The Obama administration plans to impose a new round of sanctions against Iran’s petrochemical industry, a Western official briefed on the plans said Friday, less than two weeks after a United Nati
Yadgir district in-charge to meet Chief Minister today
Residents of Gogi village and surrounding places, along with local legislators, have strongly opposed uranium mining by the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL) in their village in Yadgir district and have demanded that the Government cancel the project, which they fear will cause health hazards.
In a significant move, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today proposed to overturn her country’s controversial policy of not selling uranium to India since it is not a signatory to the NPT.
New Delhi In a breakthrough for India’s civil nuclear initiative, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pitched for lifting a long-standing ban on export of uranium to the country.
“I believe the time has come for the Labor Party to change this position ... Selling uranium to India will be good for the Australian economy and good for Australian jobs,” she told reporters in Canberra.
The Australian government looks set to overturn its ban on selling uranium to India after Prime Minister Julia Gillard changed sides on Tuesday and came out in support of lifting an embargo that ha
MELBOURNE, 27 OCT: Australia's ban on uranium sale to India was not holding back its civil nuclear programme as the country was not exclusively dependent on supplies from here, foreign minister Mr
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has admitted that the Atomic Mineral Division (AMD) has requested the State Government for shifting the proposed Kynshi Stage-II hydro-electric project to another site.
“I have been brief by AMD officials that if the project is not shifted it will submerge areas where there are uranium deposits,” Dr Sangma told reporters on Friday.
Australia and India are in a secret “dialogue” to allow the sale of uranium to New Delhi despite Canberra’s declared policy of opposing sales to non-NPT signatories, a media report claimed today.
