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Australia can trace much of its economic good fortune to shifting tectonic plates, billions of years ago.Supercontinents crunched together and crumbled. In their place formed a new one, rich in the mineral resources that mean Australians today enjoy among the highest standards of living in the world.But these quirks of geology can’t take all the credit.Iron ore, gold, lead, coal and diamonds aren’t worth anything when they’re buried beneath the ground.Getting them out and to market takes an enormous slog.It requires infrastructure. Rail lines, ports, roads and bridges.It requires millions of hours of labour from workforces in the tens of…
NEW DELHI: Objecting to the judgment mandating the President to seek Supreme Court’s opinion on constitutionality of bills, Union govt has said the judiciary cannot dictate to the President how and when to exercise her unfettered discretion to seek the apex court’s opinion and on which issues.Faulting the April 8 judgment of a bench of justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, the Centre, through solicitor general Tushar Mehta, said a plain reading of the President’s powers under Article 143 “shows that an absolute discretion lies with the President to seek advice. The term ‘consult’ means the act of asking…
A demonstrator stands on the head of the South Bank lion that sits on the side of the Westminster Bridge, during a Unite the Kingdom march and rally led by English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson in London on September 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Joanna Chan At the UN General Assembly last month, U.S. President Donald Trump harangued European leaders saying, “It’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders… Your countries are going to hell.” It was an explicit export of his anti-immigrant ideas to the continent that his Scottish mother had departed as an immigrant to…
Suryakumar Yadav and co. began their Asia Cup 2025 campaign on the highest of notes after gliding past the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by nine wickets in the group stage encounter at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday, September 10. Team India bowled out the opposition for just 57, before going on to chase down the score in just 4.3 overs. Although the bowlers grabbed the spotlight with their impressive showing, there was one incident out of the ordinary that occurred during the first innings. Midway through the 13th over, Indian all-rounder Shivam Dube bowled a short pitched delivery, which…
An opinion article titled “Enough Is Enough … I Choose VIOLENCE” on the conservative website The Daily Caller, which was co-founded by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel 15 years ago, has sparked backlash online.Screenshots of the piece, written by editor-at-large Geoffrey Ingersoll, have circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism for his outward commentary, such as: “We need to reinstitute a public debt for anti-social and subversive behavior. In my opinion, some of this cost needs to be summary and ultra-violent.”Newsweek has reached out to Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Dylan Housman for comment via email on Friday.Why It MattersIngersoll’s words come…
The need for organisational reforms is more relevant today than ever before as the global body grapples with complex realities of the 21st century Published Date – 24 October 2025, 09:00 PM Whether it is the journey of an individual or an institution, reaching 80 years is a significant milestone, a time for reflection and reform. The United Nations, established on October 24, 1945, as a collective hope of a war-torn world, now faces multiple crises in an increasingly uncertain global landscape. The organisation is facing widespread criticism for its inefficacy in resolving conflicts, as…