Australia

Balesh Dhankhar is on trial in Australia for 13 instances of rape and filming the act at his apartment and an upscale hotel in Sydney. In a horrific incident, Dhankar has been named in several assault and rape cases, in Australia, confirmed sources. He is also pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges comprising 13 sexual assaults, 17 intimate recordings without consent, six counts of using intoxicating substances for crimes.

PM Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from March 8. During the tour, they will watch the first day of the fourth Test match between the two countries at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on March 9, confirmed officials. While PM Modi will arrive late evening, Albanese will land at Ahmedabad airport in the evening and head straight.

Australia’s Sydney recorded the wettest year in 164 years, with heavy downpour and major floods reported across several parts of the nation. Sydney has recorded 2,213 mm of rain, with three more months to go in 2022. The previous such record was in 1950, when Australia’s largest city of Sydney received 2,194 mm of rainfall. Meanwhile, the city is expected to receive more downpour in the coming days and weeks.

The defence ministers of US, Australia and Japan have formed a military cooperation to counter China’s “bullying behaviour” amid the ongoing China-Taiwan conflict. Officials from Australia and Japan flew to US’ military headquarters for the pacific region, where the leaders met. This has come after US announced $810 million aid for pacific island nations where US is planning to intensify its diplomatic presence, reported Hindustan Times… read-more