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, …
Officials from the United States, France and Russia called on Monday for stronger measures against Tehran after Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium for a medical reactor in Tehran as early as Tuesday. In Paris, visiting US Defence Secretary …
A new anti-government movement has sprung up in Iran—with supporters outside—with men posting pictures of themselves on the Internet wearing women’s head scarves as a political statement. The movement began in early December as an online backlash after the arrest of one anti-government protester, Majid Tavakoli. The Iranian news agency …
The most important purpose of tourism development is economic and social development of the tourism areas. Although a minor part of tourism includes of rural tourism and plays an important role in economic of rural areas of developed countries, but other advantages and even received harms through these activities in …
A defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran will itself enrich uranium up to 20 per cent purity in a blow to Western efforts to stop Tehran
Land use and land cover changes due to human activities in a time sequence. Detection of such changes may help decision makers and planners to understand the factors in land use and land cover change in order to take effective and useful measures. Remote sensing and GIS techniques may be …
Iran today announced plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its nuclear programme - a clear show of defiance after the UN nuclear watchdog rebuked Tehran over secret such work. The decision by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government will further aggravate tensions between the …
State-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is in talks with an Islamic bank in Indonesia for a loan to revive its Rs 10,000-crore Iran project, on hold due to the aluminium maker
Iran agreed in talks with the United States and other major powers to open its newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qom to international inspection in the next two weeks and to send most of its openly declared enriched uranium to Russia to be turned into fuel for a small …
Federal Minister for Health Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani on Tuesday called upon Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan to evolve joint strategies to stem the spread of malaria in the region. Inaugurating the fourth trilateral Malaria Border Coordination Meeting in Islamabad, Mr Jakhrani said globally malaria was one of the most pressing …
Venezuela has yet to develop a plan to explore or exploit its uranium deposits despite comments by a government official saying it was working with Iran to locate them, Venezuela's energy minister told Reuters. On Friday, Mining Minister Rodolfo Sanz said Iran and Venezuela were working together to find uranium, …
Traders today heaved a sigh of relief with the Iranian Hygiene Ministry giving a clean chit to Indian basmati but Punjab and Haryana farmers, who have banked heavily on this variety by doubling the area under it, may suffer badly this season with the prices of the popular 1121 variety …
Iranian Media Questions Quality Of Imported Rice; Exporters Urge Govt To Take Steps BASMATI exporters, who recently won a battle against the government over reduction of the minimum export price to $900/tonne from $1,100/tonne, are facing fresh trouble. Just days before the new season begins in October, there have been …
Iran will start laying the pipeline for gas supply in Pakistan next year, sources said on Monday. The decision was made on Monday, the first day of three-day talks between officials of the two countries. The sources said the design of the gas pipelines was discussed in detail on the …
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that the US offer to assist Pakistan in the energy sector should not be associated with Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. In his weekly media briefing here on Thursday, the spokesman said that US intention to assist Pakistan in the energy sector should be unconditional …
The mobile phone company Nokia is being hit by a growing economic boycott in Iran. Consumers sympathetic to the post-election protest movement are targeting companies deemed to be collaborating with the regime. Wholesale vendors in Tehran report that demand for Nokia handsets has fallen by as much as half in …
Iran faced opposition from within on Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline deal as Iranian Oil Ministry had strongly opposed signing of Gas Sales Purchase Agreement (GSPA) in Turkey due to security concerns, fearing that Jundallah Group may create hurdles in materialising the project. Sources told Business Recorder that Jundallah, which is …
Dr Asim Hussain, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources has said the delay in the execution of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project is causing Pakistan a loss of $5 million per day. Briefing the media on oil pricing formula for petroleum products here on Sunday, he said …
Badal valley in Uttarakhand has now become a demo valley for green energy---- The coming years are going to be quite difficult for the world if preventive measures are not taken to tap new and non-conventional sources for its energy requirements. This realization has led to the formation of an …
