Sep 11, 2021, at 11:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India and Australia on Saturday had a very detailed exchange of views on the situation in Afghanistan and both sides were in concurrence that Afghanistan must not allow its soil to be used for terrorist activities, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said here after the 2+2 talks with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne.
S Jaishankar, Rajnath Singh meet Australian counterparts for inaugural 2+2 dialogue
Sep 11, 2021, at 07:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India and Australia on Saturday began their inaugural 2+2 dialogue with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holding consultations with their Australian counterparts - Marise Payne and Peter Dutton.
Quad nations to kick-off phase 1 of MALABAR 2021
Aug 27, 2021, at 02:04 am
Washington/IBNS: The Maritime forces of Quad countries- Australia, Japan, India, and the United States began phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Philippine Sea on Thursday.
Aug 13, 2021, at 06:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met virtually as part of regular Quad consultations to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Rajnath Singh interacts with Peter Dutton, discusses defence cooperation between India and Australia
Jun 01, 2021, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with Australian Minister for Defence Peter Dutton on Tuesday.
Australia sends second batch of COVID aid to India
May 15, 2021, at 01:27 pm
Canberra/UNI: The Australian High Commissioner to India announced that a new batch of the country's humanitarian medical supplies has landed in India as the Asian country strives to rein in COVID-19.
Australia PM Scott Morrison says India travel ban to end on May 15
May 07, 2021, at 04:31 pm
Canberra/UNI: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Friday that the ban on travel from India would end on May 15, paving the way for thousands of Australians stranded in the country to return home.
Fighting Chinese: India, Australia, France vow to create rules-based Indo-Pacific
May 06, 2021, at 07:02 pm
London: India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Marise Payne, met in London for the first India-France-Australia Trilateral Ministerial Dialogue on 4 May, on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting where they once again reiterated the commitment to advance shared values and working together to achieve a free, open, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific.
New Australian missions in the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia to counter China
May 06, 2021, at 06:37 pm
The Australian government has opened embassies in the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia on Tuesday amid rising influence and challenge from China in the Pacifric region, media reports said.
Australia halts direct flights from India till May 15 amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Australian government on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on all direct flights from India amid an unprecedented surge in Coronavirus infections.
Australia announces the Australia India Indo Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership
Apr 19, 2021, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi: Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell AO, on Monday launched the Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership (AIIPOIP) grant program to help support a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific underpinned by the rule of law and respect for sovereignty.
US, Japan pledge to work with India, Australia on free Indo-Pacific, strengthening Quad
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:43 pm
Declaring that the Quad “has never been stronger,” the US and Japan have reiterated their commitment to work with India and Australia to build a free and “thriving” Indo-Pacific where, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugo warned, the “security environment has become increasingly severe.”
Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in exercise La Perouse
Apr 05, 2021, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi: Indian Navy Ships INS Satpura (with an integral helicopter embarked) and INS Kiltan alongwith P8I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft are participating, for the first time; in multi-lateral maritime exercise La Pérouse, being conducted in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region from 05 to 07 Apr 2021.
6th round of India-Australia dialogue on disarmament, non-proliferation and export control held
Mar 30, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New Delhi: The 6th round of India-Australia Dialogue on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Export Control was held in a virtual format on 30 March 2021.
Quad leaders to attend teleconference soon, China issue to be discussed: Report
Mar 09, 2021, at 04:21 pm
Tokyo: The Quad leaders are gearing up to attend a teleconference as early as mid-March, media reports said.
Indo-Pacific issue: Senior officials of India, France, Australia discuss cooperation
Feb 26, 2021, at 07:12 am
New Delhi: India-France-Australia Trilateral Senior Officials’ Meeting was held on Wednesday where they discussed the next steps to be taken for furthering trilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
India Australia Circular Economy Hackathon: Narendra Modi, Scott Morrison facilitates participants
Feb 20, 2021, at 02:44 am
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have felicitated the participants of India Australia Circular Economy Hackathon(I-ACE) at a virtual award ceremony.
Quad leaders to hold first meeting
Feb 07, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Tokyo/UNI: The United States, Japan, India and Australia are working to have the first meeting of their leaders under the so-called Quad framework, amid China's growing clout in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan's Kyodo news service reported on Sunday, quoting a source from one of the countries involved.
UK invites PM Modi for G7, Boris Johnson might visit India 'ahead' of summit
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited by the United Kingdom to attend the G7 summit to be held in the country's Cornwall region in June.
India-Australia-Japan-United States senior officials consult via video conferencing
Dec 19, 2020, at 06:48 am
New Delhi: Senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Australia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Department of State of the United States of America interacted through a video conference on Friday, officials said.
Malabar 2020: India, US, Japan, Australia to participate in naval drill in Bay of Bengal
Nov 03, 2020, at 02:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India, US, Japan, and Australia will come together to participate in a joint military exercise called Malabar 2020, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal.
S Jaishankar to participate in second meet of India-Australia-Japan-US Ministerial on Oct 6
Oct 02, 2020, at 05:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The second meeting of the India-Australia-Japan-US Ministerial will be held on Oct 6 during the visit.
India, US, Australia & Japan to hold 'Quad' talks next month
Sep 21, 2020, at 01:14 am
Tokyo/New Delhi: The foreign ministers of the Quad countries, which include India, US, Japan and Australia, are likely to meet and have their security dialogue next month in Japan amid increasing military muscle-flexing by China in the Indo-Pacific region.
Sep 11, 2020, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi: The first India-France-Australia Trilateral Dialogue was held virtually on Wednesday where the participants focused on enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Jun 04, 2020, at 01:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a virtual bilateral summit with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Thursday said his country was committed to strengthen its ties with Australia.
Mar 15, 2020, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to form a joint G20 strategy to deal with coronavirus pandemic.
Australia cautions its citizens on visiting India
Dec 17, 2019, at 04:13 pm
Canberra/UNI: Australia on Tuesday asked its citizens to exercise a "high degree of caution" while travelling to India in view of the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Nov 27, 2019, at 04:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Australian Government will return three culturally significant artefacts during its Prime Minister Scott Morrison's visit to India in January 2020, a media release by the Australian High Commission in India said here.
Anumula Gitesh Sarma appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia
Oct 07, 2019, at 06:35 pm
New Delhi: Anumula Gitesh Sarma has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia, officials said.
Terrorism: Pakistan team visits Australia to hold talks with FATF to exit grey list
Aug 20, 2019, at 01:14 pm
Sydney, Aug 20 (IBNS): A Pakistani delegation has reached Australia and it has started talks with the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Asia Pacific Group to exit its grey list, media reports said. FATF is an intergovernmental organization founded on the initiative of the G7 to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.