Melbourne, July 9 (IANS) India and Australia on Thursday finalised the administrative arrangements required to enable the export of Australian uranium to India for exclusively peaceful purposes, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the landmark agreement would strengthen India’s clean energy ambitions and further deepen bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.Announcing the development during a joint press meet with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese after the Annual Leaders’ Sum…
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Burgenstock (Switzerland), June 22 (IANS) US Vice President J D Vance on Monday outlined a proposal that could see any future release of frozen Iranian assets used to purchase American agricultural products, presenting the idea as a potential component of a broader agreement emerging from ongoing negotiations with Tehran.The proposal, disclosed during a briefing in Burgenstock, Switzerland, marks one of the clearest indications yet of how the Trump administration is thinking about the economic d…
Burgenstock (Switzerland), June 22 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that Iran has agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) back into the country, describing the move as a major breakthrough in negotiations aimed at permanently ending Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme and reducing tensions across the Middle East.After a fresh round of talks in Burgenstock, Vance told reporters that the development was among the most significant achievements of…
Tehran, June 20 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that a scheduled meeting between Iranian and US delegations in Switzerland has been postponed, and planning is underway for another one in the coming days.Speaking to reporters, Baghaei explained that consultations for the next phase of talks are ongoing through mediators, and a new date will be announced once conditions are set, according to a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.He noted that under the recently …
Moscow, June 5 (IANS) Repair work has begun on a key external power line serving the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the plant’s operator said Friday.Specialists are restoring the 750-kilovolt Dniprovska transmission line, which has been disconnected since March 24. The operator said the work was made possible by a ceasefire aimed at protecting personnel working on energy infrastructure.The Dniprovska line is a critical part of the plant’s external power supply system. Its restoration i…
Moscow, May 3 (IANS) The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s external radiation monitoring laboratory was attacked by Ukrainian forces with a drone, media reported on Sunday.According to the station management’s statement, “No critical damage to equipment was found, and there were no injuries as well,” reported the state-owned Russian news agency TASS.”The Ukrainian Armed Forces are posing a threat to the radiation safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This afternoon, the Ukrainian Arme…
United Nations, April 22 (IANS) Rafael Mariano Grossi, who is a candidate for secretary-general, has indicated that he would help move the delayed process of reforming the Security Council forward by facilitating the discussions in that regard. “We know that time has passed (for reforms). We know that circumstances have changed,” Grossi said on Tuesday (local time) at the candidates’ forum here.”Coming to a solution that will be good for all is a challenge ahead of all of us, and I look forward …
Tehran, April 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemned a US-Israeli strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant earlier in the day and warned of its potential lethal consequences for the West Asia region.Earlier, Tehran confirmed that a projectile hit near Iran’s only operating nuclear power plant on Saturday morning, killing one security worker and damaging a building on the site. It marked the fourth such attack since the US-Israel-Iran conflict began, Xinhua news ag…
Vienna, March 30 (IANS) Iran’s heavy water production plant at Khondab, located in central Iran, has been severely damaged and is no longer operational, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.”Based on independent analysis of satellite imagery and knowledge of the installation, the IAEA has confirmed the heavy water production plant at Khondab, which Iran reported had been attacked on March 27, has sustained severe damage and is no longer operational,” the IAEA said on social platfor…
Tehran, Feb 16 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched the main stage of a “combined, intense and targetted” military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. The drill, dubbed the ‘Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz’ involves the IRGC’s naval forces and is being conducted under the supervision, control and field monitoring of IRGC’s Chief Commander Mohammad Pakpour, read a statement published Monday on the IRGC’s official news outlet Sepah News.Among the main objectives of…