The ISRO chief emphasised that by the year 2035, India will establish the “Bhartiya Space Station” whose first module will be lifted off in the year 2035. He stated that India will land on the moon by the year 2040, which will make India’s space program the top among all other countries in world.

Jaishankar also argued that the tariff issue was being wrongly presented as an “oil dispute.” He noted that the same criticism levelled at India for purchasing Russian energy had not been applied to larger importers, such as China and European nations.

Days after the United States announced a 50 percent levy on Indian goods, the Department of Posts on Saturday, i.e., August 23, announced a temporary suspension of all postal services to the United States from August 25.