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The controversy began when a Texas man shared an image of a lavish Indian meal, captioning it with: 'Indian food is the best on Earth. Fight me.'

Australian YouTuber captures giant humpback whale doing rare 'headstand' in ocean. Watch

The clip showed the gigantic humpback whale absolutely still with its tail fin in the air and its entire body underwater. According to Science Alert, the rare behaviour is called "tail sailing".

Sailor, dog stranded in Pacific Ocean for 2 months. Rainwater, raw fish kept them alive

Tim Shaddock and his dog Bella set of in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese to visit India next month

People familiar with the plan for his visit said on Monday that Albanese is expected to begin the visit around March 8 and he and Prime Minister Narerndra Modi are likely to travel to Ahmedabad to witness the fourth cricket Test match between India and Australia.

EAM Jaishankar raises visa backlog issue with Australian authorities

Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to Australia, said this on Tuesday during an address to the Indian community here.

India beat Australia by six wickets in 3rd T20I, clinch series 2-1

Cameron Green (52 off 21 balls) and Tim David (54) scored the bulk of runs as Australia put 186 for 7 after being invited to bat.

10-year-old Australian multimillionaire owns two companies, could retire at 15

Pixie Curtis, the creator of Pixie's Fidgets, a toy company, and Pixie's Bows, a hair accessory company, may retire at 15, becoming the youngest person in the world to retire.

Asian stocks, dollar firmer as Yellen hints at March rate hike

Japan's Nikkei added 1 percent and Australian stocks rose 0.9 percent.

Sun sets on Ford's Australian manufacturing business

The end of operations - to be mirrored by GM Holden and Toyota Australia next year - coincides with a move by the famed car company to close in Japan and Indonesia, where it sees "no reasonable path to profitability".

Australia sues Volkswagen over alleged emissions fraud

"These allegations involve extraordinary conduct of a serious and deliberate nature by a global corporation," Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims said in a statement.

BSE's IPO Plans: How a few exchanges fared after listing

Asia‘s oldest stock exchange recently announced it will be hitting the primary market with an initial share sale. It has set the date for the public issue in December. Let us take a look at how a few stock exchanges around the world fared after their initial offer.

Hindalco up 5% on Metal X's improved takeover offer for arm

The stock gained 4.93 per cent to settle at Rs 103.15 on BSE. During the day, it surged 5.18 per cent to Rs 103.40.

Australia-India consortium wants to restart historic gold mine

Mining in Karnataka's Kolar gold field ended in 2001 as gold prices slumped. But a government tender could lead to mining leases held by Bharat Gold Mines Ltd sold to the highest bidder and operations resume.

Jaitley invites Aus businesses to invest in India

During his visit, Jaitley met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer Scott Morrison, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and several other top dignitaries and business leaders of Australia.

India, Australia may conclude trade pact within 2 months

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is on a 4-day visit to Australia, today said the talks on FTA are at negotiation levels and being dealt by the Commerce Ministry.

Australia win toss, opt to field against India

In the Indian team, the experienced trio of Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina have been included, while the injured Ajinkya Rahane, Rishi Dhawan and Gurkeerat Singh Mann have been left out. For Australia, all-rounder Shane Watson and pacer Shaun Tait have been brought into the side.

Asia stocks eke out gains, wary on China

Japan's Nikkei bounced 1.8 percent from a near-one-year trough. Australian stocks eked out a 0.4 percent rise while South Korea put on 0.7 percent.

Australian identified as possible Bitcoin founder: Reports

There has long been speculation about who was behind the software written in 2009 under the Japanese-sounding name Satoshi Nakamoto, with various media outlets unsuccessfully trying to find out.

Australia initial MH370 debris drift model gave wrong clues

Initial models of where potential debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet might first wash up had incorrectly identified Indonesia as the most likely location, the Australian body leading the search said on Wednesda

Clarke to quit ODI cricket after Sunday's World Cup final

Clarke, who is just four days short of his 34th birthday, has played 244 ODIs till now scoring 7907 runs at an average of 44.42 with eight hundreds and 57 half-centuries. He will, however, continue to play for Australia in Test format.

Investigators seek clues into why German Airbus crashed

A small team of gendarmes camped overnight on the mountainside to secure the crash site. It was the first disaster involving a large passenger jet on French soil since a Concorde crashed outside Paris nearly 15 years ago.

Euro sinks to 12-year lows as yield gap grows

In a dollar rally that began last July the single currency has lost around a quarter of its value, and there is little sign of that bottoming out. Deutsche Bank on Tuesday forecast a fall to 85 US cents by the end of 2017.

Nikkei extends losses, dollar steady against Japanese yen

The Nikkei stock average opened down 1.4 percent, extending Monday's 3.2 percent plunge. The Nikkei average dropped 7.3 percent on Thursday, its largest single-day loss since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance, yen awaits BOJ

Asian markets trading higher on Wednesday. Tokyo's Nikkei gained 0.9 percent, breaking above 15,500 for the first time in over five years.

Asian stocks mostly higher, Japan posts solid growth

Asian stocks were trading mostly higher on Thursday. Nikkei touched a fresh 5-1/2 year high, before reversing direction to be down slightly on the day.