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Avani Dias

Avani Dias

Author at ABC News at ABC Science Online

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    'You have to suck up or shut up': The clampdown on Bollywood's unforgivable sin

    In India, the Modi government is accused of waging a war on Bollywood and using it for party propaganda.
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    Imran Khan's public downfall and ongoing legal woes offer a glimpse...

    As former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan languishes in a jail cell near Islamabad and his supporters fall silent in fear, his family welcomed the ABC inside his heavily guarded home in Lahore.
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    Pakistan's children are feeling the human toll of climate change: s...

    Pakistan is enduring the human effects of climate change with almost half of the country’s children experiencing stunted growth a year on from devastating floods.
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    Narendra Modi is asking India to extend his term as one of the most...

    One of the most powerful people in the world, Narendra Modi is running for a rare third term as India’s prime minister. But much of his life has been shrouded in mystery. These hidden chapters tell the true story.
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    ASIO agents met with Sikh activists as tension peaked over killing ...

    Tensions between Sikhs and Hindus were ratcheting up when Samar Kohli received a call from ASIO officers proposing a meeting.
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    Indian agents searched Hardeep Singh Nijjar's family home in India ...

    India has denied killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but an ABC investigation has found evidence government agencies were searching his family home in Punjab in the weeks before his death.
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    I was just doing my job in India. Modi's government didn't like it

    My time in India came to an abrupt end after I held Prime Minister Narendra Modi to account. This is my full story for the first time.
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    'They're already here, they're already interfering': Indian intelli...

    The long arm of the Indian state is reaching Australians with threats against members of the Indian diaspora, the amassing of political power, and never-before-reported details of a “nest of spies”.
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    Oasis, Ticketmaster and live music’s future

    Oasis is coming to Australia, but many fans will have already accepted they either won’t manage to get a ticket or if they do it’s going to cost a lot of money.   So, what goes on behind the scenes with the big ticketing companies that control our live music scene?  Today, Avani Dias on her Four Corners investigation into dynamic pricing and how Australian artists are allegedly being ripped off. Avani Dias reveals that while dynamic pricing won't be used for Oasis tickets in Australia, Ticketmaster is under scrutiny for its use in the United Kingdom, which caused ticket prices to surge unexpectedly.  She explains how Live Nation, the owner of Ticketmaster, has a business model that involves buying up smaller live music businesses, including venues and merchandise sellers, giving it significant control over the industry.  Avani discusses the impact on Australian artists, who often see a small fraction of the revenue from their performances due to various fees imposed by Live Nation.  She highli
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    Mental health services plague Australia's largest state

    Four days - that's how long a mental health patient at one of the country's busiest emergency departments waited for treatment, according to figures seen by Four Corners. 
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    NSW govt defends 'broken' mental health system using misleading figure

    The problems in the system have been laid out and there's a growing chorus of voices demanding urgent action before more lives are lost.