India and Argentina on Wednesday signed a civil nuclear cooperation and nine other pacts after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed by Vivek Katju, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs and Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Talana.
WITH the Congress and its allies close to forming a stable government at the Centre, private players in the power sector are hopeful of greater participation in the country
NEW DELHI: The Union Government is finalising locations for $150-billion U.S. nuclear power reactors promised to Washington during negotiations for ending India
India has won over its third fight for independence when it signed the nuclear deal last year, said eminent scientist and an insightful visionary Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, who was conferred honorary doctorate by Goa University today.
An interview with Tilman A Ruff, Australian head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). At Jadugoda in East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, he observed a human settlement perilously close to the mines of Uranium Corporation of India.
US Senate okays pact with India THE American Senate approved the us-India nuclear deal on October 2. The deal, already cleared by the us House of Representatives, was approved with a majority of 86 votes in favour and 13 against it. On September 6, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (nsg), a 45-member body which controls trade in nuclear fuel and technology, granted a waiver of norms
The real danger of the Indo-US nuclear deal is that it formally recognises India as a legal nuclear weapons state and provides the platform for a closer integration of the Indian state and the economy with the global economy and power structure.
As the alarm over soaring oil prices and losses on Wall Street sent markets tumbling across Asia today - the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex tanked over 500 points, at one stage dipping even below 15,000 points before ending the day at 15,066
