Trade between the countries has expanded in last year. However, it remains heavily skewed in favour of China, as India continues to import merchandise for its manufacturing sector.
Pentagon is negotiating access to three sites, including the abandoned WWII-era bases in Narsarsuaq and Kangerlussuaq, under the 1951 US–Denmark Defense Agreement.
The disruption in the Hormuz Strait has sharply reduced India’s intake of Gulf crude. This March, Gulf supplies—usually half of India’s crude imports—dropped from 2.6–2.7 mbpd to 1.2–1.3 mbpd.
Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.
US president in address to nation says ‘core objectives’ of war ‘nearing completion’, calls on other countries to help open Strait of Hormuz as US ‘imports almost no oil through it’.
Mohammad Marandi, who has accompanied Iranian nuclear negotiating teams in the past, says time for talks has not come—it will arrive only once US is seen to have been defeated.
For over a week, Islamabad has been conveying messages between US & Iran and making coordinated push for regional stability. Iran has said it hasn’t accepted framework for discussions.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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