In India, Minister Marles is expected to hold discussions with key leaders and defence counterparts on shared regional priorities, maritime security, and sovereignty.
Three Indian men from Punjab travelling through Iran to Australia for promised jobs were allegedly kidnapped in Tehran’s Varamin suburb, with kidnappers demanding a ransom of AUD 18,000.
Sunit Prakash and Lalita Kasanji co-founded the New Zealand Centre for Digital Connections with India in 2023, an initiative dedicated to accelerating digital and technology collaboration between New Zealand and India.
Overseas-born individuals now make up 32 per cent of the country’s estimated population of 27.6 million—approaching the historic peak of 32.4 per cent recorded in 1891.