A day after India and Iran signed the Chabahar Port pact, the US warned of ’potential sanctions’ on ’anyone doing deals with Iran’. EAM S Jaishankar while responding to a question on the US’ stand, said that one should not take a narrow view of this, since the port deal will benefit the whole region. He also explained how India is working on dealing with the US on this. Watch
15 May 2024Hours after India and Iran signed the Chabahar port agreement, US said that countries doing business deals with iran should be aware of the potential risk of sanctions. Without naming India, the US issued a warning to anyone considering business deals with Iran - and said that this deal was not an exemption. Now, Chabahar holds big importance for India - and India has managed to convinced the US on a number of occasions. Will this case be the same?
14 May 2024Cabinet also approves the surrogacy bill and three agreements with Myanmar, whose president is on a 3-day visitThe approval was given during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
2 min read26 Feb 2020The decision, taken at a Union Cabinet meeting, in order to bring in experts for the development of Chabahar
1 min read26 Feb 2020Rs17,372 crore earmarked for the Indian foreign ministry in the Union budgetDefence budget increased to Rs4.71 lakh crore compared to Rs4.3 lakh crore in last year
3 min read2 Feb 2020India, Iran and Afghanistan signed the trilateral transit agreement or the Chabahar agreement in May 2016India cut oil imports from Iran, after the US ended a waiver to sanctions on 2 May.
1 min read16 Sep 2019Although US diplomats have assured India that it will not face its sanctions for aiding the development of the Chabahar port, US president Donald Trump’s multiple U-turns and increasingly hawkish stance on Iran turns that assurance somewhat blurry
1 min read14 May 2019US on Monday had said that it will end exemptions to countries importing oil from IranNew Delhi views Chabahar as a strategic investment as it will help India circumvent Pakistan to gain access to Central Asia and Afghanistan
1 min read24 Apr 2019President Ashraf Ghani said Afghanistan was slowly improving its exports in a bid to reduce its trade deficitThe Iranian port provides easy access to the sea to Afghanistan and India has helped developed this route
1 min read24 Feb 2019External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj calls on Central Asia Republics to participate in the Chabahar Port project jointly undertaken by India and Iran
2 min read14 Jan 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared