New Delhi, July 9 -- India and Australia on Thursday signed a nuclear energy agreement that will pave the way for uranium supplies from Australia to India, while Australia's largest pension fund, AustralianSuper, announced an additional AU$500 million investment in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), underscoring deepening strategic and economic ties between the two countries.

Following bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Australia, said the nuclear energy agreement would facilitate uranium supplies from Australia to India and support the country's clean energy ambitions. He also said the two countries had agreed to expedite ne...