Oil tanker owners are doing everything possible to minimize risk in the Strait of Hormuz, a dangerous energy chokepoint. But rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf region are no help.
British marines had on 4 July helped Gibraltar detain Grace 1, an Iranian tanker, which was reportedly carrying oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions against the Gulf nation.
The MEA said it was ascertaining Iran’s claims that there are 18 Indians among the 23 crew members of the British-flagged oil tanker seized by the Gulf country in the Strait of Hormuz .
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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