A day before the crucial International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors seals the fate of India-specific nuclear safeguards agreement in Vienna, Russia indicated there will be no hurdles for India.
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The devastating suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul has prompted the government to order a drastic increase in security cover.
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Prime Minister Manamohan Singh is back in New Delhi his trip to the G-8 Summit in Hokkaido. He is expected to meet President Prathiba Patil on Thursday and discuss the progress of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency circulated the text of the safeguards agreement among 35 member nations of its Board of Governors.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set the clock ticking by announcing Congress's intent to approach IAEA. The PM categorically stated on his way to the G8 summit in Tokyo on Monday that the Government will go to IAEA Board of Governors.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to discuss the Indo-US Nuclear Deal with US President George Bush on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the G8 Summit. The talks will decide when India will approach the IAEA for finalising the India-speciifc safeguards agreement and also determine India's chances with the nuclear supplier's group. The big question however, remains. Can India tie up all the loose ends before the November elections in the United States?
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Amid all the political jockeying, where does the Indo-US Nuclear Deal lie now? Is there time for the deal to go through or is it now, simply too late? A lot of questions are being asked, but there is no specific answer yet. There is, however, speculation that IAEA could be given the go-ahead just before Manmohan Singh departs for the G8 summit in Japan on Monday.
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For all the UPA Government's push for the Indo-Us Nuclear Deal now, US Congressmen are not convinced India is going to make it. Visiting Congressmen, Gary Ackerman, who heads a sub-committee on South Asia in the House, has set September as a deadline.
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There is a huge disappointment in the armed forces over the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations and about 1,000 officers have quit over the issue. Before the Pay Commission's recommendations came, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor had said he was expecting a big hike in the pay scale of the armed forces.
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Following widespread dissatisfaction and disappointment over the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, a revised pay package for the armed forces could be finalised in the next two days. Details of the report are not known but it is expected to enhance pay for middle-rung officers and also increase the Military Service Pay for personnel below officer rank.
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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee likened his 24-hour visit to Australia to a 20-20 match, his counterpart Stephen Smith said they would like this century with India to be like a test match. But at the end, Aussies did not budge from their government's stated pitch.
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The UPA-Left meeting on Tuesday could see the nuclear deal go into a coma for some time at least. That development will shut the door on an energy option which was seen as viable and reasonable at a time of spiraling oil prices.
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Is the Indo-US nuclear deal dead? Although the ball is firmly in India's court, Washington is trying to nudge it forward. Despite Sonia Gandhi’s recent public address in Assam indicating her support for India’s nuclear ambitions, it is widely accepted that the window for the nuclear deal has closed.
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