CSE is ranked as the no 1 think tank on environment policy in the global south according to latest edition of the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania. The report ranks CSE among the top 16 environment think tanks globally. As accelerating advances …
On a day when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew out to the US to put his final stamp of approval on the Indo-US deal in Washington on September 25, the CPM has alleged that the real objective of this deal has already been served with India asking American nuclear companies …
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike are gone from mainland United States, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is flying into a perfect financial storm that could make the US-India nuclear deal, a pet project of the Indian leader and the US president, a momentary casualty. Singh, a distinguished economist himself, will understand …
Why conduct N-tests when accurate, N-armed missiles will deter better? Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's long drawn out battle to end India's nuclear isolation is almost over. All that now remains is for the US Congress to endorse the 123 agreement. Contrary to a belief fostered by the Opposition, and swallowed …
CORPORATE America is investing millions of dollars in an intense lobbying effort to convince lawmakers in Congress to ratify the Indo-US civilian agreement, fearing it might otherwise lose opportunities to earn megabucks in an Indian nuclear industry poised to open its doors to foreign investments. For one, the US-India Business …
INDIA has broken the regional chains and emerged as the new geostrategic force in the world. The paradigm has shifted, the world has adjusted, the rules have changed and the nuclear isolation has ended. That it all happened largely on India's own terms makes the achievement that much more significant. …
In his hotel room in Vienna, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon sat tensed waiting for the outcome of the plenary session of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on September 6. He was conscious of the irony. The NSG was formed in 1974 as part of an angry reaction to India's …
BY MUKESH RANJAN With the Indo-US civil nuclear deal set to be clinched by the month-end, plans have been set afoot to prepare a roadmap for speedy implementation of projects augmenting nuclear energy in the country. For the purpose, ahead of his visit to the US next week, Prime Minister …
President Bush has failed to achieve so many of his foreign policy goals, but last weekend he proved that he can still get what he really wants. The administration bullied and wheedled international approval of the president's ill-conceived nuclear deal with India. The decision by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group …
The Bush administration is beginning a race against time to win congressional backing for a landmark deal with India after convincing more than 40 other countries to allow international nuclear trade with Delhi. India's multibillion dollar civil nuclear sector will be opened to foreign energy companies following Saturday's decision in …
Critics are more worried about bomb than energy Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI EVEN as the Manmohan Singh government celebrated the end of three decades of nuclear isolation, critics of the nuclear deal criticised the waiver for
The cat is finally out of the bag. It is now official that the Bush and Manmohan Singh administrations have no common or agreed understanding on vital aspects of the Indo-U.S. deal for civilian nuclear cooperation. A detailed official Bush administration letter, dated January 16, 2008, which answered 45 political-technical …
The Regional Summit of the National Authorities and Parliamentarians in Asia on the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention will be held in Sri Lanka this year with the participation of 30 countries in the region. The authorities are due to meet at the Colombo Hilton for the summit …
The world's big powers have been told to expect a formal response as soon as today from the Tehran government that sets out an initiative designed to restart negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme. The letterfollows a conversation yesterday between Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy head, and Saeed Jalili, …
