WASHINGTON - India has become the third Asian country after Japan and South Korea to get the Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) status after the US issued a federal notification to this effect, paving the way for high-technology product sales to New Delhi, particularly in civil space ...

NEW DELHI - India is mounting another strong bid for admission to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), an elite club of 48 countries that deal with fissile materials and nuclear technology, which is set to meet in June and December this year, three persons familiar with the hectic ...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua says Pakistan remains fully committed to objectives of non-proliferation and disarmament. She was speaking at the inaugural session of a two-day international seminar on 'The present and future of strategic export controls' in Islamabad on Wednesday. She ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua says Pakistan remains fully committed to objectives of non-proliferation and disarmament. She was speaking at the inaugural session of a two-day international seminar on 'The present and future of strategic export controls' in Islamabad on ...

NEW DELHI - India’s reported outreach to China on its bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group during the bilateral Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Dialogue in Beijing is a significant development, coming as it does in the wake of efforts to reboot relations between the two ...

WASHINGTON - The United States has added seven Pakistani companies to a list of foreign entities that are subject to stringent export control measures. It could also undermine Pakistan’s ambition of joining the NSG. The list identifies entities “reasonably believed to be involved, or ...

WASHINGTON: Congratulating India on joining the Austria Group the United States has said that it underscores New Delhi's excellent non-proliferation credentials. "This latest accomplishment underscores the Indian government's excellent non-proliferation credentials and commitment to preventing ...

*New Delhi: *India's entry into elite nuclear groups in the recent past has reaffirmed the country's strict non-proliferation commitments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. His remarks come in the backdrop of India becoming a member of the 'Australia Group' (AG), a move that is expected to ...

NEW DELHI - The US is working "very closely" with international partners to secure India's Nuclear Suppliers Group membership, its envoy Kenneth Juster said today and hoped that New Delhi would join the Australia Group on chemical and biological weapons in the "very near future", PTI ...

Days after India test-fired Agni-IV, China’s state-run daily Global Times’ editorial cautioned New Delhi that Beijing will not sit still if the former goes too far.“China is sincere in developing friendly ties with India. But it will not sit still if India goes too far,” the editorial said ...