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Nathan McSweeney 'devastated' after being dropped from Australia squad

Rookie Australia opener Nathan McSweeney admitted feeling "devastated" after being dropped for the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India but vowed to work hard to reclaim his spot in the national team. McSweeney was on Friday dropped by the national selectors, who handed a maiden call-up to teenage sensation Sam Kontas. "Yeah, I mean devastated, I get the dream come true and then didn't quite work the way I wanted," McSweeney told Channel 7. "But it's all part of it, and I'll get my head down and get back in the nets and work really hard and hopefully be ready to go for the next opportunity." The 25-year-old, who made his Test debut in the series-opener in Perth, struggled at the top with scores of 10, 0, 39, 10 not out, 9, and 4 in his six innings. He was dismissed by Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah four times during the series. "It's the game we're in. If you don't take an opportunity and you're not performing as well as you want to, your position's never safe,"

India, Australia brighten share sales' prospects for 2025 in Asia Pacific

The Indian exchange accounted for 16.8 per cent of global market share for IPOs, outranking the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, the data showed

India, Australia outline path for early conclusion of comprehensive FTA

New Delhi and Canberra discussed several critical areas of the proposed agreement, including trade in goods, services, mobility, agri-tech cooperation, among others

India, Australia assess progress in FTA talks, eye early agreement

Senior officials of India and Australia have reviewed the progress of talks on the proposed free trade agreement between the two countries, the commerce ministry said on Monday. The two countries had implemented an interim trade pact in December 2022 and now they are negotiating to widen the scope of the pact for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). "The three-day stocktake visit for the India-Australia CECA concluded in New Delhi on December 6," the ministry said. The stocktake discussions covered several critical areas of the agreement, including trade in goods, services, mobility, agri-tech cooperation, and more. "The discussions also centered on market access modalities that align with India's food security objectives," it said. Both parties evaluated the progress made so far and outlined a path forward for the early conclusion of the CECA. The Indian delegation was headed by Additional Secretary and Chief Negotiator, Department of Commerce, Rajesh Agrawal,

Head coach Gambhir set to rejoin Indian team in Australia on Tuesday

India head coach Gautam Gambhir is set to rejoin the team in Australia ahead of the second Test at Adelaide Oval, having flown back home due to "personal reasons" after the big win in the series opener in Perth. Gambhir missed the two-day warm-up game against the Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval here, which was reduced to a 46-overs-a-side contest due to inclement weather. He had left the touring party on November 26, the scheduled final day of the first Test in Perth. A rampaging India won the opening Test by 295 runs and with plenty of time left in the match. The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, a pink-ball day-nighter, will start on Friday. Finalising the playing XI will be Gambhir's top priority after he links up with the Indian squad that has been strengthened further by the arrival of captain Rohit Sharma after he missed the opening game of the five-match series due to the birth of his second child. In Gambhir's absence, his three trusted lieutenants Abhishek Nay

Consortium of 6 top Australian universities to set up campus in Gurugram

A delegation from a consortium of six top universities in Australia on wednesday expressed a strong interest in setting up a campus in Gurugram to offer undergraduate courses, said a Haryana government statement. The delegation was led by Deputy High Commissioner of the Australian High Commission Nick McCaffrey and it met Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini here. The Australian delegation also included Mathew Johnston, Minister Counsellor, Education and Research, Australian High Commission; Prof Simon Biggs, IRU Chair and Vice Chancellor and President, James Cook University; and representatives of the universities. Earlier this year, The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) had announced Professor Simon Biggs, Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook University, as the group's Chair for 2024-2025. Haryana Chief Minister Saini welcomed the delegation and assured them of the full support and cooperation of the state government, including providing an existing building to st

India and Australia hold 11th Air Staff talks to boost defence ties

The two-week training program, designed to enhance cooperation and interoperability between the armed forces of the two nations, was held from November 8 to 21

India, Australia sign air-to-air refuelling agreement for defence

Australia's minister for defence industry, Pat Conroy, and India's minister for defence, Rajnath Singh, announced the arrangement during bilateral discussions on Thursday

PM Modi meets Australian counterpart; launch Renewable Energy Partnership

India and Australia on Tuesday officially launched the Renewable Energy Partnership that aims to boost two-way investment in the renewable energy sectors as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. The two leaders held the second India-Australia Annual Summit on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro during which they reiterated their commitment to further advance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in myriad areas such as defence and security, trade and investment, education, skills, sports, space, mobility and people-to-people ties. Both leaders welcomed the launch of the Renewable Energy Partnership, as agreed during the first India-Australia Annual Summit. "India and Australia have shared ambition to move faster, work together and deploy our complementary capabilities to drive climate action," according to a joint statement. "The prime ministers welcomed the launch of the India-Australia Renewable Energy Partnershi

MATES scheme: New opportunity for Indians to work in Australia from Dec

This program is designed to attract young talent from India to fill key roles in sectors like healthcare, hospitality, technology, construction, and trades, which have been facing labour shortages.

India, Australia hold joint military exercise 'AustraHind' in Pune

According to a Defence Ministry release, this two-week training program is designed to enhance cooperation and interoperability between the armed forces of the two nations

Third India-Australia Joint Military Exercise begins in Maharashtra

The exercise AUSTRAHIND was started in 2022 in Rajasthan and has since then become an annual event

Canada blocked Australian media for broadcasting Jaishankar's presser: MEA

India on Thursday said Canada blocked an Australian media outlet hours after it broadcast the press conference of External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said the Canadian action of blocking the social media handles and certain pages of Australia Today smacked of hypocrisy towards freedom of speech. "We understand that the social media handles, pages of this particular outlet, which are important diaspora outlets, have been blocked and are not available for viewers in Canada. This happened just an hour or few hours after this particular handle carried the press conference of EAM Dr S Jaishankar with Penny Wong," Jaiswal said in response to a question at the weekly media briefing. "We were surprised. It looks strange to us. But nonetheless, what I say is that these are actions which yet again highlight the hypocrisy of Canada towards freedom of speech," the external affairs ministry ..

Jaishankar holds positive discussions with business leaders in Australia

He shared the stage with officials from the Business Council of Australia and held fruitful discussions for strengthening business and investment linkages between India and Australia

EAM Jaishankar calls on Australian PM Albanese, discusses bilateral ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and discussed ways to deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership. During the meeting, Jaishankar also conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greeting to Albanese. The minister is on an official visit to Australia from November 3-7. "Delighted to call on PM Anthony Albanese in Canberra today. Conveyed warm greetings of PM @narendramodi. Value his guidance for deepening India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership," Jaishankar wrote on X. Earlier, Jaishankar met Peter Dutton, the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. "Shared perspectives on global issues and appreciate his support for our bilateral ties," Jaishankar said after meeting Dutton. He also met New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Canberra. "Discussed education, technology, agriculture, technology and people-to-people ties. Also exchanged views on Indo-Pa

Australian FM raises allegations of targeting Sikhs with EAM Jaishankar

Australia's foreign minister said Tuesday she raised allegations with her Indian counterpart that India has targeted Sikh activists in Canada. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she discussed the Canadian allegations with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar while he was in the Australian capital, Canberra. India has denied Canada's allegation that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada. Wong said her message to the Sikh community was that people have a right to be safe and respected in Australia, regardless of who they are. We've made clear our concerns about the allegations under investigation. We've said that we respect Canada's judicial process, Wong said at a news conference with Jaishankar. We convey our views to India as you would expect us to do and we have a principled position in relation to matters such as the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary and also, frankly, the sovereignty of all countries, she ...

Strategic partnership growing steadily with Australia: EAM Jaishankar

Ahead of 2025, which will mark the fifth year of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of the two countries, the Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue served as an opportunity to take stock

Australia and India claim Quad to remain unaffected from US election result

China objects to the Quad grouping as an effort to contain it, while Australia, Japan, India and the US say they are like-minded democracies seeking to bolster stability in the Indo-Pacific region

Jaishankar opens new Indian consulate in Brisbane, pays homage to Gandhi

Jaishankar articulated the importance of these democracies and the significance of Quad

Govt keen to strengthen CECA services pact with Australia to boost exports

India is looking at further strengthening the pact on services with Australia in the proposed compressive economic cooperation trade agreement (CECA) to boost the sector's exports, an official said on Thursday. The two countries have already implemented an interim trade agreement in goods and services in December 2022 and are now under negotiations to expand its scope through CECA. The next round of talks is expected in December here. "One of the areas of interest for India is to strengthen our agreement on the services side because our services exports are doing good. So whatever we feel can be done more where India can actually improve our exports, we are looking at those areas and trying to see what else can be done," the official said. The estimated value of service exports during April-September 2024 is USD 180 billion as compared to USD 163.92 billion in April-September 2023. In 2023-24, it was over USD 340 billion. India is also interested in government procurement, but the