Tens of thousands of people in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania were without power on Sunday after a cold front brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.
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Mining Tycoon's New Diktat: Don't Go Out For Coffee During Work Hours
- Sep 01, 2024 08:41 am IST
- Edited by: Abhimanyu Kulkarni
Do not leave the building, or take a coffee break - these are among the new instructions an Australian mining boss plans to give all his employees.
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New Zealand's Maori King Dies After 18-Year Reign, World Leaders Mourn
- Aug 30, 2024 13:23 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The king of New Zealand's Maori died on Friday after heart surgery, with aides saying the beloved 69-year-old monarch, praised as a symbol of national unity, had "passed to the great beyond".
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Australian Census To Ask Citizens Their Sexuality After LGBTQ Backlash
- Aug 30, 2024 12:33 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Australia's census will ask citizens about their sexuality for the first time, the government said Friday, a policy U-turn aimed at quelling anger from LGBTQ groups.
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Watch: Australian PMs Private Chat Caught On Camera In Awkward Summit Blooper
- Aug 29, 2024 10:17 am IST
- Agence France-Presse
An unguarded exchange between Australia's prime minister and a veteran US diplomat about a sensitive Pacific policing plan was caught on camera, causing blushes at a regional summit Thursday.
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Australian TV Slammed After Pic Of "Sexy Santa" Dancers At Staff Meeting Goes Viral
- Aug 29, 2024 08:38 am IST
- Edited by: Bhavya Sukheja
A local Australian news channel has come under fire after a video of a dancing group of "sexy Santas" emerged from what has been described as a routine staff meeting.
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Australian Man Posing As Teen YouTuber Jailed For "World's Worst Sextortion"
- Aug 28, 2024 18:56 pm IST
- Edited by: Anjali Thakur
Rasheed manipulated over 250 victims around the globe into performing explicit acts on camera.
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Australia Restricts Foreign Student Intake For 2025, Indians Impacted
- Aug 27, 2024 22:45 pm IST
- Reported by: Mohammed Ghazali
- Edited by: Apurva Bharadwaj
Australia has announced that it will be limiting its international student intake to 2.7 lakh in 2025 in a bid to tackle record levels of migration that has led to skyrocketing house rental prices.