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Stark failure on the N-liability issue by Inder Malhotra THE fiasco of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, which the United Progressive Alliance government withdrew just before it was scheduled to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday, is not the first instance of its kind nor is going to …
FOR the better part of a decade, I have upset many climate activists by pointing out that there are far better ways to stop global warming than trying to persuade governments to force or bribe their citizens into slashing their reliance on fuels that emit carbon dioxide. What especially bugs …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be using the same tactic that he used for pushing the Indo-US nuclear deal for crossing the hump on the civil nuclear liability bill
It is China that provided Pakistan with the blueprint to build a nuclear weapon, in early 1980s, a small, reliable armament that could be delivered on India by attack aircraft or missile, according to a new book. The blueprint was delivered as the desperate Pakistani nuclear scientists led by A …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will again try to convince the Opposition to support the contentious Civil Nuclear Liability Bill with the intent to introduce it in the second half of the Budget session (April-May). Sources in the Prime Minister
Isolated over the civil nuclear liability bill, the government was forced to back off in the Lok Sabha on Monday when it decided to defer introducing the legislation in the face of spirited opposition from the Left and BJP, who were prepared to call a division on the legislation. Wary …
New Delhi: A crucial bill that provides for compensation in case of a nuclear accident is slated to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday, a move that is expected to give more fodder to the Opposition to attack the government. BJP and Left parties have already indicated opposition to …
New Delhi: More than a dozen agreements, including an umbrella civil nuclear pact and another on the Gorshkov aircraft carrier, are likely to be signed between India and Russia tomorrow during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
Friends-Turned-Foes Queer The Pitch; Main Opposition Wants Bill To Resemble Price Anderson Act Amita Shah & Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI THE Congress may be celebrating its success in passing the women
HAFQAT ALI ISLAMABAD Former Pakistan foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has said that there can be a nuclear war between Pakistan and India on the water issue. "Water is the most impor- tant issue between Pakistan and India and if they do not take it seriously, it can lead to …
India today signed a civil-nuclear cooperation declaration with Britain, making it the eighth country to sign such a pact with New Delhi after it secured approval of the Nuclear Suppliers
BALASORE: The DRDO may be celebrating the successful trial of Agni-III missile, but the test has become a cause of concern for the State forest officials, environmentalists and wildlife lovers. Moreover, the proposed tests of an interceptor missile, Agni-I and Agni-II this month and in March also have left them …
Officials from the United States, France and Russia called on Monday for stronger measures against Tehran after Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium for a medical reactor in Tehran as early as Tuesday. In Paris, visiting US Defence Secretary …
London: Relations between India and Britain took a big leap forward on Thursday, as the two countries reached an understanding on civil nuclear cooperation and enhanced defence collaboration. Commerce & industry minister Anand Sharma announced this after an hour-long meeting with British First Secretary of State, Lord Peter Mandelson, at …
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cause severe ''climate cooling'' and may have a devastating impact on agriculture worldwide, says a report jointly produced by Japan and Australia on nuclear-non proliferation and disarmament. "Just a limited regional nuclear exchange, for example between India and Pakistan, with each side …
New Delhi: The India-France deal for civil nuclear cooperation came into force on Thursday with foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and French ambassador Jerome Bonnafont exchanging the instruments of ratification of the agreement which was signed by the two countries on September 30, 2008. The agreement will allow France and India …
