Federal budget 2015: side-effect means sickest patients are to pay more for drugs

Sydney : Some of Australia’s sickest people will pay more each year for their medicines due to a little-noticed change in last week’s federal budget. Health Minister Sussan Ley on Monday announced an agreement with the Pharmacy Guild which she said would deliver “cheaper, more affordable medicines for consumers”, partly because pharmacies will have the […]

Rory McIlroy named European Tour golfer of 2014

London, May 20 : Following a stellar campaign in 2014, world No.1 Rory McIlroy has been named the European Tour’s Golfer of the Year and the Players’ Player of the Year. The player from Northern Ireland has claimed seven titles in the past 12 months, including triumphs at the Open and the US PGA as […]

Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamer fired up after ‘tough’ fix ban

Sydney, May 20 Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamer admits he almost gave up cricket after being hit with a five-year ban for spot-fixing, but the paceman is now fired up to take wickets and repair his reputation. The left-arm quick, along with new-ball partner Mohammad Asif and then-captain Salman Butt, was banned for delivering pre-arranged no-balls in […]

Arjun Kapoor gets 700,000 Instagram followers

Mumbai, May 20: Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor has managed to get a following of 700,000 fans on Instagram. The elated actor took to micro-blogging website to share the news along with a photograph. “700k on Instagram…but why shld twitter not get an upload as well…any excuse to post a new image (sic),” the 29-year-old tweeted […]

Telling tales via journeys: Bollywood’s latest route

New Delhi, May 20: Be it a train journey in “Chennai Express”, the National Highway journeys in “Highway” and “NH10″, a father-daughter journey from Delhi to Kolkata in latest entertainer “Piku” or a cruise trip in the forthcoming “Dil Dhadakne Do” – Bollywood filmmakers are telling fresh tales set around journeys, mode notwithstanding.This has also […]