Chabahar Current Affairs, GK & News

Chabahar

March 15, 2014

Chabahar is a sea port located at Iran on the Gulf of Oman. It is Iran’s only sea port. Chabahar Port consists of two separate ports named Shahid Beheshti and Shahid Kalantari. Each of the two ports has 5 berths. Key Points India and Iran first agreed to work for the development of Shahid Beheshti in the year 2003 but were ..

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Chabahar Day conference started in Mumbai

August 1, 2022

On July 31, 2022, Chabahar Day Conference was launched in Mumbai, by Sarbanand Sonowal (Union Shipping Minister) and Shripad Naik (Minister of State for Shipping). Inauguration event was attended by dignitaries from Kazakhstan, Iran, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan. India and Iran had inked the bilateral agreement in May 2016, in which India agreed ..

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Withdrawal of US Forces from Afghanistan

April 15, 2021

US President Biden recently announced that America is to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan. The new deadline announced by US coincides with the twentieth anniversary of 09/11 attacks. 9/11 attacks On September 11, 2001, the terrorists of Al-Qaeda conducted a series of four attacks against the United States. The terrorists hijacked four passenger airliners. ..

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India To Commemorate “Chabahar Day” On March 4

March 4, 2021

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that, India will commemorate the ‘Chabahar Day’ on March 4, 2021 on the margins of the ongoing Maritime India Summit 2021 which is being held in Delhi from March 2 to March 4. Highlights The virtual event will witness the participation of ministers from Afghanistan, Iran, Armenia, Russia, ..

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India-Uzbekistan sign Agreements

December 11, 2020

On December 11, 2020, India and Uzbekistan held virtual summit to discuss bilateral relations. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Uzbekistan counter part during the summit. The summit mainly focused on extremism, terrorism and radicalism. During the summit, the countries signed agreements to step up efforts of bilateral investment treaty. They ..

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Azad Pattan Hydropower Project

December 5, 2020

The Azad Pattan project is a hydropower project that is to be constructed in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. It is to be built on the Jhelum River and will have the capacity to generate 700 MW of hydroelectricity. This is a 1.35 billion USD project that is to be jointly undertaken by China and Pakistan as ..

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First Shipment of Afghan Goods via Chabahar to China Sent by Iran-India

July 20, 2020

Iran and India have shipped the first-ever shipment of transit goods to China via Chabahar Port. It comes on the backdrop of the US sanctions on Iran and the balance that Iran is trying to maintain between the rival of the USA, China and its ally, India. The shipment of dried fruit was sent from ..

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