A crucial Senate Committee confirmed the nomination of Ken Juster as the next American envoy to India, paving the way for a full Senate confirmation of the old India hand, who played a key role in the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Juster’s nomination was agreed by the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee by a …
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October 27, 2017Indian policy makers heaved a sigh of relief as the civil nuclear deal between India and Japan, signed last year after nearly seven years of thorny negotiations, cleared the biggest hurdle when Japan’s House of Representatives approved it earlier this week. The Lower House approved the pact by a majority vote on Tuesday and sent …
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May 20, 2017India and Japan on Friday signed the landmark civil nuclear agreement following the annual bilateral summit headed by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe here. “A landmark deal for a cleaner, greener world! PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo witness exchange of the landmark Civil Nuclear Agreement,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. The …
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November 11, 2016