External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Wednesday proposed the inclusion of Iran's Chabahar Port in the North-South Transport Corridor to bridge connectivity barriers.
Addressing a conference in Tashkent on regional connectivity of Central & South Asia, also attended by China & Pakistan, Jaishankar said connectivity efforts must conform to international laws.
The International North South Transport Corridor is a 7,200-km-long multi-mode transport route, wherein India is partnering with 12 nations to establish an economic corridor.
The Budget has allocated amounts for African, Eurasian countries and also Latin American nations, apart from development assistance to neighbouring countries.
The MEA said India's proposal to hold 'Chabahar Day' on the sidelines of the International Maritime Summit in January 2021 was also welcomed at the meeting.
India is unable to develop the Chabahar-Zahedan rail link under the second phase of the project due to US sanctions. Iran says there's ‘no limit’ to its relations with New Delhi.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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