Australia will unveil a $AU747 million ($805 million) defence package today to upgrade four military bases and expand war games with the United States, The Australian newspaper reports.
Covid: 52 passengers test positive on Indian flight to Hong Kong
27 Apr, 2021 11:45 PM
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Aircraft from Indian carriers Vistara and Go Airlines sit on the tarmac at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. Photo / Getty Images, T. Narayan
Aircraft from Indian carriers Vistara and Go Airlines sit on the tarmac at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. Photo / Getty Images, T. Narayan
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By: Lauren McMah
Experts are working to understand how dozens of passengers on a flight from Delhi tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival, despite them all testing negative before boarding.
At least 52 passengers returned positive tests after flight UK6395, operated by Indian airline Vistara, landed in Hong Kong on 4 April .
Cricket by Nic Savage  As India s coronavirus situation worsens, Chris Lynn s suggestion that Cricket Australia could organise a chartered flight home for players competing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been branded absurd . Despite India s recent insistence that it was in the endgame of its battle against COVID-19, the nation is battling a huge increase in coronavirus cases, escalating deaths and dwindling medical supplies. India recorded 352,991 new infections and 2812 deaths on Monday, with their total number of cases approaching 18 million. A Delhi High Court hearing a special petition on the pandemic measures said on the weekend: We re calling it a wave, it s actually a tsunami.
Australia unveils $580mn budget to upgrade military amid tensions with China Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:39 AM
[ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:56 AM ] Soldiers from the Australian Army’s 3rd Brigade guard Langham Beach after an amphibious assault landing during the Talisman Saber joint military exercises between Australia and the United States, in Queensland, northeast Australia, in July 2017. (File photo by Reuters)
Australia has announced a major upgrade to its northern military bases and a plan to expand joint war games with the US military, amid a persisting diplomatic and trade row with China.
“Our objective is a free and open Indo-Pacific, to ensure a peaceful region, one that, at the same time, Australia is in a position to always protect its interests,” conservative Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, unveiling a 580-million-dollar budget to upgra
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