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 …
Promising to provide a level playing field to US companies on civilian nuclear deal, visiting foreign secretary Mr Ranjan Mathai has said India is willing to address their specific concerns within the framework of the law passed in this regard by Parliament. “We will provide a level playing field to …
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed to eight countries, including India, to ratify the CTBT to bring the global nuclear test ban into force. The UN Secretary-General made the appeal after Indonesia became the 157th country to adopt the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Besides India, China, North Korea, Egypt, …
The Obama administration is reportedly using a secret channel of communication to warn Iran that closing the Straits of Hormuz, through which more than a fifth of sea-borne oil passes, is a “red line” that would provoke a response from Washington. Claiming that Iran has always kept the Straits open …
‘Iran is unlikely to decide to dash toward making nuclear weapons as long as its uranium enrichment capability remains as limited as it is today,’ the report said Iran is unlikely to move toward building a nuclear weapon this year because it does not yet have the capability to produce …
New Delhi: India’s long hunt for a nuclear submarine is finally over. But it will take the country another 10-12 months to get an operational nuclear weapon triad — the capability to fire nukes from land, air and sea. India on Monday became the world’s sixth country after the US, …
India along with China, North Korea and Israel has low levels of transparency on nuclear materials and security, an independent report has said. "Four countries have particularly low levels of transparency, specifically Israel, North Korea, India and China, on materials and materials security," said Page Stoutland, vice president for nuclear …
The UN atomic agency confirmed on Monday that Iran has started enriching uranium to 20-per cent purity at a new site in a difficult-to-bomb mountain bunker. VIENNA: The UN atomic agency confirmed on Monday that Iran has started enriching uranium to 20-per cent purity at a new site in a …
TEHRAN: Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported on Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program. Another newspaper quoted Revolutionary Guard deputy commander Ali Ashraf Nouri as saying that …
Iran has taken steps in recent weeks that bring it closer to launching uranium enrichment deep inside a mountain, diplomatic sources say, a move that would worsen its nuclear confrontation with the West. Iran has said for months that it is preparing to conduct uranium enrichment at Fordow - a …
India and Pakistan on Sunday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations and facilities under a two-decade-old pact prohibiting attacks on atomic assets, days after senior officials of the two sides held talks here on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures (CBMs). The governments of the two countries are required to exchange …
Iranian scientists have produced the nation’s first nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West has doubted Tehran capable of, the country’s nuclear agency said Sunday, in a snub to international demands that it halt sensitive nuclear work. Scientists and researchers at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran have …
Pakistan and India on Sunday exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities, under an agreement to prevent the two nuclear neighbouring countries from attacking each other's nuclear sites. The two countries also exchanged lists of prisoners in each other's custody, under another accord binding the two sides to provide details …
Iranian scientists have produced their first nuclear fuel rod, Iran’s nuclear agency said Sunday, another step despite United Nations sanctions and measures by the United States and others to stop the nation’s atomic work and shut down any possible pathways to weapons production. Iran has long said it is forced …
India on Wednesday successfully persuaded the Japanese negotiators to not mention “nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation” in the joint statement in the context of the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. Both sides agreed to “exert further efforts” towards conclusion of the agreement. Sources told The Indian Express that the Japanese side was …
Indian Navy is set to receive a major boost when the much-awaited Russian 'Nerpa' nuclear attack submarine would join its fleet "in the next few days" on a 10-year lease worth $920 million. The Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear submarine has finished sea trials and is now ready to be leased …
Islamabad/New Delhi: Senior officials of India and Pakistan on Tuesday ended their two-day talks in Islamabad by agreeing to consider renewing for another five years a pact on reducing nuclear accidents and to explore additional confidence-building measures (CBMs). The Indian delegation, led by D B Venkatesh Varma, joint secretary (disarmament) …
Two day talks between Pakistan and India on conventional and nuclear confidence building measures begin here today. According to Foreign Office Spokesman, the expert level talks on conventional confidence building measures will be held on Monday while talks on nuclear confidence building measures will be held on Tuesday. The talks …
The Obama administration pressed Iran to account for a discrepancy of nearly 20 kilograms in its reporting to the United Nations' nuclear agency on how much natural uranium metal it has in its stockpile. U.S. diplomats told a quarterly gathering Friday of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board that …
However, Nuke Plan Won’t Affect Delhi’s Broader Engagement With Tehran New Delhi: As the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works on a resolution to censure Iran yet again for its nuclear programme, India believes there is little to stop the Islamic republic from proceeding with weaponization. India believes the latest …
The rules on civil nuclear liability which have been notified by the UPA government may figure during the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama tomorrow in Bali on the margins of the ASEAN and East Asia summits. Even as the Left parties opposed the …
