Page-8 of India-Australia Current Affairs, GK & News

India wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a defeating Australia 4-0 in Test Series

March 29, 2013

India completed a historic 4-0 clean sweep against Australia by recording an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fourth and final cricket Test. Border–Gavaskar Trophy A Test cricket series played between India and Australia. If the series is drawn, then the country holding the trophy retains it. The series is named after Australia’s Allan Border and ..

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Sachin Tendulkar conferred with the membership of the “Order of Australia”

November 9, 2012

Sachin Tendulkar conferred  with the membership of the “Order of Australia”  Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Why Sachin was conferred with this honor? Sachin was conferred with this membership for his service to India-Australia relations by promoting goodwill, friendship and sportsmanship via Cricket. How many Indians till date have been honored with this ..

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Australian schools to teach Hindi; Australia releases the Asian Century White Paper

November 1, 2012

Announcing that Asia’s rise is “unstoppable”, Australia brought out a challenging plan aimed at fortifying its links with India and other booming economies of the Asian region. The Australian plan includes teaching languages like Hindi and Mandarin in its schools. All Australian schools will engage with at least one school in Asia to support the ..

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India's NSDC inks pact with Ausralia's industry skills council SkillsDMC

October 23, 2012

An agreement was signed b/w Ausralia’s industry skills council SkillsDMC and India’s National Skills Development Corporation(NSDC) to provide training to 500 million people in key industry areas by 2022. As per the pact, SkillsDMC will support the establishment of the Indian Sector Skills Council for mining. India aims to provide skills training for up to ..

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