Australia said it will invest $50 million to develop green technologies in India , in a sign Canberra was trying to bridge differences.

With a fresh attack on an Indian in Melbourne, the targeting of Indian students in Australia is set to dominate proceedings when Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd comes to India on a two-day visit on Wednesday with an agenda to broaden the scope of bilateral ties.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored a scintillating century as India crushed Australia by 99 runs in the second one-day international to level the seven-match series.

HSBC Bank Australia is setting up a dedicated team to provide global financial services to the Indian diaspora in the country, a bank official said.

A group of youths nearly killed an Indian student during an armed assault in a grocery store in Australian city Melbourne for the "sheer thrill" of the attack, a judge said while sentencing one of the attackers to jail.