Aussie media highlights no breakthrough in CECA with India
PTI India and Australia failed to make a headway in finalising the long-overdue free trade deal during Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first visit to India though he got along well with his counterpart Narendra Modi, the Australian media revealed. Turnbull's trip had raised high hopes of breathing new life into the stalled trade negotiations but the two leaders admitted that the progress was "very slow". The Australian PM said there was no point in setting arbitrary time frames for the agreement. "You can sign an agreement any time, it’s a question of whether it’s got the provisions that make it valuable and worthwhile from Australia's point of view," Turnbull was quoted as saying by Skynews TV channel. The two covered a ...
Top Adani official meets Punjab CM to discuss investment opportunities in the state
PTI A top Adani Group official today met Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and evinced interest in expanding investments in Punjab. President and chairman of several key companies of the Gujarat-based group, Pranav V Adani, met Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here today to discuss possible areas of investment in Punjab. The Group already runs a solar power generation unit in Bhatinda in Punjab and has expressed interest in expanding presence in the state to several other important areas of progress and development, an official spokesperson said after the meeting. The Chief Minister invited Adani to share a brief on the various possible areas of cooperation with the state. Captain Amarinder Singh welcomed the possibility of greater investment by the Group in ...
Adani clears another hurdle in bid to get mining lease
Adani and Council have worked closely together to ensure a way forward and a positive outcome, Mayor of Isaac region in the Australia's Queensland state, Anne Baker, said Mayor of Isaac region in the Australia's Queensland state, Anne Baker, said Source: PTI Both parties are committed to commencing negotiations on the next and important step, the infrastructure agreement Indian mining giant Adani's $6.5 billion controversial coal mine project in Australia's Queensland state has inched closer to getting its mining lease after it struck a mining compensation deal with a local government body. The agreement was signed yesterday at state's Isaac Regional Council meeting. Adani now needs to strike a similar compensation for council infrastructure as well as landholders and native title holders before getting ...
