Japan proposes CTBT, India disposes

Pressed by Japan to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, India clearly put the onus on the US and China on Tuesday for taking a lead in this direction by ratifying it. Japan, however, promised......

Would Putin Have Attacked Had Ukraine Kept Its N-Bombs?

Would Ukraine be such a pushover if it had that nuclear stockpile?, asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A pro-Russian soldier drives an armoured vehicle in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas in the......

Ex-diplomat Arundhati Ghose, who led India's opposition to CTBT, dies

Eminent diplomat Arundhati Ghose, who was India’s ambassador to the United Nations and played a decisive role in India’s negotiations on Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, passed......

US did not ask India to sign CTBT: Centre

The government today informed the Rajya Sabha that the United States has not requested India to sign the CTBT in recent bilateral discussions. In a written reply, Minister of External Affairs S M......

What Indian industry expects from Obama

The Indian industry expects President Barack Obama to remain committed to the Indo-US nuclear deal and is hoping the new American administration will not create roadblocks for outsourcing, which is......

Cannot accept emission-reduction targets: India

The United States is playing the perfect host, what with the third G-20 Summit being heldin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On Thursdayevening, President Barrack Obama has invited leaders --of the other......

3 sticky issues that hamper Indo-US ties

As the recent visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underlined, US-India bilateral ties are on a firm footing today, probably the strongest they have ever been. Clinton announced a......