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Blame it on Team India’s pitch preparation playbook which insists upon deliberate under-preparing of the playing surface to such an extent that roles like a second opening bowler are virtually redundant. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Indian cricket’s killing fields

If curators are ordered to prepare a pitch which only allows spinners to dominate, the game descends into a farcical test of skills

07 Mar 2023 12:15 AM

The frightening experience of air travellers in the last week or so, especially those flying out of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport’s Terminal 3, would suggest that the airport system of passenger, hand baggage and security check handling leaves far too much to be desired. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Airport chaos: A mess of India’s own making

The ministry’s lazy solution seemed to be to tell the airlines to reduce the number of early morning flights

15 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

For India, the deal will help in increasing its exports of textiles, apparels, agriculture and fish products, leather, footwear, furniture and sports goods, jewellery, engineering goods, and selected pharmaceuticals and medical devices. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | A win-win deal for India, Australia

FTA with Australia will help India to secure supply of raw materials

24 Nov 2022 12:24 AM

Indian student stabbed multiple times in Australia allegedly for cash

The incident took place on Oct 6 at about 10.30 pm, as Shubham Garg walked along the Pacific Highway, NSW Police Force said in a statement

14 Oct 2022 3:30 PM

Projections put India to cross China in a year and become the world’s most populous country; and between the two, they would then share three billion people. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | 8 billion people in the world: Turning point for humanity?

Currently, our growth is about a billion per decade

10 Oct 2022 12:10 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

China's president Xi warns against 'Cold War' in Indo-Pacific

Xi also said the region should make sure to keep supply lines functioning and to continue liberalising trade and investment

11 Nov 2021 10:18 AM

President Joe Biden speaks during the Quad summit in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. Seated clockwise from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Quad leaders pledge to work together for peace and prosperity in Indo-Pacific region

Opening the summit, President Biden said the four democracies have come together to take on common challenges from COVID-19 to climate

25 Sep 2021 10:19 AM

Australia's Ashleigh Barty celebrates during the match against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova during the women's singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Ashleigh Barty into Wimbledon quarter-finals for first time

Barty will face the winner of the match between compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic and 18-year-old Emma Raducanu on Tuesday in the semifinals

05 Jul 2021 8:10 PM

Rival captains Tim Paine and Virat Kohli. (Photo: AP)

Tim Paine says missing out on WTC final was a 'bitter pill to swallow'

The Aussie Test skipper called for more consistency while handing out points penalties.

05 Jul 2021 5:11 PM

Dean Jones played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs for Australia and was part of the 1987 World Cup winning team. (File Photo)

Former Aussie batsman, IPL 2020 commentator Dean Jones dies of cardiac arrest

The former Australian batsman was in a Mumbai hotel with the Star Sports’ commentary team for the Indian Premier League.

24 Sep 2020 4:34 PM

Huawei’s landmark decision to sponsor the team in 2012 came months after the government banned the company on security grounds from involvement in the rollout of Australia’s National Broadband Network in 2011. The sponsorship was seen as an attempt to improve Huawei’s public image in the eyes of lawmakers and senior bureaucrats who barrack for the Canberra team. (Photo | AP)

Suspending goodwill gesture, Huawei ends Australian sporting deal over trade war

Huawei will end its current financial backing of the Canberra Raiders at the end of the current National Rugby League season.

31 Aug 2020 2:55 PM

Canada, France, Germany and Spain too have been trying to get Google and Facebook to pay for news with no success, but Australia’s law could move things along. (Photo | AP)

Australia's draft law makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to pay for news content

The aggregators will be given three months to work out a deal on fair pay for news, failing which arbitrators will make a binding decision.

31 Jul 2020 2:24 PM

Global deaths from COVID-19 surged past 600,000. (AP Photo)

6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally

While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with 350,879 cases

19 Jul 2020 12:39 PM

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia. (AP)

Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years

Victoria, Australia's most populous state, will be closed off from the rest of the country, and its 6.6 million residents along with it

06 Jul 2020 9:50 AM

All flights under the Vande Bharat Mission scheduled for various destinations in Australia between July 4 to July 14 postponed. (AFP Photo)

No flight for Australia till July 14 due to COVID-19 imposed restrictions

All rescheduled flights will now operate from July 15 onwards, Air India said in a statement

05 Jul 2020 3:32 PM

Protesters chant slogans and gesture during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020, on the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. (AFP)

Australia considering to provide 'safe haven' for Hong Kongers

China’s parliament passed the controversial national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday against disapproval from international community

02 Jul 2020 10:45 AM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (AP)

Australia escalates defences amid rising tensions with China

Just as US has angrily demanded to its allies, Australia's government has committed to spending at least two percent of GDP on defence

01 Jul 2020 9:40 AM

A member of the Australian Defence Force (L) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public in Melbourne on June 27, 2020. (AFP)

Australia sees second wave of virus after restrictions eased

The country reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in the last two months and is now considering reimposing social distancing

29 Jun 2020 11:24 AM

Residents wearing masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus past by lanterns and neon lights promoting a restaurant in Beijing. (AP)

China, South Korea report new cases in double digits

A recent report said testing found only a few cases without a link to Beijing market and the steps taken mean the risk of spread is low

27 Jun 2020 10:35 AM

Australia reimposes restrictions in its second-most populous state

Victoria state recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases for a fourth consecutive day

20 Jun 2020 4:03 PM

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