LoI focuses on enhancing defence industrial cooperation and technology cooperation. It builds on the India-EU security and defence partnership signed this year.
According to reports in Iranian media, officials familiar with the discussions said Asim Munir's Tehran visit had helped narrow some differences, though significant obstacles remain.
US has begun discussing India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), whose infra has remained dormant amid West Asia turmoil but digital ecosystem sees growth with India-UAE efforts.
India is the current chair of BRICS, the eleven-member organisation which includes Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, the UAE, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Nepal Home Minister Sudan Gurung is learnt to have clarified that Nepal would not allow its territory to be used against China and would act to contain such activities.
Iran has at least 13 big ports, 11 of which are in the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Oman, which are potentially impacted by the blockade. ThePrint lists the major vulnerable ones.
The earlier interim trade deal announced by India was based on tariff rates imposed by the US on the IEEPA. The IEEPA was struck down by the US Supreme Court in February.
This comes in addition to the $5 billion each that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have promised to extend to Pakistan, just before the end-April deadline Pakistan has been set by UAE to repay a $3.5 billion debt.
Call comes 48 hrs after direct negotiations between US and Iran in Islamabad did not arrive at a peaceful solution to the conflict. Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed.
Partnership was signed during Indonesian defence minister's visit to US. Access to Indonesian airspace could give US greater ability to keep an eye on Strait of Malacca.
By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
Hello Mr Jaishankar, all that you have to tell is that socialist India doesn’t do trade deals and then you go to bed chanting long live socialism.