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 .
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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