Will Overcome Chinese Hurdle Eventually, Says US, On India's NSG Membership
NEW DELHI: A day after China came out strongly against the Obama administration regarding India 's membership bid to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG , outgoing US envoy Richard Verma today exuded confidence that the Donald Trump government would be able to overcome the Chinese hurdle. Mr Verma said President Barack Obama , Secretary of State John Kerry and a lot of other people had worked in pushing India 's membership to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group and that the United States will continue to work on it. …
India's Membership To Nuke Club NSG Can't Be Farewell Gift: China Tells US
China today said admission of non-NPT signatories in the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG cannot be a "farewell gift" for countries to give to each other, a day after the outgoing Obama administration asserted that Beijing was an "outlier" in the efforts to make India a member of the elite nuclear club. "Regarding India's application to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), regarding non-NPT countries admission to the NSG, we have made our position clear before so I will not repeat it," Chinese Foreign …
National Security Guard site hacked, Pakistan's Hackers took Responsibility
NEW DELHI: Hackers suspected to be affiliated with Pakistan attacked the official website of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) on Sunday, defacing the home page with a profanity laden message against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as anti- India content. The hackers identified themselves as 'Alone Injector'. They also left the message "Pakistan Zindabad" on the home page. Officials said the hack was noticed on Sunday morning, and the URL — www.nsg.gov.in — blocked soon after by the counter-terrorism f…
India-Japan Strategic Partnership
As expected, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Japan culminated in an India-Japan joint statement on May 29, 2013. Though several occasions during the visit provided opportunities to the Indian and Japanese premiers to make several policy statements on past achievements and the great untapped potential of the India-Japan bilateral relationship, yet, as is current practice, it is worth evaluating success of the visit on the merit of the joint statement. In recent years, several joint statements such as the January 18, 2005 I…
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