Current Affairs - International - Discussion

India and Australia elevated their bilateral strategic partnership by launching the Australia-India Partnership on Cyber, Critical Technologies and Supply Chains (PACTS), which officially replaces the 2020 Framework Arrangement on Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Critical Technology Cooperation. This comprehensive framework focuses on five pillars: supply chain resilience, critical technology research, cybersecurity cooperation, digital resilience through India's Digital Public Infrastructure, and defence research collaboration between DRDO and Australia's Defence Science and Technology Group. The partnership is chaired by the Indian Deputy National Security Advisor and the Australian Deputy Secretary, with nodal lead agencies including the National Security Council Secretariat, Ministry of External Affairs, and Ministry of Defence overseeing specific pillars.