Australian PM expresses distress over the ‘terrible situation in Europe’, stresses on ‘implications and consequences’ of the developments for the Indo-Pacific region.
PM Modi said cooperation by the four democracies will ensure peace & prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, while US President Biden said Quad countries have a common vision for the future.
Under the first initiative of AUKUS, Australia will build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines with US & UK's help as China's influence grows over the strategically vital region.
US, India, Australia and Japan hold first virtual Quad meeting Friday to give grouping a formal agenda keeping in mind China’s increasing aggression in the Indo-Pacific region.
PM Scott Morrison’s govt has promised to supply Australia's neighbours with Covid-19 vaccines as part of A$500 mn package aimed to achieve 'full immunization coverage' in the region.
China plans to impose anti-dumping duties on Australia wine, a move that follows a raft of other measures barring imports from coal to copper to barley this year.
Listed among the world’s most successful places in curbing Covid-19, Tasmania finds its economic cost mounting as the island has almost 1 in 5 jobs reliant on tourism.
The warning follows China's imposition of tariffs on barley shipments from Australia, which led calls for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus.
The bilateral summit earlier scheduled to take place in India in January got postponed due to the bushfire crisis in Australia. PM Morrison said he missed 'Modi hug' & 'Gujarati khichdi'.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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