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PM’s Australia trip to ease ore, coal imports: HD Kumaraswami

Currently, India is producing at 155 MT annually and is struggling high to cope up with the indiscriminate import of cheaper Chinese steel, especially the value-added products, which has risen over 30 per cent year-over-year and the Union minister stressed for imposing further tightened safeguard measures like enhanced duty and stringent BIS-QCO (Bureau of Indian Standards-Quality Control Order) on imported Chinese steel.

International hiring in 2026

Over the past two decades, companies viewe d international recruitment as a temporary fix , a secondary option used only when local talent pools ran dry.

Pacific Outreach

The South Pacific is important for India because of its strategic location. China is trying to expand its influence in the area and Australia and the US are seeking to counter it. China has used its strategy of making investments in infrastructure projects and schools with the objective of gaining military and diplomatic leverage in the island nations. As a peace-loving country committed to defuse tensions wherever they occur, India is also keen to boost ties with the Pacific island nations.

Summit showdown

Australia certainly hope it will for after losing two successive series at home to India for the first time in history, when they found themselves on the slow and low-bounce wickets here, much of what they said hinted at an element of surprise at Indian dependence on an old ploy.