India's foreign policy paralysis

Delhi's inability to open up a new canvas with Pakistan and Sharif is symptomatic of its sluggish thinking. Jyoti Malhotra analysesBadar Azim, the Kolkata slum-dweller who became a footman at......

Indo-American gets 2nd term on US nuclear trade committee

The Srinagar-born expert was consulted by the Bush administration when the US and India began negotiating the civil nuclear deal. Aziz Haniffa reportsSrinagar-born Dr Vijay Sazawal, 67, one of the......

French pres visit: Rafale, Jaitapur deals won't be inked

Enhancing cooperation in the key areas of defence, nuclear energy, counter-terrorism and trade will be focus of French President Francois Hollande's first visit in New Delhi but USD 10-billion deal......

People's voice: Scrap Jaitapur and Koodankulam

Three important developments in the nuclear sector have put the department of atomic energy and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India on the back foot, says Praful Bidwai If the Manmohan Singh......

'India will be a global hub for solar projects'

AREVA Solar, the US-headquartered renewable energy subsidiary of the French nuclear energy group, AREVA, has an ambitious plan to tap the growing solar market in India as a technology......

Areva has Rs 13,300-crore plans for solar energy

Talks with FIs, state governments on for 1,000-Mw capacity; may also float subsidiary for solar EPC.After a small presence in the biomass energy sector, Areva, the French energy major, is betting......

Sensex ends down 138 points at 12,020

Following Tuesday's phenomenal gains, the Sensex this morning opened 44 points higher at 12,202. Profit-taking thereafter saw the index slip to a low of 11,934 - down 268 points from the day's......