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Topic: Sydney

Australia considers swapping venues for last two India Tests due to Sydney Covid outbreak

Cricket Australia still wants to host 3rd Test in Sydney from 7 to 11 January, but could swap it with Brisbane, where 4th Test is scheduled from 15 January.

Sydney declared Covid hotspot, Queensland bans visitors from the Australian city

New South Wales state, which has Sydney as its capital, recorded 19 new cases of the virus on Wednesday.

After Melbourne, Sydney has new Covid hotspots as Australia’s infections cross 10,000

The outbreak in Sydney has caused the New South Wales state govt to announce it would reverse some easing of social-distancing restrictions, including in pubs.

Sydney’s open for business again. So where is everybody?

More than a week after schools and businesses reopened, traffic levels are edging back to pre-lockdown levels, yet there’s little sign of people taking to cars en masse.

Sydney’s air pollution is so bad it’s setting off fire alarms

The pollution has been so bad it has set off building smoke alarms, while ash has been washing up on the beaches.

How to survive the world’s longest flight ⁠— Qantas’ non-stop NY to Sydney 20-hour route

Qantas' Project Sunrise is testing out long distance non-stop flights, with hopes of launching by 2022. However, the experience in itself is soul-crushing, body-buckling experience.

Air India commander Rohit Bhasin suspended for allegedly shoplifting a wallet in Sydney

The incident allegedly took place on 22 June, and Captain Rohit Bhasin, who comes from a family of commanders, has been placed on suspension pending inquiry.

This new blue pill is stopping HIV like never before, study shows

An anti-viral pill cut new HIV cases among men by almost a third to the lowest on record, study published in Lancet shows.

A marathon plane is in the making, and it could take you halfway around the world in 20 hours

Boeing believes its vehicles can survive a journey from Sydney to London, but airlines have to catch up by designing appropriate interiors. 

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?