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India ratifies international
Convention on N Safety
What is India News Service,
Friday, 1 April 2005, 1400 hrs IST
India has decided
to ratify the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the Ministry of External Affairs
announced today. The instrument of ratification was submitted today to the
Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency, who is the Depository of
the convention.
The Convention on Nuclear Safety was adopted in Vienna on June 17, 1994. It
entered into force on October 24, 1996. The convention establishes a legal
obligation on the part of the states parties to adopt certain safety principles
for constructing, operating and regulating land-based civilian nuclear power
plants under their jurisdiction. It provides for obligatory reporting and review
procedures, while recognising the basic principle that safety of nuclear
installations remains a national responsibility.
Kalam
for empowering young scientists: Urging
policy makers to assure the youth of career growth in organizations, including
ISRO and the DRDO, President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam today laid out his blueprint
for motivating youths to a career in science.
Try
my case outside TN, says Kanchi seer:
Kanchi Shankaracharya Jyendra Saraswathi, who has been
chargesheeted by the Tamil Nadu police in the temple official Sankararaman
murder case, has again moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the case
outside the state alleging that he would not get a fair trial as the state
government was showing \93particular interest\94 in the matter and interfering
in the prosecution.
Patient's
domicile state to permit kidney transplantation: SC: The SC has ruled that
the state to which the donor and the donee belong should permit the organ
transplantation, and not one where the recipient is undergoing medical treatment.
Resolve
Prasar Bharati issue in six weeks: SC: Coming
down heavily on the Union Government for the continued uncertainty about the
placement of nearly 3,000 employees of Prasar Bharati, being run with the help
of ad hoc workers even after eight years of its creation, the Supreme Court has
given the Centre six weeks time to resolve the issue.
DDCA
alarm nearly queers Kotla pitch: On Thursday afternoon, cricket
diplomacy hit a roadblock. The DDCA rang an alarm bell claiming that given the
stiff conditions put by Government agencies, it would not be possible for it to
hold the last one-dayer between India and Pakistan on April 17
India,
Mauritius plan Free Trade Agreement: India and Mauritius today decided to
pursue a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, and set up a team to
negotiate the terms.
In future Indo-Pak war, US will fight US
:
In a most unlikely full-fledged Indo-Pak war, there is one other common factor
which will be most visible in the battlefield of the future.
States
Haryana
ministers die in copter crash: Haryana Agriculture Minister Surender Singh, son of former Chief Minister Bansi Lal, and noted industrialist and Power Minister Om Prakash Jindal died in a chopper crash during an emergency landing here this afternoon in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
Verdict
unexpected, says Biman Bose: The Kolkata High Court today sentenced the
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Biman Bose, to three days' imprisonment and imposed
a fine of Rs. 10,000 for contempt of court.
Naga
village sets ecology benchmark; seeks tourists: Two years ago
Angulia ate anything on four legs except tables and devoured everything with
wings except aeroplanes. Today he is the kind of vegetarian that the PETA poster
boys would have been proud of.
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'Black
Friday' release only after blasts case judgment: A division bench of the
Bombay High Court today ruled that the film Black Friday would not be released
till the judgment is delivered by the designated Terrorists and Disruptive
Activities (Prevention) Act judge in the serial blasts case.
BJP's
tough message to Modi and detractors: The Bharatiya Janata Party's high
command today sent out a tough message to both the Gujarat Chief Minister,
Narendra Modi, and his detractors.
Neighbours
Pakistan
test-fires another missile: Pakistan today successfully test-fired Hatf II,
also known as Abdali missile, from an undisclosed destination. The military said
the missile, which could carry even a nuclear warhead, has a range of up to 180
km.
Joint
anti-terror fight urged:
Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Thursday that
time had come for India and Pakistan to jointly fight terrorists who could be
seeking to subvert peace moves.
Money for nothing, F-16s for free?
: Pakistan has the option of getting some of the
F-16 fighter jets free from the US under the $3-billion assistance announced by
Washington in 2003.
View from abroad
US
Congress approval for F-16s to take 2 months:
It will take almost two months to get congressional approval for
selling US-made F-16 aircraft to Pakistan, the State Department told Dawn.
One in
every two grauduates in US is Asian: A majority of bachelor's or higher
degree holders in the US are Asians, followed by non-Hispanic whites, African
Americans and then Hispanics, reports UPI.
Overall
India will ratify N convention:
Under
the agreement, India will adhere to international safety principles.
Two Haryana minsiters died: They were travelling together in a
helicopter.
Asians shone on US campuses: A survey said one is every two graduates in
the US is Asian.
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