Hurricanes Gustav and Ike are gone from mainland United States, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is flying into a perfect financial storm that could make the US-India nuclear deal, a pet project of the Indian leader and the US president, a momentary casualty.

CORPORATE America is investing millions of dollars in an intense lobbying effort to convince lawmakers in Congress to ratify the Indo-US civilian agreement, fearing it might otherwise lose opportunities to earn megabucks in an Indian nuclear industry poised to open its doors to foreign investments.

INDIA has broken the regional chains and emerged as the new geostrategic force in the world. The paradigm has shifted, the world has adjusted, the rules have changed and the nuclear isolation has ended. That it all happened largely on India's own terms makes the achievement that much more significant.

New Delhi: With India winning the backing of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to trade in atomic fuel and technology in the global market, companies both at home and abroad are already eyeing a slice of the N-pie.

BY MUKESH RANJAN

The Bush administration is beginning a race against time to win congressional backing for a landmark deal with India after convincing more than 40 other countries to allow international nuclear trade

Critics are more worried about bomb than energy
Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI

EVEN as the Manmohan Singh government celebrated the end of three decades of nuclear isolation, critics of the nuclear deal criticised the waiver for

The cat is finally out of the bag. It is now official that the Bush and Manmohan Singh administrations have no common or agreed understanding on vital aspects of the Indo-U.S. deal for civilian nuclear cooperation.

IN A dangerous and unstable world, isn

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