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- India Political Stand-Off Worsens (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
India's ruling alliance is meeting its communist allies after the latter asked the government to put on hold a nuclear deal with US for six months.
- Power Tariff Revision Put Off For A Month (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 20, 2007)
The decision on revision of electricity tariff sought by five electricity supply companies (ESCOMS) in the State will be delayed by nearly a month in view of a direction from the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (ATE) to the. . .
- 'Gaza Strip An Enemy Entity' (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 20, 2007)
The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" and vowed to disrupt power and fuel supplies to the area in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli cities and settlements.
- Pearl Of Siberia Draws Investors (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 20, 2007)
Russia's cherished Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia is becoming a magnet for the tourist industry as energy revenues fuel an economic boom in this neglected region.
- Israel Calls Gaza An Enemy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Israel's security cabinet declared the Gaza Strip an “enemy entity” today, a decision that would let Israel cut off vital electricity, water and fuel to the Palestinian territory.
- India Can Be Hub Of Global Nuclear Industry: Kakodkar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
India's nuclear establishment chief Anil Kakodkar on Wednesday said that the country was set to become a manufacturing hub of the global nuclear industry and looked forward to opening up of global civil nuclear cooperation that is "sustainable . . . .
- Kakodkar Outlines India’S Stand At Iaea Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Refraining from making any mention of the India-U.S. nuclear deal at the IAEA conference, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Wednesday said India was looking forward to “sustainable” international civil nuclear cooperation . . . .
- N-Deal: We Will Get Back, India Tells Iaea (Hindustan Times, Amit Baruah, Sep 20, 2007)
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar told International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei that India “will get back” to the UN atomic watchdog on the India-specific safeguards agreement.
- Kakodkar Mum At Iaea Meet (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Refraining from making any mention to the Indo-US nuclear deal at the IAEA conference, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar said today that India was looking forward to “sustainable” international civil nuclear cooperation . . . .
- 123 Pact Must Reach Congress Soon: Boucher (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Sep 20, 2007)
Even as the Left parties have upped the ante by pushing for a six-month pause on the nuclear deal, the United States has stressed the importance of completing all the remaining formalities on this "carefully negotiated" pact at an early date.
- Buddha’S Wisdom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 19, 2007)
FOR CPM general secretary Prakash Karat, the common minimum good of the world will be achieved if “American hegemony”, also known as “neo-imperialism”, is vanquished, preferably by killing the Indo-US nuclear deal in the womb.
- Iaea To Help Dhaka Build N-Power Plant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has assured Bangladesh of providing assistance in setting up a nuclear power plant to aid Dhaka meet its growing power demand, a report said on Tuesday.
- Musharraf To Shed Uniform If Re-Elected (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf will step down as Army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he secures re-election as President, a Government lawyer said on Tuesday.
- Britain Should Intervene In Zimbabwe (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2007)
Saving Zimbabwe from its current state of apathy and disaster is Britain's duty.
- Buddha Electrifies Cpm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has given his party a crash course in nuclear power by publicly stressing its indispensability.
- Different Tune (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 19, 2007)
Communist parties have a history of being caught in the web of their own contradictions. But this is one consequence of his action that Prakash Karat could not have anticipated when he launched the Left’s crusade against the nuclear deal between . . . .
- 123 Questions Won’T Go Away — A Rejoinder (Hindu, Brahma Chellaney , Sep 19, 2007)
The terms of civil nuclear cooperation with India have been unequivocally defined by the Hyde Act, a 41-page anthology of conditions. No other 123 agreement is governed by such a country-specific law.
- Put It On Hold For 6 Months, Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday asked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to refrain from taking any step for the next six months to operationalise the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal.
- Indian Hotels: Aggressive (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 19, 2007)
Indian Hotels’ acquisition of a 10 per cent stake in Orient Express Hotels at $211 million, hasn’t come cheap. But the company looks determined to become a worldwide chain.
- Nuclear Power Inevitable Option: Kakodkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Favours closed fuel cycle to reduce risk of proliferation of fissile material, a proposal backed by many nations
Important to have inclusive partnership in order to meet energy demands
Says there is a need for institutional approach in IAEA program
- Nuke Sparring Amid Glimmer Of Hope (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Sep 19, 2007)
Prakash Karat today said the Centre should wait for at least six months before continuing efforts to operationalise the nuclear deal, while minister Kapil Sibal asserted the government couldn’t “renege” on an international treaty.
- To Scuttle Deal, Left Seeks 6-Month Halt (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Sep 19, 2007)
Realising that the India-US civil nuclear deal would die a natural death if the US Congress did not give its final approval before the Bush presidency entered the lame duck phase in February next year, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash . . . .
- N-Deal About Bijlee Not Bush: Sibal To Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Challenging the Left parties to come clean on the fundamentals of its opposition to the 123 agreement Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday told reporters here that the Indo-US nuclear deal is about “bijlee not about Bush”.
- Upa, Left N-Thaw Not In Sight (Deccan Herald, Shruba Mukherjee , Sep 18, 2007)
The prospects for a UPA-Left reconciliation over the Indo-US nuclear deal appeared dim as the Manmohan Singh Government reiterated on Monday its stated position on issues of contention in the deal.
- Iaea To Help Dhaka Build Nuclear Power Plant (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has assured Bangladesh of providing assistance in setting up a nuclear power plant to aid Dhaka meet its growing power demand, a report said here today.
- Living With Violence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 18, 2007)
ANY trigger will do. The potential for violence is omnipresent in Pakistan, with no occasion too solemn or sacrosanct for venting emotion to the physical detriment of others.
- Buddha Soft On Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today came out in support of the Indo-US nuclear deal, albeit in a subdued and cautious way, saying that the government cannot ignore the energy issues facing it and nuclear power seems to be the best . . . .
- A Temporary Setback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 18, 2007)
The tight money policy of the government seems to have taken its toll on the manufacturing sector. The latest Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data shows a sharp drop in growth rate in the index to 7.1 per cent in July 2007 from 13.2 per cent . . . .
- Struggle Over A Boom (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
Pakistans Government led by President Pervez Musharraf likes to describe itself as being on the frontline of the war on terror.
- We Need Nuclear Power: Buddha (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee created a flutter on Monday by stressing the importance of nuclear power at a time when his party, CPM, is locked in a battle with the Centre over the Indo-US nuclear deal and party bigwigs, like. . .
- Lay Those Ghosts To Rest (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Sep 18, 2007)
The deal is a sunrise accord that lays the foundation of a new edifice whose architecture we can join with the US in building.
- Citing China-Us Deal, Govt Replies To Left: Ours Better (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 18, 2007)
Citing the example of the US-China 123 Agreement, the Government today informed the Left that India had clinched a better nuclear deal.
- Comrades Get Buddha Dose Again: ‘We Just Can’T Avoid Nuclear Power’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Barely a fortnight before the CPM Politburo meets in Kolkata to deliberate on the Indo-US nuclear deal, it was West Bengal’s Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who once again highlighted the gap between his line and the party’s hardline.
- Responsible Advertising (Deccan Herald, Kanchi Kohli , Sep 18, 2007)
My television viewing time these days leaves me dealing with some very fundamental questions in the way our society's mindset is heading. Analysing advertisements from a gender, class or social perspective is not new.
- Nuclear Power For All? (Pioneer, George Jahn, Sep 18, 2007)
Eleven more nations have backed the concept of a US-initiated project that aims to reduce the dangers of nuclear proliferation and control radioactive waste, while acknowledging that they were far from achieving such goals.
- Left Unhappy Over Upa Response (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Sep 18, 2007)
The UPA leadership on Monday provided an elaborate written response to the Left's objections on the India-US nuke deal, but failed to address the comrades' concerns on the politically volatile issue.
- Iran A Key Issue At Un Nuclear Watchdog Conference (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The UN atomic watchdog opens a general conference of its 144 member states on Monday, with the crisis over Iran's possibly seeking nuclear weapons getting ever more serious.
- 'N-Deal Outcome Not To Hurt India's Image' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
India's image as an investment destination would not be sullied if the civil nuclear deal with the US falls apart, NRI business tycoon Lord Swraj Paul has said.
- The Missing Link In The Energy Equation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 17, 2007)
IN THE present age, the provision of sufficient and affordable energy has become a basic human need.
- The Visible Hand (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Having spent much time the last few weeks studying the 123 Agreement for nuclear cooperation between India and the US, I now believe that it will be a grave mistake for India to turn down the agreement.
- Iaea Safeguards Must For N-Deal: Us (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The US on Sunday said it was ‘important’ for India to negotiate a safeguards agreement with the IAEA to operationalise the nuclear deal even as atomic energy commission chief Anil Kakodkar remained tight-lipped on whether he would hold talks with . . . .
- Us Firm Offers India Thorium Reactors (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
While India is still debating how to make the Indo-US nuclear deal work, an American company, anxious to enter the Indian market, has offered to build commercial nuclear power reactors in the country.
- A Dialectical Critique (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 17, 2007)
American big businesses will diminish our sovereignty, unless we fight against imperialism.
- 123 Agreement: A Response To Brahma Chellaney (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 17, 2007)
To contend that India has somehow allowed itself to be denied the rights conferred by the U.S. to other contracting parties is misleading.
- Us Prods India On Iaea Safeguards (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The US on Sunday said it was “important” for India to negotiate a safeguards agreement with the IAEA to operationalise the nuclear deal even as Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar remained tightlipped on whether he would hold talks . . . .
- Objections To 123 Agreement (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Sep 17, 2007)
The Left and the BJP, strange bedfellows, have become even more strident over the government’s determination to stand fast on the 123 Agreement.
- India’S Image Will Not Be Sullied If Deal Falls Apart: Swraj Paul (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
India’s image as an investment destination will not be sullied if the civil nuclear deal with the United States falls apart, United Kingdom-based Caparo group chief Lord Swraj Paul has said.
- Cleric Pulls Out, Leaves Govt In Jam (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 17, 2007)
Radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday withdrew his faction from the Shia bloc in power in Iraq, delivering a strong blow to the already weak government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
- Iran To Get Fuel From Russia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Enriched uranium fuel is ready to be shipped from Russia to Irans first nuclear power plant, state television on Sunday quoted Iran's foreign minister as saying.
- ‘No Instructions From Centre For Iaea Meet’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
With less than a week to go for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference in Vienna, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar is keeping his options open on discussing safeguards with the nuclear watchdog as he is yet . . . .
- Sanctifying Mass Destruction (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 14, 2007)
The toxic terms of discourse of the nuclear debate have insidiously intruded into the public’s mind and distorted its moral perspective.
- India Still Greek For World (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
When they think of India they think of Gandhi and Taj Mahal, but when they think of Pakistan they think of nuclear, poverty and cricket, the people across the world said in a survey conducted by BBC.
- World Identifies India With Gandhi, Pak With N-Power (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
When they think of India they think of Mahatma Gandhi and the Taj Mahal, but when they think of Pakistan they think of nuclear power, poverty and cricket, people across the world said in a survey conducted by the BBC.
- Al-Qaida And Its Allies: A Worldwide Threat (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
The IISS survey claims al-Qaida is resurgent and capable of "carrying out large-scale attacks in the western world".
- Paying A Heavy Price (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Sep 13, 2007)
It rained heavily in Uttarakhand during the current monsoon, which triggered widespread floods and landslides and killed scores of people..
- ‘Nuclear Power Must For Energy Security’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
“Nuclear power is an inevitable option if the country is to meet its energy security needs,” said R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, on Wednesday.
- Massive Earthquake Strikes Indonesia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia on Wednesday, killing ten people, injuring 100 and triggering a small tsunami that hit one city on the island of Sumatra, authorities said.
- Politics Sans Excellence (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Sep 13, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has banned students union elections in the state.
- N-Powering India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 13, 2007)
The adjournment of Parliament, precipitated by the Opposition’s unnecessary stone-walling, has prevented an informed debate in the House on the India-United States nuclear deal.
- Water Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the government cannot subsidise the commercial use of water and suggested incentives and penalties for water conservation.
- A Harvest Of Devastation (Tribune, Usha Rai, Sep 13, 2007)
Over 8000 families have been affected by the closure of 14 tea gardens in Jalpaiguri District of West Bengal. The worst affected are women and children. Starvation deaths are being reported and children have dropped out of school.
- Israeli Troops Stage Limited Gaza Incursion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
Israeli ground troops entered central Gaza on Wednesday night, a day after rocket fire from the Gaza strip wounded 69 Israeli soldiers but the military said the incursion was a low-scale "routine operation".
- China Trumps India In Gas Stakes (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Recent developments in the gas-field projects of Myanmar have highlighted the intense resource diplomacy in the region.
- Indo-U.S. Deal Good Under Present Circumstances: M.R. Srinivasan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
“It facilitates nuclear trade with not only America but also other countries”
“End of international isolation of India in nuclear technology”
Agreement signed between two unequal parties: Placid Rodriquez
- Deathly Inaction (Frontline, PRAFULLA DAS, Sep 12, 2007)
Young Ruai Majhi, a resident of Kucheipadar village in Kashipur block of Orissa’s Rayagada district, was eight months pregnant when her dreams of motherhood came tumbling down.
- N-Deal: Need For Less Fission And More Fusion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
The Indo-US 123 agreement is such an amalgam of law, politics, technical jargon, economic nuance and statistical analysis that it requires an open and inquiring, albeit critical, mind to understand and appreciate it.
- Us Nuclear Deals: Undermining Peace (Deccan Herald, Jimmy Carter, Sep 11, 2007)
Earlier, the US policy was: no sales of nuclear technology or uncontrolled fuel to any country that refused to sign the NPT.
- Us Surge: The Upsurge Of Iraqi Disenchantment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Most Iraqis believe the US pacification campaign launched in February last has been a failure.
- A Lesson In Nuclear Reactors (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 11, 2007)
India is a world leader in PHWRs. While currently available uranium can support some 10,000 MW, we may double that using uranium from overseas or from new finds in India.
- Bulgarian Pm Hopes To Re-Energise Ties With India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 11, 2007)
Bulgaria may be part of India’s traditional arc of friends, but as this eastern European nation steps into the European Union, India and Bulgaria are re-energising ties, with more trade and investment calling the shots.
- Our Achilles Heel (Times of India, Gurcharan Das, Sep 11, 2007)
A friend of mine, who hikes frequently in the Himalayas, showed me a solar torch the other day which gives light for seven hours before you need to recharge it in the sun.
- Bangladesh Seeks N-Power Technology From Russia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Bangladesh hopes to get Russian technology to set up a nuclear power plant and says Moscow has expressed its willingness to co-operate.
- Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal Need Of The Hour: Ravi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has said that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal will not in any way compromise national security and that such deals are necessary for the country’s development.
- Russia Rises Under Putin (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
In a televised address on July 17, Russia's President Vladimir Putin proclaimed: "There are forces both in Russia and the US that abide by 20th century thinking, rather than the 21st century, those who love and feed on ideas of the past competition.
- State Has Dithered Away (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Sep 10, 2007)
That government is best which governs least. We don’t know who said this — Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Paine. But we do know this government is characterised by pervasive policy paralysis (PPP), the Indian version of PPP.
- We Want Our Pavarottis In Person Even More (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Sep 10, 2007)
With entertainment available on tap, we yearn for the real. Live performance now comes at a premium.
- Hype=mc2 (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2007)
The line between fact and fiction has become blurred in the shrill debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal. Sadly, no one has contributed more to obscuring that line than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Quality Infrastructure — Good Regulatory Framework, The Key (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 10, 2007)
To achieve a massive investment of around $450 billion over the next five years or more for the creation of quality infrastructure, we need money from home or abroad. And to get this money, we need a quality infrastructural regulatory . . . ..
- Cpm’S Open Letter To Mps (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Sep 08, 2007)
After lashing out at critics for labelling it pro-China, the CPI(M) has come out with an open letter to all members of Parliament in which its central committee explains why the party is opposing the proposed India-United States civil nuclear cooperation
- Cpm Writes To Mps Hammering On Amendment (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Sep 08, 2007)
In a major move to push the Congress to political isolation on the nuclear deal issue, the CPI(M) in an open letter to the Members of Parliament called upon them to force the Government to introduce Constitutional amendments so that every . . . .
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