New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) India’s electric vehicle components market is expected to expand eightfold from Rs 41,000 crore in 2025 to Rs 3.55 lakh crore by 2032, a report said on Friday.The report from India Energy Storage Alliance and Customized Energy Solutions said battery packs, motors and power electronics will drive unprecedented growth in the domestic EV supply chain.The report unveiled at India Energy Storage Week 2026 at Yashobhoomi (IICC), here, projected a compound annual growth rate…
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Sydney, July 3 (IANS) Authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Friday that they have detected the first suspected case of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza on the country’s east coast.Tara Moriarty, NSW’s minister for agriculture, told reporters that preliminary testing of samples taken from a migratory giant petrel that was found sick near the small coastal town of Hawks Nest, 165 km northeast of Sydney, returned a positive result for the highly pathogenic strain.She s…
Canberra, June 22 (IANS) Australia’s authorities said on Monday that the country is as well prepared as possible for an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu after reporting the first confirmed case on the mainland.The federal government on Saturday confirmed that a migratory brown skua that was found in southern Western Australia (WA) on June 14 had died from H5N1 avian influenza, making the mainland the final continent to have a confirmed case of the highly pathogenic strain.Speaking …
Canberra, June 20 (IANS) The Australian government has confirmed the first mainland case of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in a migratory bird found in Western Australia (WA).Julie Collins, minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, told reporters in Canberra on Saturday that testing by the Australian Center for Disease Preparedness confirmed that a brown skua found in a southern WA national park on June 14 had died from the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, Xin…
Sydney, June 1 (IANS) Tens of thousands of homes in Western Australia (WA) have been hit by blackouts after severe storms swept across the state over the weekend, damaging properties and power lines.The state-owned Western Power said that around 70,000 customers in WA, including in the capital of Perth, were without electricity as of Monday morning following damaging storms that hit the southern half of the state on Saturday and Sunday.Wind speeds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour were recorded …
Canberra, May 28 (IANS) Six cruise ship passengers in Western Australia have had their quarantine extended to late June after new hantavirus cases were reported among people linked to the same voyage, authorities said on Thursday.The six passengers — four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealand national — have been in quarantine at a national facility near Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, since May 15.Their isolation period will now run until June 23, cove…
Canberra, May 21 (IANS) The Australian government is delivering a 7.2-million-Australian-dollar (about 5.14 million US dollars) package to respond to the biggest diphtheria outbreak since national record-keeping began, the country’s Health Minister, Mark Butler, said on Thursday.The National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System reports 230 diphtheria cases this year, and around 60 per cent of the cases in this outbreak are in the Northern Territory, with further outbreaks in Western Australia,…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers issued orders to six China-linked shareholders to sell their holdings in rare-earth miner Northern Minerals over concerns that Chinese parties want to take control of the company, a report has said.The report from Nikkei Asia said the move aims to protect Australia’s national interests and ensure compliance with the foreign investment framework.Australia wants to thwart control attempts at Northern Minerals, which is developing the Brown…
London, May 13 (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has named former Australia batter Marcus North as England Men’s National Selector, marking the end of his long-standing stint with Durham County Cricket Club. North arrives at the ECB after nearly eight years at Durham, where he held the role of Director of Cricket following his appointment in 2018. Over time, his responsibilities expanded to include oversight of both the men’s and women’s professional setups at the county.As …
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has admitted that the board failed to clearly communicate its vision for privatising the Big Bash League (BBL), as disagreements among state associations over the competition’s future structure persist.The discussion about private investment in the BBL has grown more heated following New South Wales and Queensland’s opposition to CA’s initial proposal to sell franchise stakes to outside investors. South Australia has also shown caut…