Wants To Take Relations With Australia To Next Level: PM Modi To Australian Newspaper India Steps Up Presence In South Pacific As China Looms Large India oi-Vicky Nanjappa Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 12-point action to up India's engagement on a day when the US signed a landmark defence agreement with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to limit China's influence in the South Pacific. Indian officials said that the action plan was to fulfil the developmental aspirations of the people of the Pacific Island Countries (PIC). China remained the elephant in the room as PM Modi told the PIC…