Thehindunewsanalysisarv

India losing Chabahar project Context: India Dropped from Chabahar Rail Project: Iran has decided to move ahead with the  construction of a railway line from Chabahar port to Zahedan  without any assistance from India  due to delay in funding. The  railway line project  was part of  India’s commitment to the trilateral agreement with Afghanistan and Iran  to build an alternate trade route to  Afghanistan and Central Asia. Completion of this project would give India access to Afghanistan and beyond to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Europe via 7,200-km-long multi-modal North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). About Chabahar Port: Located on the  Gulf of Oman  and is the  only oceanic port  of the country.  With this,  India can bypass Pakistan in transporting goods to Afghanistan . It will also boost India’s access to Iran, the key gateway to the International North-South Transpo...

• The Hindu news • SAARC Reviving SAARC to deal with China Context: .As  India-China border tensions  continue to fester, a  hegemonic China , as part of its global expansionism, is chipping away at India’s interests in South Asia.  .This shouldbe a major cause for concern for New Delhi. China’s proximity to Pakistan is well known. Nepal is moving closer to China for ideational and material reasons. .China is wooing Bangladesh by offering tariff exemption to 97% of Bangladeshi products, and has intensified its ties with Sri Lanka through massive investments. . According to a  Brookings India study , most South Asian nations are now largely dependent on China for imports despite geographical proximity to India. About South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established with the signing of the  SAARC Charter in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. The idea of regional cooperation in South ...

The Hindu news analysisis• ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE Introduction: A solar eclipse takes place when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Earth. Country witnessed an annular solar eclipse on 21th June, 2020. This eclipse is a rare annular eclipse that occurs once in every one or two years, and coincides with the northern hemisphere’s longest day of the year, called the summer solstice Eclipse: An  eclipse  happens when a planet or a moon gets in the way of the Sun’s light. Here on Earth, we can experience two kinds of eclipses:  solar eclipses  and  lunar eclipses . Solar Eclipse: It is  a natural event that takes place on Earth when the Moon moves in its orbit between Earth and the Sun  (this is also known as an  occultation ). It happens at  New Moon,  when the Sun and Moon are in  conjunction  with each other. During an eclipse, the Moon’s shadow (which is div...