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August 31, 2026 10:53 PM

India-Uzbekistan Ties: From Strategic Partnership to a Comprehensive Eurasian Engagement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Uzbekistan has given a new direction to India’s engagement with Central Asia. The decision to elevate India-Uzbekistan relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, coming in the 15th year of their existing strategic partnership, is more than a diplomatic upgrade. It reflects the growing convergence between India’s economic, energy, technological and security interests under its Viksit Bharat 2047 vision and Uzbekistan’s ambition to bu...

July 9, 2026 2:06 PM

‘Decisions as swift as T20, partnership as enduring as a Test match’: PM Modi highlights growing India-Australia ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday used cricket analogies to underscore the growing strength of India-Australia ties, describing the bilateral partnership as one built on speed, focus and long-term commitment during a joint press statement with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Melbourne. Addressing the media after the third India-Australia Annual Summit, PM Modi said cricket had become the "diplomatic language" of relations between the two countries and used the sport's diffe...

July 9, 2026 1:17 PM

PM Modi, Anthony Albanese hold third India-Australia Annual Summit, expand strategic partnership across key sectors

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday held the third India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne, reaffirming their commitment to deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through enhanced cooperation in trade, defence, critical technologies, clean energy, education and people-to-people ties. PM Modi, who is on a visit to Australia, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Government House on his arrival before holding one-on-one talks with Prim...

July 9, 2026 1:54 PM

PM Modi’s Australia visit delivers 18 major outcomes, deepening defence, energy, technology and education ties

India and Australia on Thursday unveiled an ambitious package of 18 agreements and initiatives spanning defence, maritime security, clean energy, critical technologies, education, skill development and cultural cooperation, marking a major expansion of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership following the third India-Australia Annual Summit. The outcomes announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia are aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation across strategic, econom...

July 9, 2026 12:40 PM

India, Australia to fast-track CECA, sign nuclear pact to deepen strategic partnership: PM Modi

India and Australia on Thursday agreed to accelerate negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), signed a landmark nuclear cooperation arrangement enabling Australian uranium supplies to India, and unveiled a series of new initiatives to strengthen cooperation in defence, clean energy, critical minerals and emerging technologies. Addressing a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the third India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbour...

April 18, 2026 8:10 AM

US to recover uranium from Iran at a ‘leisurely pace’, says Trump

President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring it back to the United States. "We're going to get it together. We're going to go in with Iran, at a nice leisurely pace, and go down and start excavating with big machinery... We'll bring it back to the United States," Trump said during a phone interview. He referred to "nuclear dust" and added that it would be retrieved "very soon." Iran denied agreeing to transfer its en...

April 8, 2026 10:15 AM

Trump says US won ‘total and complete victory’ after ceasefire deal with Iran, AFP reports

U.S. President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran. "Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it," Trump told AFP in the brief call when asked if he was claiming victory with the ceasefire. Trump said the U.S. has received a 10-point proposal from Iran, which he called a "workable basis ‌on ⁠which to negotiate." But when asked about his original threats to ...

March 2, 2026 7:26 PM

India, Canada sign $2.6 bn uranium deal, aim to finalise trade pact in 2026

India and Canada took a major step forward in their relationship on Monday by signing a landmark uranium supply agreement worth $2.6 billion. The agreement was signed during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney at Hyderabad House in the national capital. The uranium deal will help India secure a long-term supply of fuel for its civil nuclear energy programme. Both leaders said the agreement would strengthen cooperation in clean and reliable energ...

August 6, 2025 11:35 AM

Govt denies reports of private entities mining atomic minerals offshore

The Ministry of Mines has categorically refuted recent media reports suggesting that private companies have been allowed to explore and mine atomic minerals such as uranium and thorium in India’s offshore regions. Terming the reports as “misleading and factually incorrect,” the Ministry clarified that no such permissions have been granted. The clarification comes in the wake of speculation following the notification of the Offshore Areas Atomic Minerals Operating Rights Rules, 2025. Accor...

June 27, 2025 9:56 AM

No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium, US defence chief says

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strikes, amid continuing questions about the state of Iran's nuclear program. U.S. military bombers carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday local time using more than a dozen 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs. The results of the strikes are being closely watched to see how far they may have s...