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Strongly defending his government's decision to pursue the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the agreement would end India's nuclear isolation and open up new pathways for industrialisation of the country. "The nuclear agreement that we are negotiating with developed countries will end India's nuclear isolation. It will open up new opportunities for trade in dual-use technologies, opening up new pathways to accelerate industrialisation of our country," Singh sai... Read More

The multilateral Nuclear Suppliers Group is to meet on Aug. 21-22 to consider lifting a ban on trade with India, which has never signed non-proliferation pacts, to help finalise New Delhi's nuclear cooperation deal with Washington. Here are some facts about the NSG: ** The 45-nation NSG is a cartel that controls trade in "dual-use" nuclear fuel, materials and technology to ensure they are applied only to civilian nuclear energy programmes, not diverted into clandestine nuclear weapons work. **... Read More