India has secured a landmark uranium supply agreement with Australia during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, marking a major milestone in the India-Australia strategic partnership. The agreement enables Australia—home to nearly 28% of the world’s known uranium reserves—to begin long-term uranium exports to India for peaceful civilian nuclear use under the 2015 Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. But why is this deal so significant? NDTV’s Apurva Adhikari decodes it for you.


