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Dr Dalbir Ahlawat, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, says India can't risk siding with the US or Russia on the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. He said India has taken a safe approach by abstaining from a vote on the Ukraine issue in the UN Security Council (UNSC). Dr Ahlawat said India was silent on the issue in the recent Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne last week. Dr Ahlawat put things into perspective in this podcast. 

The Australian Institute of Family Studies research shows 15 per cent of older Australians - about 630,000 people - experienced a form of elder abuse in the 12 months prior to being surveyed between February and May 2020. It says that almost two-thirds of older people experiencing abuse didn't seek help. Advocates and frontline workers are demanding swift action from the state and federal governments to address the issue and prevent elder abuse.

Earlier this week, a group of former Afghan interpreters rallied outside Parliament House in Canberra. They demanded urgent action from the Australian government on visa allocation for their families. As a result of the Taliban takeover, the federal government in January this year committed to offering at least 15,000 visas to Afghans over the next four years under the humanitarian and family visa program. SBS has learned the government is considering excluding thousands of Afghan nationals who have already arrived in the country from the visa allocation.

In this latest SBS Hindi Bulletin: New South Wales to build the "biggest battery in the Southern Hemisphere" as the state continues to move away from coal-fired power generation; Victoria announces it's winding back many of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions; In India, the man who broke into NSA Ajit Doval’s residence, allegedly has mental health issues and more news.