During the Special Session of the D-8 Commission Meeting held under the chairmanship of Turkey, UNCTAD presented the key elements of the joint D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation - UNCTAD Guiding Principles for Investment Policy making. Important agenda items regarding the forthcoming D-8 Summit Meeting were discussed. In January 2020, …
Indian companies tried to export nuclear grade material to Syria and Iran in violation of international conventions and desisted only after the matter was raised by the US, WikiLeaks has revealed. The secret US diplomatic correspondence says that a public sector unit was also trying to export high grade conventional …
Iran on Monday made its first counterproposal in two years to ease the confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, offering to allow international inspectors “full supervision” of the country’s nuclear activities for the next five years, but on the condition that the mounting sanctions against Iran are lifted. …
Tehran: India has fully paid its $5 billion oil arrears to Iran without bartering to bypass sanctions-related payment problems, the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday quoting Iran’s central bank chief. “While all of India’s $5 billion oil arrears have been paid to Iran, the country will always have …
Beijing shunned US requests to rein in energy investment in Iran, said the congressional aide. But that changed, echoing a broader Chinese effort to douse down tensions with Washington. "They have essentially put out the word, 'Hold off'," he said. "The thing that I can tell you for certain is …
The United Nations' nuclear agency says it is "increasingly concerned" that Iran has conducted experimental work to develop nuclear weapons, in particular on warheads to deliver nuclear payloads. In a report issued Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency also said Iran has begun deploying so-called second-generation centrifuges at its largest …
Iran is moving its most critical nuclear fuel production to a heavily defended underground military facility outside the holy city of Qum, where it is less vulnerable to attack from the air and, the Iranians hope, the kind of cyberattack that crippled its nuclear program, according to intelligence officials. The …
Iran will no longer negotiate a nuclear fuel swap with some of the world powers, its atomic chief said on Monday, adding however that Tehran was ready for closer co-operation with the UN nuclear watchdog. "We will no longer negotiate a fuel swap and a halt to our production of …
Russia has put forward "proposals" to build new nuclear power plants in Iran after the completion of the Bushehr project, local media reported Sunday quoting the Islamic republic's atomic chief. "We have held negotiations with the Russians regarding the construction of new nuclear power plants. They have put forward some …
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that a Russian proposal could be “a basis to start negotiations” on Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The proposal calls for the other countries to make limited concessions to Iran for each step it takes toward opening its nuclear program fully to international inspection and …
Tehran: Iran on Saturday said it is removing the fuel from the reactor of a Russian-built nuclear power plant, a move seen as a big blow to its controversial nuclear programme. The decision to remove the fuel from the reactor of the nuclear plant in the southern city of Bushehr …
National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) is preparing a feasibility report of a $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project. The consultancy services agreement for stage 1 of the project has been signed between the Inter State Gas System (Pvt) Limited (ISGSL) Pakistan and a joint venture of NESPAK and ILF Beratende …
The US is in talks with India over the issue of payment of billions of dollars in oil bills to Iran by New Delhi without being affected by American sanctions, a top State Department official has said. “We are working with the Indians to resolve the situation. There are, we …
A senior Iranian oil official said crude exports to India would continue as the two countries were about to offset debts through new accounts and barter deals to circumvent banking sanctions. Iran had earlier threatened to cut off oil exports to India, the second largest buyer of Iranian oil, which …
Iran has threatened to block supplies of oil to India because of $5bn in unpaid fees that are blocked due to international sanctions against Iran. Indian refiners have started looking for oil sources in different markets as Iran says it will block supplies for the month of August, people familiar …
Plays Down Supply Cut Threat, Says Eco Affairs Dept Looking At Payment Issue Iran on Tuesday again threatened to cut oil supplies to India from next month if New Delhi failed to route payments to clear a pending bill of around $5 billion by that time. Agencies quotedthesemiofficial Iranian Fars …
Iran has claimed it is installing new high-tech uranium enrichment centrifuges to hasten progress in its nuclear programme, a move that France has condemned as a
Iran warned India it would stop supplying oil from August 1 if payments dispute is not resolved, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, a move likely to harm the two countries
Iran warned India it would stop supplying oil from August 1 if a payments dispute is not resolved, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, a move likely to harm the two countries` annual $12 billion trade.
The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources was informed that the total cot of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project (IP) would be around $1.5 billion. Ijaz Chaudhary, Secretary Ministry of Petroleum, while briefing the committee here on Monday said that the government would complete the project in December …
NHAI to award 7,994-km highway projects in the current financial year; steel, cement and bitumen companies to benefit most. Consumption of cement, steel, and bitumen is to get a boost of Rs 42,000 crore, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced to award 7,994 km of highway …
