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 …
For most people, the nuclear energy issue is much like the story of the six blind men and the elephant: different pieces, but no coherent overall picture. For some, it
IAEA Consensus On Safeguards By securing a unanimous approval at the IAEA,India has cleared the first big hurdle to the Big Deal. Action now shifts to the NSG,where India will be pushing for a waiver Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI IN A significant vote of confidence for the Indo-US civilian …
Press Trust Of India / Colombo August 2, 2008, 0:47 IST India is not satisfied with the draft prepared by the US for consideration of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) and is pressing for modifications to ensure a "clean' and "unconditional' waiver from the 45-nation grouping. Suggesting that the draft …
INDIA A STEP CLOSER TO ENDING NUCLEAR APARTHEID Bs Reporter / New Delhi/vienna August 2, 2008, 0:29 IST The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors today approved by consensus a nuclear safeguards agreement with India, calling for the application of IAEA safeguards to Indian civilian nuclear facilities. During …
ADAY before the crucial IAEA board of governors meeting to consider the India-specific safeguards agreement, the government remained optimistic that the agreement would get the IAEA nod. In spite of hiccups, including Pakistan's dissent note, New Delhi is confident that the IAEA board of governors would approve the safeguard agreement …
Saibal Dasgupta | TNN Beijing: Prithviraj Chauhan, the Prime Minister's envoy on nuclear issue, spent an hour with Dai Bingguo, the state councilor and chief political adviser to the Chinese government on Tuesday, trying to sell India's nuclear case. But the Chinese leadership made it apparent that it will keep …
NEW DELHI, JULY 29: Picking up on the momentum gathered after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won the trust vote last week, India and US have exchanged drafts of the "clean' exemption that Washington plans to circulate in the Nuclear Suppliers Group as soon as possible after the August 1 meeting …
Siddharth Varadarajan May move amendments to draft in Board meeting New Delhi: In a four-page letter addressed to Board members of the IAEA, Pakistan has attacked the draft Indian safeguards agreement for envisaging termination conditions and fuel supply arrangements which could allow India to "divert part of [any imported] fuel …
PUTTING the nuclear deal negotiations on the fast track the US said it was planning to seek a meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the second week of August and send the nuclear deal to the US Congress by early September. This comes a day after Mr Manmohan Singh …
Debate on nuclear deal spills into political mudslinging as parties fight to gain the edge Pranab makes a spirited defence Given the rumours that have repeatedly dogged Pranab Mukherjee about his commitment to the deal, or whether he was
Obliquely referring to the India-US civilian nuclear deal, which has put the Manmohan Singh government in peril, Indian ambassador Ronen Sen has defended India's efforts to augment power generation and criticised those who oppose the use of technology. Asserting that technology is a tool for empowerment and emancipation, he said: …
Tapash Talukdar WHILE the nuclear deal runs the risk of getting nuked, there exists a host of homegrown companies, which have a lot to gain from the controversial 123 Agreement. The pro-deal government has recommended a roadmap for meeting the country's energy requirement for the next 25 years and has …
WITHIN minutes of the luncheon meeting of what looked like a prospective third front, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat warned the Manmohan Singh government against going ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal if it lost the trust vote on July 22. The remark comes amidst reports that the nuclear deal …
Sandeep Dikshit NEW DELHI: Three of the country's top nuclear scientists have said that once the nuclear deal is in place, India's commercial nuclear interaction with other countries will be "firmly controlled' by Washington through the Hyde Act enforced through the U.S. "stranglehold' on the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The scientists
N. Ravi On balance, it becomes clear that the advantages overwhelmingly outweigh any threat or flaw and the nuclear deal is as good a deal as any government can negotiate. The vote in the Lok Sabha on July 22 is historic for the reason that it is the closest Parliament …
Vienna, July 18: Lobbying for the Indo-US nuclear deal, India on Friday briefed the IAEA board of governors and some NSG countries on the safeguards agreement amid reports there was no sign of opposition to the accord. After discussing with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei the text of the India-specific safeguards …
