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Australian regional airline Rex to launch more flights amid Covid-19
Reuters
UPDATED ON FEB 28, 2021 07:01 PM IST
At a time when domestic air traffic remains low due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Australian regional airline, Rex, to challenge Qantas and Virgin on the country's big-city routes by launching more flights in competition
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Covid-19 variants dampen hope of travel rebound, quarantines get longer-lonelier
Bloomberg
UPDATED ON FEB 24, 2021 07:47 AM IST
While the efficacy of vaccines on mutated Covid-19 strains are under debate, the tightening of quarantine models to contain the threat from highly infectious coronavirus variants is damping hopes of a swift rebound in international air travel.
Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to Sydney and Melbourne
Bloomberg
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 02:31 PM IST
Australia all but closed its borders to travelers last year to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to Australia’s three largest cities
Bloomberg
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 02:25 PM IST
- Dubai’s Emirates has announced that the last flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be on January 20 and passengers for those cities will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin
Scientists exemplify world’s fastest optical neuromorphic processor for AI
By Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta | Melbourne [Australia]
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 05:47 PM IST
A Swinburne University of Technology led team has demonstrated the world’s fastest and most powerful optical neuromorphic processor for artificial intelligence.
India vs Australia: All Indian players test negative for coronavirus - Report
By Asian News International | Sydney
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 08:26 AM IST
“Playing members of the Indian Cricket Team and support staff underwent an RT-PCR Test for Covid-19 on January 3, 2021. All tests have returned negative results,” the BCCI said.
Results not age key factor for Federer now, says Woodbridge
By Reuters | Reuters
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 05:25 PM IST
Last week Federer confirmed that fitness issues after two knee operations in 2020 mean that fans will not see him in action at the Australian Open in February for the first time in more than two decades.
Rain washes out India’s practice session at MCG
By Press Trust of India | Melbourne
PUBLISHED ON JAN 03, 2021 01:00 PM IST
India and Australia players are scheduled to leave for Sydney on Monday.
India vs Australia: ‘Man born to lead cricket teams’, Ian Chappell lauds Rahane’s captaincy in Melbourne Test
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 12:04 PM IST
In his latest column, Chappell heaped praises on India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s leadership and called him a man ‘born to lead cricket teams’.
‘No sir, it’s on me’: Fan claims to have paid bill worth INR 6683 for Team India’s lunch in Melbourne
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 06:32 PM IST
The fan, identified as Navaldeep Singh, was seated in close proximity of members of the Indian team and claims that he picked up their lunch tab.
Ajinkya Rahane: Making it count
By Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer) | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 04:35 PM IST
The icy calm strategist took over a weakened squad, just after they’d set a record for worst-ever Indian innings. And he’s managed to put the shards together to make a winning whole.
India vs Australia: ‘It’s the best I have seen Ashwin bowl overseas,’ Laxman praises Ashwin’s ‘lovely display of off-spin’ in Melbourne
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 04:32 PM IST
Impressed with his heroics, Laxman, in his latest column on Times of India, said that this is the best version of Ravi Ashwin he has ever witnessed in overseas conditions.
2020 finally ending, but New Year’s revelries muted by coronavirus
By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai | Canberra, Australia
PUBLISHED ON DEC 31, 2020 01:34 PM IST
Australia will be among the first nations to ring in 2021 because of its proximity to the International Date Line. In past years 1 million people crowded Sydney’s harbor to watch fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
Tests: You win one, you lose one
By Sanjay Manjrekar
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 07:59 AM IST
Let’s detach ourselves from this particular match and the great Indian triumph and take a look at a larger issue that, in part, made a comeback like this possible. The quality of Test cricket.
Video of kangaroo enjoying tummy tickle becomes 2nd top performing post of 2020 by Tourism Australia
By Sanya Budhiraja | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 10:27 PM IST
“Me when I wake up in the morning,” read one comment under the Instagram post. Check out the recording to see if you relate to it too.
India vs Australia: ‘India have beaten Australia like how you beat up a person in a sack’, Shoaib Akhtar hails India’s win in Melbourne
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 08:22 AM IST
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Akhtar said that this success is ‘making all the noise’ for a calm and composed Rahane.
India and Australia not to travel to Sydney before January 4: Hockley
By Press Trust of India | Melbourne
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 02:02 PM IST
Usually the teams land in Sydney on the eve of the New Year but due to steady coronavirus cases in the city, the players and officials will stay in Melbourne for a longer period this year.
‘He is quite a calm character’: Australian speedster Pat Cummins praises Indian youngster
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 07:45 AM IST
India shrugged off the Adelaide Test humiliation to level the four-match series 1-1 with an eight wicket win in Melbourne inside four days.
Entrepreneur and fashion designer Hetal Desai’s journey from local to global
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 06:08 PM IST
Hetal Desai is best known for designs that focus on Indian traditions and culture.
Melbourne Test - Pitch is getting slower, hitting one area consistently is key to get Aussies out: Siraj
By Press Trust of India | Melbourne
UPDATED ON DEC 28, 2020 04:57 PM IST
Siraj’s elevation as a Test bowler has happened in the wake of some great performances for Hyderabad and India A at the first-class level.
India stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane matches Virat Kohli’s rare feat, slams superb century against Australia in Melbourne
By hindustantimes.com | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2020 12:52 PM IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test: Ajinkya Rahane became the second Indian cricketer to score a ton on his first match as captain in Australia. Kohli was the first one to do it in 2014 when he slammed a century in Adelaide.
India vs Australia: Tim Paine becomes fastest wicketkeeper to affect 150 dismissals in Tests
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2020 11:15 AM IST
Paine took just 33 innings to record 150 dismissals as wicketkeeper. As a result, he went past South Africa’s Quinton de Kock who had achieved the feat in his 34th innings in the longest format of the game.
Dean Jones remembered during Boxing Day Test
By Press Trust of India | Melbourne
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2020 02:28 PM IST
Jones’ family and former Australia captain Allan Border participated in the farewell during the tea break of the ongoing second Test here.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Live Streaming: When and where to watch IND vs AUS 2nd Test Live on TV and Online
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 08:21 PM IST
IND vs AUS 2nd Test Live Streaming: All you need to know about live streaming details on Sony Liv, match timings, venue for India vs Australia 2nd Test Live in Melbourne.
India vs Australia: India stare at an unwanted first in their 88-year-old Test history
By hindustantimes.com | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 01:35 PM IST
If India does not manage to draw or win the second Test against Australia in Melbourne then it will be the first time in their 88 years of a Test-playing nation that they will lose all matches in a calendar year (minimum 3 Tests).
‘Ajinkya Rahane would bring a different style, different strategies’: Sachin Tendulkar ahead of India vs Australia Melbourne Test
By hindustantimes.com | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 09:44 AM IST
Ahead of the India vs Australia Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Sachin Tendulkar stated that Ajinkya Rahane’s calm demeanour doesn’t mean that he lacks aggression and he has his own way of showing combativeness.
‘If we give KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant an inch, they will take a mile, very dangerous players’: Australia captain Tim Paine
By hindustantimes.com | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 08:30 AM IST
Australian skipper Tim Paine heaped praise on KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, both of whom have a strong chance of playing the 2nd Test in Melbourne starting on Saturday.
India vs Australia: Indian team indulges in wrestling-like drill, Jadeja put through fitness test
By Press Trust of India | Melbourne
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2020 11:43 PM IST
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was the first to arrive at the nets for the training session and he was put through a fitness test as he ran between the wickets with a bat on his hand, two days before the Boxing Day Test begins at MCG.
India vs Australia: ‘Australian batting is not very strong’, Srikkanth believes India will ‘come out and fight’ in Melbourne
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2020 05:35 PM IST
In a conversation with The Age and the Herald, the 1983 World Cup winner backed India, stating that the tourists will surely ‘come out and fight.’
‘India have class players but Australia will blow them away in Melbourne’: Shane Warne
By hindustantimes.com | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2020 12:57 PM IST
India vs Australia: India were bowled out for 36 - their lowest score in Test cricket in the 2nd innings of the day-night Test as Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood ran through India’s batting line-up in the first session of Day 3. Warne, however said the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and KL Rahul are class acts.