Melbourne, July 9 -- In a major boost to New Delhi's extraterrestrial ambitions, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday announced the establishment of a temporary space tracking infrastructure on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to actively support India's maiden human spaceflight endeavour.

The announcement came during a joint press interaction alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met his Australian counterpart during the second leg of his three-nation visit.

The two leaders shared a warm handshake as they posed for the media in Melbourne, underscoring the deepening strategic convergence between the two democracies.

Addressing the media, PM Albanese highlighted the expanding technological alignment between Canberra a...