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Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on ventilator support due to kidney ailment; condition critical

The CPM veteran is suffering from kidney ailment and was put on ventilator support on Saturday.

Tripura polls: Change in mid-level leadership key to Left's revival, finding their own 'Ram Temple' issue

The Left, in its leadership structure, needs to reflect the subaltern groups whom they claim to represent. They may not conform to the idea of the typical middle-class decent folks, but only they can provide impetus equivalent to BJP's 'Ram Temple'

India-US nuclear deal: All you need to know about the landmark agreement

The India-US nuclear deal was initiated in 2005, after nearly 30 years of US-imposed sanctions since India tested its first nuclear weapon (1974).

Modi, Abe ink nuclear deal: Why India-US relations stand to reap the benefits

The inking of a Memorandum of Understanding between India and Japan on civil nuclear energy is significant. Its significance goes beyond India-Japan bilateral relations, as do its implications, not least of which is the mobilisation of the much-vaunted United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act.

After decades of cloudy thinking, India desperately needs a coherent nuclear strategy

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act is but a symptom of a far greater malaise that has plagued Indian nuclear thinking for decades.

Obama-Modi solve nuclear deal impasse: But what will it cost India?

In the event of a Fukushima-type disaster — which cost Japan almost $105 billion — in India, every penny of the liability would be borne by Indians, their government and public sector companies. And, if the compensation is inadequate, the victims may not even be allowed to take the supplier to court.

Operationalising the Indo-US nuclear deal: Here is what the impasse was all about

he primary obstacles to several promising initiatives were stuck in a terrible logjam. The two world leaders, however, had a surprise for everyone: within hours of Obama's landing in Delhi, he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to the waiting international press at Hyderabad House that the obstacles to operationalising the Indo-US nuclear deal had been resolved.

Modi-Obama summit: The optics of Nuclear deal outweigh the substance

The agreement on the Indo-US nuclear deal is more optics than a major forward movement on nuclear power projects. The real gains of the Modi-Obama summit are the end of mistrust and a positive environment for future collaboration

Exclusive: India-US nuclear deal won't be operationalised during Obama's visit

Just about two days before United States President Barack Obama’s India visit, here is a bit of bad news about India-US bilateral relations. After hectic efforts to remove glitches in the India-US civilian nuclear agreement and make it fully operational, the two sides have hit a dead-end.