In the pre- JCPOA period, there was a carve out for our involvement in Chabahar, on account of its contribution to facilitating trade and development effort in Afghanistan, also a declared US objective.
That Iran has stuck to the long-promised collaboration with India is testimony to its desire to steer clear of power games played by both China and the US.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
Any relief from sanctions is welcome, perhaps one should not look a gift horse in the mouth. However, it all seems very transactional. First, the legitimacy of the Iran sanctions is itself dubious. Then, depending on its own self interest, the US decides, whether to grant an exemption. We don’t want oil prices to rise too much, or Chabahar port gives Afghanistan access, so we make an exception. It may be better for the rest of the world to act in concert, in order that the village headman does not decide what game goes into each family’s pot on Sunday.
Any relief from sanctions is welcome, perhaps one should not look a gift horse in the mouth. However, it all seems very transactional. First, the legitimacy of the Iran sanctions is itself dubious. Then, depending on its own self interest, the US decides, whether to grant an exemption. We don’t want oil prices to rise too much, or Chabahar port gives Afghanistan access, so we make an exception. It may be better for the rest of the world to act in concert, in order that the village headman does not decide what game goes into each family’s pot on Sunday.