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In this latest SBS Hindi bulletin: Australia has taken less than 24 hours to again surpass its highest daily total of COVID-19 deaths; Labor says the federal government needs to go further in tackling climate change;  Mitchell Starc and Ashleigh Gardner have taken top honours at the 2022 Australian Cricket Awards and more news,

Russia's top diplomat in Canberra,  Alexey Pavlovsky has held a rare press conference accusing the Australian Government of "fanning hysteria" over the tensions on the border with Ukraine. The Russian ambassador spent more than an hour addressing the media and taking questions, claiming the west is spreading false propaganda and Russia is merely defending its border. 

In this latest SBS India report: India and five Central Asian countries to establish a joint working group on Afghanistan; Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala report more than 300,000 active COVID-19 cases: Tata Group reclaims Air India after 68 years and more. 

In this latest SBS Hindi bulletin: Calls for lockdown in Central Australia to avoid a COVID catastrophe in Indigenous communities; Environment groups criticise a Federal Government funding pledge for the Great Barrier Reef; and in sport, Socceroos coach Graham Arnold to return for the World Cup qualifier against Oman after being cleared of COVID-19 and more news.

In this latest SBS Hindi bulletin: Opposition leader Anthony Albanese accuses the federal government of not doing enough to prepare for or respond to emergencies and natural disasters; Queensland health officials predict that the state could reach its Omicron COVID-19 peak over the next few weeks and more.

A new study by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that nearly half of the people who drown on Australia's beaches are migrants. The study found that 47 per cent of drowning deaths in Australia in the past 15 years were among people born overseas, and Indian migrants account for the largest proportion of that number.

In this latest Fiji news: Indian High Commission officials celebrate India's 73rd Republic Day in Suva; Fiji plans to send more supplies to Tonga and more.