India's allotment for nuclear parks hailedSeptember 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Eyeing India's estimated $100 billion nuclear pie, a US-India trade group has hailed reservation of two sites for US commercial nuclear technology as a "significant step" toward implementing the US-India civil nuclear deal. The Indian cabinet has reserved sites at Mithi Virdi in Gujarat and at Kovada in Andhra Pradesh to host the US reactor parks.
US executive mission to sell green technologies to IndiaSeptember 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Executives from leading US clean energy and environmental companies will visit India next month to identify commercial opportunities for clean and green US technologies in India. The role of the upcoming mission and how the private sector can help India develop and deploy low-carbon technologies to combat climate change was discussed at a meeting with Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh.
India wants speedy negotiations in Indo-US nuke dealMay 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a bid to move forward the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, India has sought speedy negotiations of reprocessing arrangements as well as liberalization of the export licensing procedures. India's newly appointed Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar said that New Delhi would like to move forward in a concrete way with agreements for building nuclear reactors with US assistance in the country.
India wants to move forward on nuclear dealMay 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - India has assured US industry that the India-US civil nuclear deal was very high on the priority of the new government and it would very much like to move forward on it. Noting that the US did the 'heavy hitting' in getting the nuclear deal through, Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar told the US-India Business Council (USIBC) Thursday that India was keen at commercial deals with US manufacturers for building nuclear reractors.
US-India trade body names 10 new directorsMay 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has named 10 business leaders with vast experience of success in India and throughout the world as new members of its board of directors. The new batch of directors is an illustrious group with each new member bringing to the 'USIBC board a unique and focused vision for advancing US-India commercial ties', the trade association seeking deeper trade and commercial ties with India said Thursday.
USIBC names Mythili Sankaran to advance ties in western USMay 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has named Mythili Sankaran, former CEO of Telecom/Web startup, Koollage, as director of its coast operations to advance US-India commercial ties in western US. The California office is dedicated to advancing US-India commercial ties in the western region of the US, including developing a more robust 'two-way street' that enables US companies to succeed in India, and Indian companies to succeed in the US, the trade lobby announced Monday.
North Korea stops IAEA nuclear inspectionsApril 15th, 2009 VIENNA - North Korea informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Tuesday that it would stop all cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog immediately, IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire said. IAEA inspectors are present in North Korea to monitor that the country's nuclear installations remain dismantled and turned off.
IAEA has stopped monitoring North Korean nuclear site: DiplomatApril 15th, 2009 VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stopped monitoring North Korea's nuclear facilities Wednesday, a diplomat in Vienna said one day after the country announced it would kick out the IAEA inspectors. IAEA inspectors have removed all seals that were in place to verify that North Korea's nuclear programme remains turned off, said the diplomat who did not want to be identified.
No uranium sales unless India signs NPT: AustraliaMarch 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Despite the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) nod for the historic India-US nuclear deal, Australia, one of the world's largest producers of uranium, is unwilling to export it to India unless New Delhi signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the country's envoy says. 'The NSG decision cannot affect our policies and decisions.
India-US nuclear deal would open doors for new technologyMarch 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With both US and India determined to go forward with their landmark civil nuclear deal, doors may soon open for new technology for New Delhi and an estimated $100 billion in trade for American firms. 'I was really reassured by the determination to go through it,' Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said at a press conference here Wednesday after three days of intense dialogue with the new Obama administration.
IAEA approves additional nuclear inspections for IndiaMarch 4th, 2009 VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Tuesday approved additional nuclear inspection measures for India, which the country has to ratify before it can receive imports for its growing nuclear energy sector. Diplomats said in Vienna that although the 35-country IAEA governing board had approved the additional measures, they fell short of Additional Protocols that are in place for other countries.
India, IAEA sign safeguards accordFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI/VIENNA - India Monday inked an inspection agreement with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - a step that will enable India to access global civil nuclear equipment and fuel. India's Ambassador to Vienna Saurabh Kumar and IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei inked the India-specific safeguards agreement at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
India to ink safeguards pact with IAEAFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will sign a unique safeguards agreement with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) later Monday - a key step that will enable the resumption of global civil nuclear commerce with New Delhi. India's Ambassador to Vienna Saurabh Kumar and IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei will ink the India-specific safeguards agreement in Vienna later in the day.
France to deliver uranium to India - first in 34 yearsJanuary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - France-based Areva will deliver 300 tonnes of uranium to India, the first consignment of foreign nuclear fuel to reach the country in nearly 34 years, a top French government official said here Saturday. 'This is a very important symbolic gesture and we are happy that France will be the first country to give fuel to India in 34 years,' said Jean-David Levitte, diplomatic adviser to the French president.
Bush signs nuclear pact with IAEADecember 30th, 2008 WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush Tuesday signed a nuclear inspection agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that will boost global monitoring of nuclear activities, the White House said in a statement.
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