India signs Social Security Agreement with Luxembourg

October 10th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) and India will collaborate in atomic energy research, EuAsiaNews reported Saturday. The EU transport, telecommunication and energy ministers, after a meeting in Luxembourg Friday, allowed the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) to sign a cooperation agreement with India in this regard, the report said.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Switzerland Thursday signed a social security agreement to encourage the movement of professionals between the two countries. The social security agreement was signed in the presence of Doris Leuthard, the visiting vice president of the Swiss Confederation who is also minister of economic affairs.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and US are expected to sign an "end-use monitoring" agreement to ease the sale of sophisticated US arms to New Delhi. The signing will be held here this evening when visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US looks at an end-use monitoring agreement that it hopes to reach with India during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit as "part of the fulfilment" of their "important" civil nuclear deal. "We are working with India on an end use agreement (for sensitive US technology and equipment"," Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Philip J.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Wednesday assured India that it should have no apprehension that the G-8 decision to put a bar on helping non-NPT countries to reprocess uranium would throw the India-US civil nuclear deal off track. "I don't think there should be any apprehension about the future of the civil nuclear agreement," Assistant Secretary for South Central Asian Affairs Robert O.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a bid to facilitate safe and legal migration of skilled Indian workers in Denmark, India will sign a bilateral social security agreement with the European country next month. Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said on Sunday that negotiations on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Denmark have already been completed, and it is likely to be signed next month after the budget session of Parliament.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The landmark India-US civil nuclear deal resulting in a strong and enduring partnership with New Delhi would enhance America's national security and economy, a top US lawmaker said Tuesday. However, the implementation of this historic deal would depend greatly on the diplomatic work by the new US ambassador to India, Senator Dick Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said at a confirmation hearing for Tim Roemer, President Barack Obama's nominee for the job.

June 23rd, 2009 BERLIN - Leading industrial nations agreed Tuesday to strengthen cooperation and take a tougher approach towards tax havens. Ministers and representatives from 20 member-countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved the move at a conference in Berlin.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to sign the agreement on security cooperation between India and United Arab Emirates. The agreement, once signed, will establish an institutional framework for cooperation between India and UAE in their fight against terrorism in all its forms.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday signed a labour agreement with Bahrain that will facilitate better worker mobilisation between the two countries. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labour and manpower development was signed by Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi and Bahraini Labour Minister Majeed Bin Muhsin Al Alawi in Bahrain.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Upbeat about the defence ties between India and the US, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns Thursday said Washington was hopeful of soon signing a contentious end-user verification agreement relating to military hardware. There is an enormous scope for expanding defence relationship.

June 9th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - An agreement aimed at linking railroad systems of India and 27 other countries in Asia and Europe comes into effect Thursday. The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network (TAR) enters into force June 11 - 90 days after China became the eighth country to have ratified the treaty, according to a press release issued by the UN Information Centre.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian government was seriously considering "an institutionalised mechanism" to prevent racist attacks on Indians abroad, Vayalar Ravi said Friday after taking charge of the overseas Indian affairs ministry. After taking charge of the ministry again with a simple function at Akbar Bhavan here, Ravi said his immediate task was to protect the Indians in Australia as a number of Indian students have faced allegedly racial attacks there this week.

May 10th, 2009 Report: Luxembourg criticizes German tone on taxesBERLIN — Luxembourg's prime minister hit out at the tone of a campaign against tax evasion by Germany's finance minister and his party leader, according to an interview published Sunday, the latest volley in a weeks-long spat. Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, long known for his combative style, said Tuesday that he doesn't need to apologize to neighboring countries such as Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein for accusing them of aiding tax evasion.

February 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.