- Australian government takes up Rio Tinto-Odisha Mining Corporation JV issue with Naveen Patnaik
Seeking revival of the 17-yr-old JV b/w Rio Tinto & the OMC, the Australian govt took up the matter with the state govt & pinned hope on th...
19 Oct, 2012, 09.42 PM IST
- India, Australia ink pact to enhance space cooperation
India and Australia today decided to enhance cooperation in space science research, technology and capability development.
17 Oct, 2012, 09.54 PM IST
- India and Australia will achieve $40 billion trade target in 4 years: Australian High Commissioner
"Both the countries had agreed to double the bilateral trade to USD 40 billion. I am confident that we will get there," Peter Varghese said.
04 Oct, 2012, 08.26 PM IST
Australia to introduce label-free visa for Indians from October 1Travellers would now receive an electronic visa grant letter the day their visa was granted that would explain all conditions of their visa.
01 Oct, 2012, 10.25 PM IST
Australia favours India's entry into technology control regimesIndia has maintained that it cannot be the target of regime based restrictions and has pitched for full membership of export control entiti...
03 May, 2012, 09.32 PM IST
- Indo-Australia trade to double in five years: Australian High Commissioner
The bilateral trade b/w India and Australia would double in the next 5 years, Australian High Commissioner in India Peter N Varghese said t...
07 Mar, 2012, 04.19 PM IST
- Australia keen to invest in mining sector in Orissa
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Australia has evinced keen interest to invest around Rs 9,000 crore in the mining sector in Orissa and set up mineral-...
08 Aug, 2011, 03.27 AM IST
- Australia refusal to sell uranium is not anti-India: Varghese
In the past, ties between the two countries have suffered because of Australia's refusal to sell uranium and violence against Indian studen...
18 Jul, 2011, 01.23 PM IST
- India, Australia to hold 1st round of FTA talks in end-July
Australia and India are all set to hold the first preliminary round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations by the end of this month.
13 Jul, 2011, 11.18 AM IST
- Safety of Indian students a matter of highest priority: Australian High Commissioner
The Australian High Commission has assured that safety of Indian students remains "a matter of highest priority" for his government.
09 May, 2011, 02.55 PM IST
- India asks Australia to reverse policy of not selling uranium to it
Citing its growth and huge energy requirements, India today pressed Australia to reverse the policy of not selling uranium to it, even as a...
19 Jan, 2011, 03.18 PM IST
- Australian government putting extra efforts to curb racist attacks on Indian: Australian envoy
Australia's High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese, on Monday assured that his government is making extra efforts to curb the racist at...
11 May, 2010, 11.45 AM IST
- 50% decline in Indian students opting for studies in Australia
Australia said Indian students opting for studies there has declined by 50% this year, but it is confident of "rebuilding the numbers" in t...
20 Apr, 2010, 03.25 AM IST
Message from Peter Varghese, High Commissioner of AustraliaThe visit of Australia's Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, to India is a significant moment in the rapidly-expanding relationship between Aust...
12 Nov, 2009, 04.45 AM IST
- Australian court delivers justice in Indian student case
An Australian court has sentenced a youth to four-and-a-half years' jail with a minimum non-parole period of two years for attacking an Ind...
27 Oct, 2009, 04.05 PM IST
- Student issue is 'hot issue', says new Oz envoy to India
Ahead of assuming charge as Canberra's envoy to New Delhi, Indo-Australian Peter Varghese today described the attacks on Indian students he...
06 Aug, 2009, 03.29 PM IST
- Canberra names Indian-Australian as envoy to New Delhi
Australia on Monday named its intelligence chief Peter Varghese, an Indian-Australian and a close aide of Premier Kevin Rudd as its new Hig...
08 Jun, 2009, 04.13 PM IST