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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndia-Australia

Topic: India-Australia

India and Australia focus on deepening defence ties, three agreements signed

New Delhi offers to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul of Royal Australian Navy ships in Indian shipyards during their deployment to Indian Ocean Region.

How Kohli, KL Rahul & Co scripted Australia’s ICC exit

This win marks a milestone for India, who are now looking like strong contenders to go all the way this time around. They will face either New Zealand or South Africa in Sunday’s final.

Ahead of the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Test, 5 factors that can make or break the Indian dream

From questions over Virat Kohli's performance to picking the best spinner, a number of critical issues will be at play at Friday's match at the Optus stadium in Perth.

OTT is connecting India & Australia like never before—immigrants, racism, mental health

On 23 October, the IFFI announced Australia as its Country of Focus for the 55th edition in Goa. Last year, the two countries entered into an audio-visual co-production agreement.

Australian foreign minister stresses on democratic principles amid Indian ‘espionage’ reports

It is important to maintain resilience of democracy, including in face of any suggestion of foreign interference, and there are laws to deal with that, Penny Wong adds.

Indian spies ‘kicked out’ of Australia for trying to steal defence secrets — ABC News report

Australian govt’s threat assessment report in 2021 said the spies nurtured targeted relationships with current & former politicians, a foreign embassy and a state police service.

Former Indian envoy to Australia ordered to pay AU$ 1,00,000 penalty for underpaying domestic staff

The fine comes on top of a previous order in November 2023 that required Navdeep Suri to pay his staff member AU$ 1,36,276.62 plus interest.

From mom-&-pop stores to luxury hotels – Indian economy biggest winner in World Cup, finds survey

Study by Mastercard Economics Institute said business boomed most on 3 match days: India vs Pakistan, India vs England and final match between India and Australia.

Australia engaging with India as a friend not a Five Eyes member, says envoy on Nijjar-Pannun saga

Australian High Commissioner Phillip Green’s remarks come amid US federal investigation into whether an Indian govt employee was involved in alleged assassination attempt on Sikh extremist Pannun.

‘Cherish all colours – including yellow’ & learn to ‘hug your failures’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

SC decision on menstrual leave is feminist. Rani of Jhansi didn’t use period as an excuse

Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.

India-US trade deal to be signed after Trump administration decides new global ‘tariff architecture’

New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.