Australian Arnold Dix rescues Uttarakhand tunnel workers
A Melbournian engineering professor and tunnelling expert is being praised for his efforts to save 41 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in...
Prof Sharath Sriram takes helm at Science & Technology Australia
Professor Sharath Sriram, renowned as a visionary "connector of commercialisation" and a research rockstar, has been appointed as Science & Technology Australia’s (STA) new...
RISE Accelerator to elevate Indian and Australian startups
A new initiative from Australia’s CSIRO and India’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) under NITI Aayog seeks to attract small to medium-sized startups (SMEs) to...
How US officials foiled a plot to assassinate Sikh leader Pannun
U.S. prosecutors say they have foiled a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist leader based in New York. The plan,...
India: how COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence against women. The...