Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal scrap kilns operating in Aravallis, 22/01/2025. The application was registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing in the Tribune dated 28.12.2024. The news item relates to significant environmental challenges …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Claiming that the rules notified by the government for the Civil Nuclear Liability Act have diluted some provisions of the legislation, the CPM has moved amendments to the rules in both the Houses of Parliament. It is objecting to the rule which limits Indian operators’ right to claim damages from …
Notwithstanding the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March this year, the prospects of a civil nuclear accord between India and Japan are bright, according to top diplomatic sources. The issue would be discussed when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on December 28 for …
Australian defence minister Stephen Smith, who had pitched for reversing ruling Labor party's policy on uranium export to India, has ruled out similar treatment to Pakistan, citing its poor proliferation record. Smith, who is on his way to India, said he was a strong supporter of uranium export to India, …
Apart from China's posturing at sea, the proposed nuclear deal between India and Japan is expected to figure prominently during talks between the two countries when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visits India in the last week of December. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a strong votary of nuclear energy to …
Ruling Labour Party votes in favour of lifting decades-old ban. Even as it faces a plethora of domestic problems, the Manmohan Singh government added another feather to its cap on the foreign policy front today when the ruling Australian Labour Party (ALP) approved a plan to lift the decades-old ban …
Australia's ruling Labor Party on Sunday endorsed plans to open up uranium sales to India, clearing the way for talks on a bilateral nuclear agreement and resolving an issue that has caused diplomatic tensions between the two nations. Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the plan in November, but needed her …
Shanghai claimed this year to be the world’s busiest container handling port. One tradable it doesn’t want mixed into the throughput figures: nuclear and radioactive items. In a joint U.S.-China non-proliferation initiative, officials next week are scheduled to commission and demonstrate a radiation detection system at Shanghai’s flagship Yangshan port, …
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 …
The Australian Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, today made it clear that she would take forward her proposal to lift ban on uranium sale to India as she met Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, here. Dr Singh and Ms Gillard, who are here to attend the Asean and East Asia …
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 …
The United Nations' top nuclear official urged Iran to allow a visit by a high-level delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss growing evidence that Tehran has been developing the technologies to build atomic weapons. The United Nations' top atomic official, Yukiya Amano, wants access to key Iranian …
Vienna: Iran has worked on developing an atomic bomb design and may still be conducting research relevant for such weapons, the UN nuclear watchdog said in its most detailed and hardest-hitting report on military dimensions to Tehran’s nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency document, which has been preceded by …
