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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Indians walk students home in Australia

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The Indian community here has come to the rescue of its students being targeted for racial attacks, by taking care of them while returning home late in the night when they are most vulnerable.

Moti Visa,editor of an Indian community newspaper,said he has begun pick-ups and dropoffs for Indians who live in his area,in Melbourne’s north-east.

He said, “The main problems are happening when our youngsters are getting down from the trains and they have to walk alone. That can be eliminated.” “We might have to spend some money from our pocket but at least our children will be safe,” he added.

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Friday, May 29, 2009

Another Indian student attacked in Australia

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If you are an Indian wanting to study in Australia, take note: a 25-year-old Indian student has become the latest victim of a racist attack even as another battled for life in hospital after being attacked over the weekend.

Indian student Baljinder Singh begged for his life as he was stabbed with a screwdriver by his amused attackers after leaving a Melbourne railway station, the heraldsun website reported.

As Baljinder screamed for his life on Monday night, his attackers laughed and fled, the report said. “I bent down and one guy stabbed me…I just wanted to save my life and yelled just don’t kill me.”

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

World champions stumble towards a mighty fall

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The Second Test between India and Australia has produced scenes that would delight those envious of the seemingly unending domination of the world champions.

India are in sight of a famous victory as Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma reduced Australia to 141 for five at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Monday.

Australia's batting caved in on a surface where the Indians scored big at a good pace. The bowlers failed to capture or contain, there were frequent overthrows, the captain lost the plot and the team conceded the psychological game - even in defeat Australia have never looked so disjointed.

Matthew Hayden's wild batting in the second innings reflected the mental state of a team that had lost focus.

For everyone else losing is part of the game, but for Australia it's next to impossible. That's why they have won with amazing success in the last many years, when the stakes were high, even when the matches were inconsequential- showing no dearth of ruthlessness.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Booster Shot

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Fears of the United States-led financial crisis cascading to other countries, particularly Europe, combined with apprehensions that the $700 billion bailout package, history's biggest, may not be enough, turned markets on both sides of the sub-continent in spots of red.

Long before the Indian markets opened and long after the benchmark BSE Sensex fell 725 points or 5.8 per cent, markets from Australia and Asia to Europe and the Americas thudded to touch new bottoms.

As the Sensex closed below 12,000 to touch a two-year low, the Dow in the US fell 4.1 per cent, reeling below the 10,000 mark, after four years.

In a surprise move to bring some liquidity into the Indian banking system, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a 50 basis point (100 basis points make 1 percentage point) cut in its cash reserve ratio (CRR) to 8.5 per cent.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Dropped from Irani Cup, could be the end for Dada

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Unless the new selection committee committee thinks radically differently Souray Ganguly's omission from the Irani Cup squad could start the most remarkable phaseout period in the history of Indian cricket.

Is it time to say goodbye to Indian cricket legends who contributed to 17 Test victories abroad between November 2000 when Ganguly became captain and 2008 compared to 14 from 1932 to 2000? It's just that the process to shelve them has started with Ganguly, India's most successful captain with 21 wins in 49 Tests.

"You have to look at the future and start somewhere," a national selector unwilling to go on record told HT. "We have a pool of youngsters who are ready to be tested and this is the right time." Ganguly made 96 runs in six innings in Sri Lanka last month.

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