India has already become a member of three other export control regimes like the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group with the firm support of countries like Russia and the United States.
April 2, 2019India and US also reaffirmed their commitment to work together to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
March 14, 2019In an e-mail interview with Rakesh Kumar, the ambassador spoke about India-Argentina relations, economic ties and Argentina’s proposal to introduce direct flights to enhance people to people contact.
December 10, 2018It is a poor reflection on the prevailing standards of India’s democratic functioning that apprehending trouble ahead of the 2019 polls the National Security Guard has opted for a comprehensive upgrade of the personal security cover it provides to dozens of political figures ~ including the union home minister. The NSG hopes that after the …
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October 6, 2018After the cancellation of US-India 2+2 Dialogue twice in the last 14 months, the external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, and Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman held the first highlevel 2+2 talks on September 6 with their US counterparts, Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis. The objective was to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and finalise a …
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September 21, 2018Traditionally, the US has placed only NATO allies in the STA-1 list who are members of the four export control regimes: Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), Wassenaar Arrangement (WA), Australia Group (AG) and the NSG.
August 4, 2018Kashinath Mandal, 22, who worked as a security guard, was arrested by the D B Marg Police in central Mumbai on July 27
July 30, 2018India and China on Tuesday held the fifth round of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Dialogue here, a key platform to discuss international security and disarmament issues amid Beijing’s continued efforts to block New Delhi’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). China has been blocking India’s entry into the elite nuclear club in the last two …
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April 10, 2018The Central government has developed a strategy to modernise National Security Guard (NSG) and also acquired state of the art equipment and weapons to bolster its operational capacity, Parliament was told on Tuesday. “Government has developed a strategy to modernize NSG and has adequately empowered it to continually scout for modern state of the art …
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March 27, 2018India paid tribute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan on his birth anniversary on Thursday, 15 March. The Major, who attained martyrdom in the counter-offensive during 26/11 Mumbai terror attack of 2008, was posthumously honoured with the Ashok Chakra – India’s highest peacetime gallantry award. Union cabinet ministers and other leaders from the world of business and …
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March 15, 2018Despite the positive signals from other countries, China is opposing India’s membership to the NSG. It has argued that India in any case is not eligible to become a member of NSG as it is not a member of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) adherence to which, is necessary for the entry. At other times …
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January 19, 2018China on Wednesday hinted that India’s entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement will not necessarily pave the way for its membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The Foreign Ministry said that different multilateral export control regimes had different standards of admissions. “We have noticed the report. As I understand it, different multilateral mechanisms have different …
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December 13, 2017The Union Home Ministry has relieved the paramilitary forces CRPF and ITBP from VVIP protection and given the responsibility to their sister agencies CISF and NSG that are already in the job for long, an official said. The ministry order, issued on November 23, said the decision was taken after a review of personal protection …
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December 8, 2017Even as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow was trying to persuade China to let India enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Beijing said its stance on the issue remained unchanged. Ryabkov on Wednesday said Russia was in touch with China over India’s application for New Delhi’s entry into the NSG. Beijing, …
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December 7, 2017At a recent event organised in Washington by the US-India Friendship Council, the US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said that the key to India becoming a permanent member of the Security Council is “not to touch the veto”. She could not have been more spot-on in terms of reality. Her statement that the …
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November 1, 2017To give more teeth to the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in dealing with any possible terror attack or any other kind of eventuality, a Special Police Operations Team (SPOT) has been constituted. The team will help in expediting cases and investigation, besides assisting in cyber monitoring of people involved in terror activities. It will …
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October 11, 2017