India and Iran to accelerate work on Chabahar project
The Chabahar port — jointly being developed by India, Iran and Afghanistan — is considered a gateway to golden opportunities for trade with central Asian nations by the three countries.
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China’s request for UNSC discussion on Kashmir fails
Pakistan’s ally Beijing had called for the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to be discussed in the 15-nation Council on Tuesday after Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote a letter to the Council on December 12 on the situation in the region.
India-Oman Investment Meet promotes Bilateral Investments
India has moved from 130 rank in 2016 to 63 rank in 2019 in ‘Ease of Doing Business Ranking’ and has attracted Foreign Direct Investment of US$286.3 billion between 2014-18.
Afghanistan and India: From Aid to Trade
The Passage to Prosperity Trade Show, funded by USAID, is a recent indicator of our surging trade growth. 2018 saw the signing of over $27 million in contracts for agricultural products and over $214 million worth of Memorandums of Understanding between Afghan vendors and Indian buyers.
Syria the Survivor
By Aditi Bhaduri Syria the Survivor – the name aptly fits in, after almost a
Sri Lankan President’s Visit to India: Beginning of a New Chapter?
India has announced $400 million Line of Credit to Sri Lanka for infrastructure development and another $50mn Line of Credit for strengthening Sri Lanka’s capacities to counter terrorism – an issue the two leaders discussed at length
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The Durand Line and Afghan Pakistani clashes
Frequent violent clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces along their disputed border, the colonial-era Durand Line drawn in 1893, have strained ties between Islamabad and Kabul. Afghanistan does not accept the legitimacy of the Durand Line, claiming it is a violation of its sovereignty, while Pakistan believes it is an accepted international border. These tensions will likely worsen following the pending departure of the Americans from Afghanistan.
First Indo-Kazakh joint working group meeting on connectivity held
Kazakhstan is India’s largest trade and investment partner in Central Asia.
India marks Constitution Day
India is marking its Constitution day today, November 26th. Seventy years ago in 1949 on
India finishes 400 social infra projects in Afghanistan, US praises effort
All the projects are undertaken in partnership with the Afghan government and are spread across each of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan in diverse fields of development, including education, healthcare, infrastructure, administrative capacity, flood control, irrigation, agriculture, sports, Indian ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.