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August 2007 - India Special Weapons News
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- India can't afford to miss "bus of nuclear renaissance": PM IRNA 31 Aug 2007 -- Dedicating the 3rd and 4th 540 Mega Watt reactors at Tarapur Atomic Power Plant near Mumbai, to the nation, today India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that there is today talk the world over of a nuclear renaissance and we cannot afford to miss the bus or lag behind those global developments.
- Indian PM says country must not lag behind in nuclear sphere RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2007 -- India's prime minister said the country should not lag behind in the nuclear power sector, and should become a full-fledged participant of international trade in reactors and uranium.
- Indian Prime Minister Pushes Nuclear Energy VOA 31 Aug 2007 -- India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is pushing for international cooperation to enhance India's nuclear energy capability
- Gov't to set up committee to look into Left concerns on N-deal IRNA 30 Aug 2007 -- After the UPA-Left meet Thursday in the capital, the Gov't has decided to set up a committee to look into objections raised by the Left parties on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal and operationalization of the deal will take into account committee's findings.
- India Puts US Nuclear Deal on Hold During Panel Review VOA 30 Aug 2007 -- India's Congress Party-led government says it has frozen the nuclear deal with the United States while an official committee reviews objections raised by left-wing politicians.
- India eyes overseas arms market RIA Novosti 30 Aug 2007 -- India is looking to export military hardware, including Russian-Indian cruise missiles, taking advantage of lower production costs at home, a Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) official said Thursday.
- Uranium deposits found in India's Ladakh IRNA 28 Aug 2007 -- Scientists have claimed to have found uranium deposits in the icy heights of Ladakh but the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has adopted a cautious approach regarding the commercial importance of the find.
- Indian Authorities Step Up Security, Blame Islamic Militants for Saturday's Blasts VOA 26 Aug 2007 -- In India, authorities are pointing to the involvement of Islamic militant groups for deadly bombings that have killed at least 40 people and injured more than 60 in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad
- At Least 42 Killed In India Bombings; 19 Other Bombs Found RFE/RL 26 Aug 2007 -- Cleanup is continuing in Hyderabad following at least two bomb blasts that killed 42 people, including women, students, and children.
- Two Explosions Kill 37 in Southern India VOA 25 Aug 2007 -- Authorities in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh say the death toll from two explosions in crowded public areas in the capital, Hyderabad, has reached at least 37 people.
- US Official Reassures China on India Naval Discussions, Exercise VOA 24 Aug 2007 -- Top defense officials and senior military brass from the United States, Japan and Australia are in New Delhi this week ahead of a multinational naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal.
- India may increase foreign defense tender to 200 combat jets RIA Novosti 24 Aug 2007 -- India could order another 80 aircraft in addition to the 126 fighters it wants for its Air Force, increasing the value of the deal to an estimated $16 billion, a Defense Ministry official said Friday.
- Multi-nation naval exercise as per schedule: Navy chief IRNA 23 Aug 2007 -- With the Left parties deciding to stage protest in major eastern coastal towns against the five-nation Malabar naval exercise, the Government on Thursday said the planned exercise in the Bay of Bengal will held as per schedule.
- Indian Left Meets to Discuss Government's Nuclear Accord with US VOA 22 Aug 2007 -- In India, communists are meeting to decide whether they will withdraw crucial support from the Congress-led coalition government if it presses ahead with a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States
- Indian PM says government committed to nuclear, solar power RIA Novosti 20 Aug 2007 -- India's government is committed to the development of both nuclear and solar power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday.
- AEC Chief declares "Nobody can stop India from pursuing nuke prog" IRNA 17 Aug 2007 -- Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Anil Kakodkar has declared that no country, including the United States, can stop India from pursuing its independent nuclear program strategic or civilian.
- India to start building eight nuclear reactors by 2012 RIA Novosti 16 Aug 2007 -- India will start building eight heavy-water nuclear reactors with a power of 700 MW each by 2012, the prime minister's office said Thursday.
- Indian opposition, left-wing MPs protest U.S. nuclear deal RIA Novosti 16 Aug 2007 -- Indian opposition and left-wing deputies disrupted a parliamentary session Thursday in protest against a nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, approved by the Indian government in July.
- Perkovich: Proliferation Trilogy: North Korea, Iran, and India cfr.org 13 Aug 2007 -- George Perkovich, a leading specialist on nuclear non-proliferation, says that among the current problems with North Korea, India, and Iran, Iran is the most important to resolve because the Iranians are trying to defy international opinion and produce a nuclear weapons capability after having been exposed in the act of trying
- PM says India has right to arms tests despite U.S. nuclear deal RIA Novosti 13 Aug 2007 -- India's prime minister said Monday a long-delayed nuclear cooperation deal with the United States approved by the Cabinet in July did not restrict New Delhi's "sovereign right" to conduct nuclear weapons tests.
- India plans to launch first space shuttle in 2010 - space official RIA Novosti 13 Aug 2007 -- India is planning to launch a reusable spacecraft for the first time in 2010 and to send a mission to Mars as early as 2012, a senior space official said Monday.
- India retains sovereign right to nuke test but will be costly IRNA 08 Aug 2007 -- The 123 India-US civil nuclear cooperation pact does not deprive India of its sovereign right to test a nuclear device, but it will make such a choice "costly" and "difficult" for New Delhi, said former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra.
- India's Communists Reject Nuclear Deal With US VOA 07 Aug 2007 -- The Indian government's key communist allies have rejected a landmark U.S.-India nuclear deal, criticizing it for promoting U.S. influence.
- India supplies more radars to Lanka to help ward off LTTE attacks IRNA 06 Aug 2007 -- After a gap of a year,India has sent more radars to Sri Lanka to help it ward off the threat of airborne attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Defence Ministry sources said.
- Indian former PM terms Indo-US nuke deal "a shame" IRNA 06 Aug 2007 -- Terming the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal "a shame", India's former Prime Minister V P Singh has rejected the India-US civilian nuclear deal and said he was very disappointed with the draft of the deal.
- Pakistan says US-India Nuclear deal to have implications on strategic stability IRNA 03 Aug 2007 -- Pakistan said on Thursday that the US-India Nuclear Agreement would have implications on strategic stability as it would enable India to produce significant quantities of fissile material and nuclear weapons from un-safeguarded nuclear reactors.
- Indo-US N-deal to end India's isolation from global nuclear arena: Atomic Scientists IRNA 03 Aug 2007 -- A senior atomic scientist has said most of the concerns raised by India are addressed in the draft agreement to operationalize the civilian nuclear deal with the US.
- Left to hold another round of talks with govt on nuke deal IRNA 03 Aug 2007 -- Left parties are likely to hold another round of discussions with the government on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal next week after going through the text of the agreement "thoroughly".
- India to set up world's first alternative nuclear fuel reactor RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2007 -- India plans to start construction of the world's first advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR) using thorium as a fuel, which is less radioactive than uranium, enabling the country to ensure energy security, Asian Age reported Friday.
- India Releases Text of Civilian Nuclear Accord With US VOA 03 Aug 2007 -- The text of a historic civilian nuclear agreement between India and the United States has been released, a week after the deal was announced
- NSA briefs opposition leader about Indo-US N-deal IRNA 02 Aug 2007 -- National Security Advisor M K Narayanan on Thursday briefed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani about the draft nuclear agreement New Delhi had reached with Washington two weeks ago.
- Russia, India may sign military transport plane deal in August RIA Novosti 01 Aug 2007 -- Russia and India may sign an intergovernmental agreement on the joint development of a multi-role transport aircraft (MTA) as early as August, a Russian aircraft manufacturer said Wednesday.
- Admiral Gorshkov contract in jeopardy over lack of funds - paper RIA Novosti 01 Aug 2007 -- The overhaul of a Russian-made aircraft carrier sold to India under a 2004 contract will be delayed indefinitely due to insufficient financing and poor management of the project, a Russian daily said Wednesday.
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