Daily Current Affairs / The fourth voyage of the biennial maritime series 'AUSINDEX' operated by India-Australia begins
Category : Defense Published on: October 01 2021
· India and Australia participated in the fourth iteration of the biennial maritime series 'AUSINDEX'.
· The exercise will allow the Australian Navy and the Indian Navy to "strengthen inter-operability capability, benefit from best practices".
· This maritime exercise was conducted in India and Australia, where the North Australia exercise was held recently.
· The first edition of the bilateral maritime exercise 'AUSINDEX' was started in 2015.
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v Prime Minister: Scott Morrison
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