Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
New Delhi/Melbourne, Jul 8 (UNI) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Australia on Wednesday, India’s high-stakes Indo-Pacific diplomacy jigsaw started falling into place, shaped by an increasingly familiar strategic reality, that of the unspoken China factor, and the need to garner critical mineral supplies which could drive India’s economic and security future.
Officials said one of the key deals being studied is the import of uranium from Australia, which has more than a quarter of the world’s uranium reserves, for India’s planned nuclear- based electricity plants, which are expected to power upcoming data centres and artificial intelligence labs.