International Men’s Day 19 November Australia Celebrates

Parliamentarians the media and invited guests attended a special celebration at Australia's Parliament House yesterday as part of world-wide activities for International Men's Day.International Men's Day began on...

Three Indians attacked by 70 locals in Australia

The so called messiah of Globalization, 'the Australian's behavior towards the immigrants is really strange. Several thousands of students reach Australia for there higher studies, but in recent past the so called Australians, all of them have just 200 year history in...

Giant "scar" on Jupiter spotted by amateur stargazer

Surprises and lot more surprises, it defines the solar system well.The more we look inside the more cofused it seems." A large comet or asteroid has slammed into the Jupiter, creating an impact site the size of Earth, pictures by an Australian amateur astronomer show. ...

Criminals Using Facebook for Identity Theft to be Punished

Criminals are moving online in greater numbers looking for easy targets.  Unfortunately, many people using social networking sites likes Facebook and MySpace make it too easy for criminals by freely...

One step closer to end HIV life cycle

In order for viruses to reproduce, they must infect a cell, this part we understand. But do we really know how the most devastating of all Viruses and the smartest one of all times really works? Once i was told...

Child abuse Causes Lifelong Changes To DNA Expression And Brain

A study led by researchers in Canada who analysed post mortem brain samples of suicide victims with a history of being abused in childhood found changes in DNA expression that were not present in suicide victims with no childhood abuse history or in people who died of other...

Gene that plays role in ADHD found

What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Children with ADHD have impaired functioning in multiple settings, including home, school, and in...

Fruit Flies may help prevent Human Brain Tumors

Brain tumors, a condition that affects millions of people every year and in some cases with devastating if not fatal consequences. At Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore researchers have found a tumor-suppressing protein in the fly's brain, with a counterpart in...

Homebirths to Become Illegal in Australia

Under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law released last week, from July 2010 midwives could face a AUS$30,000 fine if they assist with a home birth in Australia.   It is expected that this...

Healing the Masculine Soul

Warwick Marsh from Fatherhood Foundation Australia delivered a speech on 17th June 2009 at the Men & Father’s Health Summit at Parliament House, Canberra. Following is a transcript of Warwick's speech. We...

Summit Calls for Government Office to Progress Men's Health

The Dads4Kids Fatherhood Foundation convened the inaugural Men and Fathers Health Summit at Parliament House, Canberra on Wednesday 17th June 2009. Over 30 delegates attended representing grass roots men’s and...

Australia Announces National Broadband Plan

Canberra has announced the creation of a publicly-owned company that would build an Australia-wide broadband network. Several private firms from around the world were bidding for a similar (but less-ambitious)...

Valentine day special story from Dehradun

THE ENGLISH MAN AND THE PERSIAN PRINCESS Contributed by Gopal Bhardwaj: Feb 14 In the late autumn of the year 1823 was born, in Teheran, the capital of Persia, a princess, who was so beautiful that she was given...

Australia Passes $42 Billion Stimulus Package

After plenty of political wrangling, a $42 billion bailout package has been passed by the Australian Senate. All the tradeoffs and provisos fit within 88 pages. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon of South Australia had originally come out against the package, but addtional...

Five children die in Aussie crossfire

Five children have been killed after a shootout between Taliban insurgents and Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, the Australian Defence Force said on Friday. The incident happened on Thursday in Uruzgan province, where Australia's special...

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