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Win over Australia show Pakistan cricket seeing change in mindset. Shoaib, Ramiz all praise

Fans took to social media to heap praise on the team, but specifically highlighted the performances of newly appointed captain Mohammad Rizwan and star batsman Babar Azam.

Australia Today not banned, blocked by Meta due to business strategy to ‘de-emphasise news’, says Canada

Global Affairs Canada says that Meta blocked news sharing on its platforms, regardless of outlet, as part of its business strategy since the Online News Act took effect in 2023.

Australian news outlet’s handles ‘blocked’ in Canada after it carried Jaishankar press conference—MEA

Canada's action is 'hypocrisy towards freedom of speech', says MEA. Jaishankar, at the press conference, criticised Canada for providing political space to extremist voices.

‘Upsetting for Indians,’ says Australia on Hindu temple vandalism in Canberra

At a press briefing Tuesday, jointly addressed by foreign ministers Jaishankar and Penny Wong, the Indian minister called Sunday’s incident in Brampton ‘deeply concerning’.

Cricket Australia rescinds David Warner’s lifetime ban

Warner was accused in a 2018 ball-tampering scandal, where he instructed Bancroft to use a strip of sandpaper to alter the condition of the ball in a test match against South Africa.

‘You committed genocide’: King Charles heckled by Indigenous Australian senator on visit to Canberra

On 1st major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer, Charles had finished speaking when independent senator Lidia Thorpe shouted she did not accept his sovereignty over Australia.

US-Australia AUKUS submarine deal in trouble? US Congressional paper suggests drastic tweaks

The AUKUS deal was signed in 2021 with the US pushing out France, which was in talks with Australia to sell 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.

Australia appoints new Border Force Commissioner

Gavan Reynolds to take over from Michael Outram after oath taking ceremony on 10 November.

Curious koala leads Australian police on low-speed chase through railway station

Trains were ordered to slow as the koala came dangerously close to platform edge. It eventually hopped station fence after cops were dispatched to chase it away from tracks.

349 Australians successfully evacuated from Lebanon amid Israeli strikes in the region

According to Australian authorities, two more flights with over 650 people have departed from Lebanon and are yet to reach the Pacific country.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.