Tag: Central Asia

Sushma Swaraj proposes air freight corridor between India and Central Asia

Swaraj informed the gathering that Iran was holding the Chabahar Day International Conference on February 26 at the Chabahar port to introduce to the invited delegations the capacities of the port.

January 13, 2019

Iranian Foreign Minister to visit India next week to discuss Chabahar, Afghanistan

Zarif’s visit is taking place close on the heels of India taking over operations at the Chabahar port that provides New Delhi a critical link to Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan.

January 3, 2019

Sushma Swaraj leaves for Central Asia to boost ties

Swaraj will be in Kazakhstan on 2-3 August, in Kyrgyz on 3-4 August and in Uzbekistan on 4-5 August

August 2, 2018

Central Asia is the new economic battleground

As the threat of a trade war escalates between the US and China, all the talk has centred on the tariffs that each side might impose on the other. But another important battleground is in Central Asia where both are fighting for strategic control. Central Asia offers an array of economic opportunities for major powers, …

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July 4, 2018

India joins ‘Ashgabat Agreement’ for better connectivity with Central Asia

In a move that will strengthen India’s connectivity with Central Asia, New Delhi, has been admitted to the Agreement on the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Governments of Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan, as depository State of the ‘Ashgabat Agreement’ signed in 2011, has informed India that all the …

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February 2, 2018

Rinpoche begins spiritual training

The 19-year-long rigorous study of Buddhism has begun for the incarnation of the Bakula Rinpoche with his “Chos-zhuk” (monastic enrolment ceremony) in the Drepung Loseling monastery at Mundgod in Karnataka. The enrolment ceremony of the 11-year-old Stanzin Nawang Jigme Wangchuk was attended by a large number of Buddhists from Ladakh and elsewhere in the country. …

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January 15, 2018

Reopen historic routes between J-K, Central Asia: Mehbooba

Strongly advocating opening of historic routes in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has suggested re-opening up the state to the outside world and its opportunities. Addressing the India Ideas Conclave-2017 at Panaji on Friday, Mehbooba said the geographical positioning of the state makes it gateway to the Central Asia and that position ought …

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December 16, 2017

In a first, Central Asian Cobra species sighted in Himachal

 The hill state of Himachal Pradesh has proved to be a hotspot of bio-diversity for researchers looking for snakes for study on venom variation and diversity of species. A team headed by Anita Malhotra, a molecular ecologist and evolutionary geneticist from Bangor University in UK, claims to have got the first genetic and even pictorial evidence of …

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December 9, 2017

‘Russia to enhance military position in Central Asia’

Russia will strengthen its military presence in Central Asia due to the continuously unstable situation in the territory, the Russian Defence Ministry said. “The situation in Central Asia remains unstable. The armed conflicts between the government troops, Taliban, and ISIS continued in Afghanistan,” Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday during a board session …

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August 19, 2017

Russia blast suspect is ‘from Central Asia’

The man suspected of killing 11 people in a metro train in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Monday, is in his early 20s and from Central Asia, media reports said. At least 45 people were injured in the explosion between two underground stations on Monday afternoon. Another explosive device was found and made …

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April 4, 2017

How herdsmen showed the way

For centuries, a network of overland trade routes enabled cultural contacts between the Far East and the Mediterranean. Essentially the same route, which is known as the Silk Road, has been in use since the second millennium BCE, for trade in horses, precious stones, art pieces and the spice trade. The name of Silk Road, …

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March 14, 2017

Caspian tigers may roam again

Caspian tigers who met a grim end in the middle of the 20th century may roam again in Central Asia thanks to a subspecies that is nearly identical, genetically, to the extinct big cats, say researchers. Some of the largest cats that ever lived — up to 10 feet long and weighing more than 300 …

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January 17, 2017