India, Nov. 25 -- Soon after the launch of negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), Ottawa and New Delhi are closing in on a deal worth $2.8 billion to supply uranium to India's nuclear plants.

The Canadian outlet Globe and Mail reported on Monday that the term of the deal could span a decade and could could be "part of a broader nuclear co-operation effort" between the two countries.

Following the meeting between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Mark Carney on the margins of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg on Sunday, a release from the Ministry of External Affairs said both sides "reaffirmed" their longstanding civil nuclear operation and expanding that with measures including through long-term ur...