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MORE trouble appears to be brewing for the Indo-US nuclear liability bill with the Left planning to reach out to non-Congress members in the parliamentary panel to seek fundamental changes in the legislation. The Left is pinning its hopes on the anti-Bill sentiments within the Parliament
Clearer Definition Of Risks Needed New Delhi: There is a case for strengthening clauses relating to liability in terms of environmental damages in the event of a nuclear accident as these provisions are currently ill-defined in the civil liability for nuclear damage bill. Answering queries raised by members of the …
Bill To Work Against Interests Of Victims In Case Of Nuclear Mishaps: BJP Leader To Parliamentary Panel SENIOR BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who appeared before Parliament
New Delhi: The parliamentary committee studying the civil liability for nuclear damage bill will conduct a marathon four-day examination of the legislation from Tuesday with the panel expected to grill health and environment ministries on long-term liability in the event of a nuclear accident. In its deliberations, the standing committee …
Shubhajit Roy India and Japan will follow the first round of talks on nuclear cooperation, held earlier this week, with the first-ever 'Sub-cabinet/Senior officials 2+2 dialogue' in New Delhi on July 6, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar will represent …
INDIA concluded an agreement with Canada here on Sunday, the Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, to enable civil nuclear commerce between the countries. Canada is the ninth nation to enter into such an agreement with India, after India obtained its crucial waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers
INDIA concluded an agreement with Canada here on Sunday, the Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, to enable civil nuclear commerce between the countries. Canada is the ninth nation to enter into such an agreement with India, after India obtained its crucial waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers
India's relations with Canada yesterday turned a full circle- from one of suspicion and unease to a strategic partnership. Canada, which had led India's nuclear isolation in the mid-1970s and late 1990s, is now the ninth nation with which New Delhi has a peacetime atomic energy pact, opening the doors …
TOKYO, 22 JUNE: With billions of dollars from contracts to be earned from India's ambitious nuclear power projects, Japanese government has started intra-governmental negotiations to decide whether it should ink a civilian atomic pact with New Delhi, which is yet to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Major US and …
AS THE US sought clarification on the Sino-Pak nuclear deal, China has come out in strong defence of its decision to engage Pakistan in the civilian nuclear sector by setting up two nuclear reactors. The nuclear cooperation between the two countries has been opposed by the US and is being …
The government on Tuesday backed off from its move to propose specific amendments to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill after the Opposition BJP and Left raised strong objections at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and alleged that the provisions were aimed at diluting the legislation …
UNDER intense pressure from the Opposition, the government has been forced to withdraw the amendment to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill that would have made it impossible for the nuclear plant operators, in India
With all eyes focused on the Parliamentary Sanding Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, which is seized of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, the BJP has made the first strategic move to counter the Government game-plan. The party has replaced its rather low-profile representative on the panel, Bhagirathi …
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