India’s Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has signed an MoU with Horticulture Innovation (Hort Innovation) Australia in a bid to boost horticultural research between India and Australia.
The Australian government, in an attempt to boost India’s skill base to over 400 million people by 2022, has initiated a $5.4-million International Skills Training Course.
Following the footsteps of State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, the government owned Union Bank of India (UBI), is the third bank to set shop in Australia.
Australian High Court former judge, Justice Michael Kirby, said that despite the differences in legal system of the two countries, Indian and Australian lawyers can learn from each other at his book launch titled, ‘Australia and India: A Comparative overview of the Law and Legal Practice’.
India has emerged as the primary source of immigrants coming to Australia, with almost 230,000 arrivals in the year, an almost 20 per cent increase.
Muskan Devta, a 16 year old girl, born prematurely in India with a condition called hemiplegia, has won a prestigious award constituted to honour outstanding achievements of New Zealanders with disabilities.
After eight years of intense negotiations, bureaucratic hurdles and a shifting nuclear policy, the Australian government has finally given the green signal to the export of uranium to India “which can begin immediately”.
India has announced $2.5 million for the Commonwealth small states trade finance facility.
The Indian Government has approved the signing of a revised Air Services Agreement between India and New Zealand.
India announced conclusion of a civil nuclear deal for buying uranium from Australia to increase conventional fuel supplies to overcome chronic shortages.