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Scorpene leak: New set of documents out, gives details on sonar system of submarines Australia's The Australian newspaper on Thursday uploaded a fresh tranche of leaked documents relating to information about operating instructions of underwater warfare system of the six   Scorpene submarines   which are being built in India by French firm   DCNS . However, a top defence analyst allayed fears that it could compromise the security of the strategically important combat vessels. Like in the previous case, the newspaper has blacked out all details which it felt would compromise India's security interests. However, the new set of documents, with Indian Navy insignia on it and marked "Restricted Scorpene India", gives details about the sonar system of the submarines which is used to gather intelligence underwater. It talks about a wide range of technical specifications of the sonars and at what degree and frequency it will function. It has a System Technical M...

The leak contains more than 22,000 pages outlining the secret combat capability of six submarines that DCNS has designed for the Indian Navy. File photo of Malaysia's first submarine, "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman", a Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine, docks in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/Files The French shipbuilder which earlier this year won a A$50 billion ($38.06 billion) contract to build Australia's next generation of   submarines   has suffered a massive data leak, raising doubts about the security of one of the world's biggest defence projects. France's DCNS Group beat out Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG and a Japanese-government backed bid by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to develop defence export capabilities as part of a more muscular security agenda. The leak, which was first reported in The Australian o...

Australia elections: PM Malcolm Turnbull to decide Cabinet after win Australia's Prime Minister   Malcolm Turnbull   has on Monday returned to capital Canberra to decide on his Cabinet ministers for the 45th Parliament, after he secured victory in the 2016 federal election. Turnbull proclaimed victory on Sunday,   Xinhua   news agency reported. However, before Turnbull can be sworn into Parliament, he must decide on which ministers will take up cabinet positions, after three cabinet members were not re-elected at the election. Turnbull said there would likely be "many new and younger faces" in the new-look coalition government, to be decided on over the next week. "Regrettably, several ministers have not been returned and so there will be some changes," Turnbull said on Monday. Also prior to the swearing in ceremony, Turnbull must negotiate a new coalition deal with Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce. The Nationals are expected to be in a better barg...

Australian PM Turnbull promises gay marriage referendum if re-elected Australian Prime Minister   Malcolm Turnbull   on Monday promised a referendum on legalisation of same-sex marriages before the year ends, if he is re-elected. "Of course, if we are successful on July 2, then I have every expectation that the parliament will swiftly legislate for a plebiscite and a plebiscite will be held shortly after parliament resumes, which I would assume to be in August," Turnbull said during an event in Sydney. "So I would hope that the plebiscite could be held before the end of the year," said Turnbull. Opposition Labour Party leader Bill Shorten asked Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage immediately instead of calling a   referendum , which he said, will become a "platform for homophobia". "I intend to win the election. I intend to put forward legislation in the first 100 days," Shorten said. Australia, which accepts civil marriage in ...

Maria Sharapova suspended for 2 years for doping Maria Sharapova   was suspended for two years on Wednesday for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. The five-time Grand Slam champion was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in early March, when she announced at a news conference in Los Angeles that she failed a doping test in January. Sharapova said then she was not aware that the World Anti-Doping Agency had barred athletes from using meldonium, also known as mildronate, as of January 1. Her lawyer, John Haggerty, said Sharapova took the substance after that date. Wednesday's ruling said Sharapova did not intend to cheat, but bore ''sole responsibility'' and ''very significant fault'' for the positive test. In addition to testing positive at the Australian Open, she also failed a test for meldonium in an out-of-competition control in Moscow on February 2, the ITF said. The two-yea...

Indian worker in Australia tells court his pro-ISIS post was 'sarcastic' An Indian-origin aviation worker in   Australia   who was sacked last year for posting pro-Islamic State messages on   Facebook   has told a court   that his comments were "sarcastic". Nirmal Singh was facing the 'Fair Work Commission' to argue that his dismissal was 'unfair' by his previous employer Aerocare and was seeking $7,000 in lost wages. The Commission heard Singh had written "We All Support   ISIS " above a shared post from HT (Hizb ut-Tahrir) Australia about the shooting of police account Curtis Cheng by Islamic youth Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar in Sydney. There were five posts in total that concerned Aerocare, two of which included pictures of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Under cross-examination by solicitor Stephen Hughes for Aerocare, Singh said he made the posts on Facebook under a different name and believed he was conversing with a ...

Indian mining giant Adani’s plan to build one of the world’s largest coal mines in Australia moved closer to realisation today after the Queensland state gave environmental approval to the 16.5 billion dollars controversy-hit project but with about 140 conditions. Queensland state’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) said it has issued a final environmental authority (EA) for Adani’s Carmichael Mine project in the Galilee Basin.  Read Full Article Over Here :  Business Standard News  

Contagious cancers  may not be as rare as thought, say scientists who have discovered a second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils - small dog-sized ferocious carnivores found in the Australian island state of Tasmania. Transmissible cancers - cancers which can spread between individuals by the transfer of living cancer cells - are believed to arise extremely rarely in nature. One of the few known transmissible cancers causes facial tumours in Tasmanian devils, and is threatening this species with extinction. The discovery by researchers from the University of Tasmania in Australia, and the University of Cambridge in UK, calls into question our current understanding of the processes that drive cancers to become transmissible. Tasmanian devils are iconic marsupial carnivores that are only found in the wild in Tasmania. The size of a small dog, the animals have a reputation for ferocity as they frequently bite each other during mating and feeding interactions.  ...