Australia

The University of Canberra (UC) in Australia, has announced the Vice-Chancellor’s Social Champion Scholarship worth Rs 1 crore per student. In addition, the scholarship will aim to help financially-challenged students in India to study in Australia. “Our scholarship is designed for international students who demonstrate UC’s core values,'' stated the President of UC. Notably, the fund includes tuition fees for the course duration, on-campus… read-more

Ahead of a virtual meet with Australian PM Morrison, PM Modi reviewed 29 artefacts, which were retrieved. Reportedly, the process to repatriate the stolen artefacts started "the moment" authorities were made aware that they were purchased by Australia. According to an official, the process took them a year. Around 241 artefacts have been recovered since 1972. Of which, 228 were brought back from UK, US and Australia. 

An appeals court, on March 15, overturned a groundbreaking ruling that Australia’s environment minister had a duty to protect younger people against climate change. However, the teenagers could still take the case to the highest court of Australia. Notably, eight Australian teenagers took to the court in 2020 to control the expansion of a Vickery coal mine in the state of New South Wales.

Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell, visited the Southern Naval Command to strengthen the bilateral relations along with six more delegates, on March 4. Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Southern Naval Command, Australian High Commissioner and Australian Consul General interacted with Rear Admiral TVN Prasanna and discussed enhancing the defense cooperation between India and Australia. They also visited the Naval… read-more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a Quad Leader's virtual meeting on March 3, along with US President Joe Biden, Japan and Australia prime ministers. "They will exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific," the MEA said.  It will also strengthen bilateral relations between the different countries. Earlier, in September 2020, Quad leaders held an in-person summit in Washington.