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Washington: US president Barack Obama declared the world safer after a 47-nation summit agreed to a four-year deadline to lock down loose nuclear materials to prevent them from falling into militant hands.
Keeps intrusive NPT measures out n Puts Pak on mat It is billed as the single biggest gathering of world leaders in the US since War World II and the American capital has been converted into a veritable security fortress. As Presidents, Prime Ministers and Kings of 44 countries descend …
Siddharth Varadarajan Washington: Conceived with theatrical flourish by President Barack Obama last April, the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) which gets under way here on Monday combines the pursuit of a serious agenda
WITH nuclear terrorism remaining a real threat, India is looking to the Nuclear Security Summit to strengthen cooperation among countries on nuclear security matters. Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said on Sunday that the summit was important given Indian concerns on terrorism and terror groups getting access to nuclear arsenal. `...nuclear …
India today announced it had completed negotiations on the reprocessing arrangement with the United States, taking one of the last steps towards implementing the nuclear deal with Washington.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Iran today announced plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its nuclear programme - a clear show of defiance after the UN nuclear watchdog rebuked Tehran over secret such work. The decision by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government will further aggravate tensions between the …
In their first steps towards taking the Indo-US strategic partnership to a new level, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Barack Obama sought to consolidate gains rather than break new ground as they identified five core areas to carry forward what the US President called the
We have created a partnership that is based on principle and pragmatism, says Manmohan Washington: United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday warmly welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, telling him that India was
Washington: Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent US atomic experts have claimed. While Pakistan is estimated to possess 70-90 nuclear weapons, India is believed to have …
Despite the protection afforded by several important legal instruments, the environment continues to be the silent victim of armed conflicts worldwide. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has conducted over twenty post-conflict assessments since 1999, using state-of-the-art science to determine the environmental impacts of war. From Kosovo to Afghanistan, Sudan …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday insisted that global non-proliferation to be successful should be universal, comprehensive and non-discriminatory and linked to the goal of complete nuclear disarmament. Days after the UN Security Council, at a session presided by US President Barack Obama, adopted a resolution asking all non-NPT states …
