India, US sign biofuel cooperation agreement

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.

August 18th, 2009 Michigan researchers look at rutabagas for biofuelDETROIT — Researchers at Michigan State University are working to turn the rutabaga into an oil-producing powerhouse that could make the turnip-like vegetable a better source of biofuel than other food crops. The idea is that the rutabaga, which stores oil in its seeds like some other biofuel crops, could be genetically modified to churn out more oil and store it throughout the plant.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna informed the Lok Sabha that there was no delay in the negotiations with the US on the reprocessing agreement as part of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal and officials of two countries have held talks in Vienna last week. "There has been no delay in the negotiations and nor will the arrangements and procedures to be finalised have any relation to India's agreements in the field of civil nuclear cooperation with other countries," Krishna said.

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 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.

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.

April 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The US wants India to sign an agreement for end-use monitoring to receive 'sensitive' technology and equipment for counter-terrorism and defence purposes. 'We need to sign an agreement with India that will assure the protection of these sensitive technologies,' US Deputy Chief of Mission Steven J.

April 22nd, 2009 BEIJING - China and France have signed an agreement to extend their cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear power. The three-year agreement, which was signed Tuesday by the heads of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) and the French Atomic Energy Commission, is the 10th agreement of its kind between the two nations.

April 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Calling India an important partner in its diplomatic agenda, the US says its looks forward to much more 'fruitful days of cooperation' in facing terrorism and other challenges together. 'US-India - look, we have a very good, broad, substantive relationship with India on a wide range of fronts,' State Department spokesman Robert A.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Kazakhstan will sign an exploration and production agreement for the the Satpayev oil block on the Caspian Sea before the new domestic Kazakh law on reviewing contracts of foreign companies comes into force, it was announced here Friday. This was decided at the seventh meeting of the two-day India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) on trade, economic, scientific, technological, industrial and cultural cooperation that ended in Astana Friday, a government release said.

February 25th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) and Pakistan signed an aviation agreement here Tuesday to boost air services cooperation, EuAsiaNews reported. 'The agreement signed today is good news for both Pakistani and EU airlines as well as for passengers as it removes the legal uncertainty from the existing bilateral air services agreements.

February 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - Five days ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit here, Bangladesh has said it is ready to provide transit facility to its neighbour's northeastern region. 'I see no reason why we should not give transit (to India),' Commerce Minister, Col.

February 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.

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.

January 18th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - India is likely to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 14th summit of the bloc slated for February in Thailand. Thailand's Nation newspaper said that India would submit a letter to the Thai Commerce Ministry later Monday, saying it will sign the long-awaited FTA with ASEAN during next month's summit.