Australia cuts Covid isolation times, eases mask rulesPrime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country's still-stringent Covid rules would be relaxed slightly from September 9, when isolation p...
31 Aug, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
Oz 2020 investment in India similar to 2018: Australian govtAs per the Australian government’s India Economic Strategy (IES) to 2035 update, one in every five students studying in Australian universi...
26 Apr, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
Australia reopens after two years, welcomes travellers with toy koalas, Tim Tams & jars of Vegemite spreadAustralia closed its borders to tourists in March 2020.
21 Feb, 2022, 06.34 PM IST
Australia cancels Djokovic's visa citing health riskAustralia cancelled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time on Friday saying the world tennis number one who has not been vaccinated for CO...
14 Jan, 2022, 02.13 PM IST
Why was Novak Djokovic not let into Australia?Novak Djokovic came within one victory of sweeping all four of last year's Grand Slam tennis tournaments and entered 2022 needing one title...
06 Jan, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
Why was Novak Djokovic not let into Australia?Even though Djokovic, a 34-year-old from Serbia, was granted a medical exemption to get around a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all playe...
06 Jan, 2022, 11.19 AM IST
Australia reports first Omicron death, authorities stick to reopening planThe death, a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, marked a grim milestone for the country which has had to pause some parts of...
27 Dec, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
Sydney to scrap quarantine, readies to welcome overseas visitorsSince March 2020, travel to and from Australia has been virtually banned and anyone who gains permission to enter must fork out many thousa...
15 Oct, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
Melbourne to lockdown for 5 days from ThursdayA three-week lockdown of Sydney and surrounding communities in New South Wales state had been due to end on Friday. But it will now last un...
15 Jul, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
New Zealand considers mandatory masks, scanning amid COVID-19 Delta variant concernsNew Zealand halted quarantine-free travel with neighbouring Australia last week as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant trigg...
28 Jun, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Sydney and Darwin in lockdown as COVID-19 cases pop up across AustraliaSydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as the Bondi neighbourhood cluster of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose to 11...
27 Jun, 2021, 11.04 PM IST
Australia mulls global partnership against tech giantsThe conversation was held in the backdrop of the Morrison government’s negotiation with tech giants Facebook and Google, which led to tempo...
20 Feb, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
83% of the workforce in India still nervous about returning to the office without COVID-19 vaccine, Atlassian survey revealsAbout 83 per cent of employees in India are still nervous about going back to the office in the absence of an effective Covid-19 vaccine, s...
27 Nov, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
IndiGo denies it’s looking to buy Virgin AustraliaIndiGo hasn’t formulated any such proposal and neither does it have any “interest in this matter,” the airline said in a release late on Mo...
11 May, 2020, 10.38 PM IST
Opinion: News producers can’t keep incurring the costs while digital platforms drain away profitsFacebook and Google cornered nearly 70 per cent (Rs 11,500 crore) of online ad revenues from India in 2018-19, a market pegged at Rs 28,000...
22 Apr, 2020, 03.41 PM IST
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news contentTreasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission would release in late July draft rules for the platforms ...
21 Apr, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
View: Who’ll pay for global recession?Massive government borrowings to fund these stimulus packages are not free gifts. Who will repay this enormous debt, and how long will it t...
16 Apr, 2020, 10.54 PM IST