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Brookfield, RIL sign MoU to explore renewable opportunities in Australia

Under the MoU, Brookfield will collaborate with RIL to assess potential capital investment and skill development opportunities in Australia's renewable energy sector

Reliance partners with Brookfield for Australia's renewable energy push

Brookfield Asset Management said in March it will invest A$20 billion and A$30 billion over the next ten years in Australia along with it partners in renewable energy projects

Delhi-bound AI flight returns to Melbourne due to medical emergency

A Delhi-bound Air India flight returned to Melbourne due to a medical emergency after being airborne for more than one hour on Sunday morning, according to an airline official. The flight AI309, operated with a Boeing Dreamliner, took off again after de-planing the unwell passenger and his family members and later landed at Delhi airport in the evening at around 2130 hours. The official said that one passenger was feeling unwell and a doctor onboard suggested that the passenger needed to be hospitalised. Since it was a medical emergency, the flight which was airborne for a little over one hour returned to Melbourne in the morning, the official said. Details about the number of passengers onboard could not be immediately ascertained.

US, Australia to cooperate with India to ensure security of Indo-Pacific

During the meeting, the two countries reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing interoperability with the militaries of the Pacific through a range of exercises

US to expand military footprint in Australia to counter China's dominance

The two countries also announced plans to further cooperate on space issues as well as step up integration of Japan into military planning

Australian PM Albanese confident US will deliver nuclear-powered submarines

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday he was confident of securing bipartisan political support in the United States for a deal to provide his country with submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology. The so-called AUKUS partnership -- an acronym for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States -- is being discussed by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in meetings with Albanese and other Australian officials in Brisbane on Friday and Saturday. Under the deal, Australia will buy three Virginia-class submarines from the United States and build five of a new AUKUS-class submarine in cooperation with Britain. Australian media have focused on a letter signed by more than 20 Republican lawmakers to President Joe Biden that warned the deal would unacceptably weaken the U.S. fleet without a plan to boost U.S. submarine production. Albanese said he remained very confident that the United States would deliver the three ..

Australia's 'affordable' housing crisis affecting international students

Indian students make up the second largest cohort of international students in Australia at 17% with just under 100,000 students after China at 22%

Turning 'Victoria's lemon into lemonade': Gold Coast pitch to host CWG 2026

Tate, who was the mayor of the city when it hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games, said that he was ready to turn, 'Victoria's lemon into lemonade' for the Gold Coast

Education minister Pradhan meets Australian counterpart Brendan O'Connor

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met his Australian counterpart Brendan O'Connor here on Thursday and discussed ongoing collaborations between the two countries in education and skill development. "The two countries should explore ways to replicate such processes in India and train the youth for the emerging job roles," Pradhan said. "Areas like agricultural technology, mining, water management, renewable energy and emerging technology like AI and robotics could be explored extensively. This the best moment for India-Australia engagement which is already at a historic high," he said. Recalling the signing of the agreement on 'Mutual Recognition of Qualification' signed between the two countries earlier this year, Pradhan called for its implementation so that a two-way mobility of students and skilled persons between the two countries could be facilitated. Pradhan also invited O'Connor for the 7th meeting of Australia-India Education and Skills Council scheduled to take

Here's why Australia's Victoria cancels hosting of Commonwealth Games 2026

Premier Daniel Andrews said that Victoria terminated its deal to host the muti-team event as the cost had sky-rocketed to around 7 billion Australian dollars from 2.6 billion Australian dollars

Chandrayaan-3 receives support from space agencies of US, EU and Australia

Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission which was launched on Friday, involves collaboration with different space agencies including the European, Australian and US counterparts of ISRO. The Chandrayaan-3 mission is the latest in ISRO's Chandrayaan ('Moon craft') series of lunar missions which will demonstrate new technologies required for interplanetary spaceflight and aims to achieve India's first soft landing on another celestial body. The lander module is equipped with instruments to measure the surface temperature and seismic activity around the landing site, a laser retroreflector provided by NASA, and more. The rover's instruments will be used to investigate the composition of nearby lunar surface material. Surface operations will last for approximately 14 days. Communication is an essential part of every deep space mission. Ground stations on Earth keep operators safely connected to spacecraft as they venture into the unknowns and risks of space, said the European Space .

Australia, Brazil to grow pigeon peas for Indian market to meet demand

Officials said that the IPGA will promote pigeon pea farming in Queensland with the help of the Australian trade body Pulse Australia

Australia picks first female central bank head to shepherd through reform

Lowe will leave on Sept. 17, marking the end of his 43-year career at the bank. The decision comes as Lowe is due to accompany Chalmers to a Group of 20 meeting in India next week

EAM holds talks with Australia, Indonesia counterparts on common issues

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday held a series of meetings with his counterparts from Indonesia, Australia and discussed bilateral cooperation and issues of mutual concern.Jaishankar also attended 2nd India-Australia-Indonesia trilateral alongwith Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi and Australian counterpart Penny Wong."Joined my colleagues @Menlu_RI & @SenatorWong for the 2nd India-Australia-Indonesia trilateral. Always good meeting between three Indo-Pacific maritime states. Plenty to talk about; plenty to agree," the EAM tweeted on Wednesday.EAM Jaishankar on Wednesday also met Laos Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and discussed regional issues of mutual concern."Nice to meet Lao DPM & FM Saleumxay Kommasith. Discussed regional issues of mutual concern. Also reviewed our bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation," the EAM tweeted.Earlier on Wednesday, the EAM met ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn in Indonesia and suggested India-ASEAN

Ashes 2023: Australia didn't play by spirit of the game, says UK PM Sunak

UK PM Rishi Sunak is the latest one to jump into the controversy over Jonny Bairstow's dismissal in Lord's Test and slammed the Aussies for playing against the spirit of the game

Australian central bank leaves benchmark cash rate at 4.1%, warns of hikes

Australia's central bank left its benchmark interest rate at 4.1% at a policy meeting Tuesday after inflation fell to 5.6% in May from 6.5% a month earlier. The Reserve Bank has lifted the cash rate 12 times since May last year to reduce inflation to a target range of 2% to 3%. Higher interest rates raise the cost of borrowing for both businesses and consumers, slowing economic activity and helping to relieve price pressures that have flared after the slowdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bank governor Philip Lowe said there might need to be further rises. Some further tightening of monetary policy may be required to ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable time-frame, but that will depend upon how the economy and inflation evolve, Lowe said in a statement. The decision to hold interest rates steady this month provides the board with more time to assess the state of the economy and the economic outlook and associated risks, Lowe added. In a report, Oxford Economics s

Yen under pressure; Australian dollar slides as data shows inflation easing

The yen was under pressure against most other major currencies on Wednesday, even as Japanese authorities said they could intervene to prop it up, while the Australian dollar dropped

G20 infra working group meet: Focus shifts to QII indicators on second day

The sessions were co-chaired by Brazil and Australia, with the World Bank also giving a presentation

Australia dismisses Russia's bid for injunction to stop embassy's eviction

Australia's highest court on Monday dismissed Russia's application for an injunction that would have prevented Moscow's embassy being evicted from a site in the national capital Canberra. In dismissing the application, High Court Justice Jayne Jagot described Russia's challenge on constitutional grounds to a law terminating the lease as weak and difficult to understand. Parliament passed emergency legislation on June 15 that terminated Russia's lease on the largely empty block on security grounds because the new embassy would have been too close to Parliament House. Russia's lawyer Elliot Hyde had argued that the Ambassador Alexey Pavlovsky would not have confidence in the integrity and security of a consular building already on the site if the embassy was not allowed to maintain possession until the challenge to the validity of the lease termination was decided. Elliot said a man who has been living on the site in a portable cabin at least since last week was a security guard. The

Cooperating with Oz parliamentary panel on contract probe: Infosys

Follows allegations that former MP helped Synergy 360 and its client, Infosys, win government contracts