Messages In This Digest (9 Messages)
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- Application for job From: shiva negi
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- Re: Ravindra Lakhera, Narendra Singh Negi forms Music Company From: GSWORLD
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- Re: hiiiii From: Kamayani Joshi
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- Invitation for UANA annual convention 2008, Harvard Boston From: Suman Raturi
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- Hindutva Deal: Marriage Ends, Copulation Continues From: banga_sss2003
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- Re: FW: PLS READ IMMEDIATELY ...!! From: m r
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- True Uttarakhandi From: m r
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- Condom Nationality From: banga_sss2003
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- press release From: dhirendra pratap
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Application for job
Posted by: "shiva negi" negi_shiva@yahoo.com negi_shiva
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:54 pm (PDT)
Dear All
Please find the attached document and reply as soon as posible.
Regards,
Shiva - 9818785078
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Re: Ravindra Lakhera, Narendra Singh Negi forms Music Company
Posted by: "GSWORLD" alamaara2005@yahoo.co.in alamaara2005
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:54 pm (PDT)
Gusain ji
Thank you for your information.
Hope this album will rock all over India and Abroad.
With best regards,
Govind Singh
Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Co.
Kuwait
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Sent: Monday, 7 July, 2008 12:44:09 PM
Subject: [Uttaranchal.ws] Ravindra Lakhera, Narendra Singh Negi forms Music Company
Two is company!
http://www.garhwalp ost.com/centrene wsdetail. aspx?id=4510; &nt=Society
Dehradun, 6 July: 'Himalayan Films' began its innings as a musical company on Sunday. It launched its first audio-cassette 'Mayaku Mundaru' by renowned folk singer Narendra Singh Negi in the market. The company is the brainchild of prominent Non-Resident Uttarakhandi Ravindra Lakhera and renowned folk singer Narendra Singh Negi.
The concept of forming a music company in Uttarakhand took shape last year when Lakhera invited Narendra Singh Negi to New Zealand. They decided to team up to promote Uttarakhandi folk music and set up Himalayan Films. MC Lakhera joined the Company as the Director. The Company has been registered and now it has come up with its first production.
Ravindra Lakhera is possibly the most successful Uttarakhandi hotelier abroad. He has established a chain of restaurants in New Zealand and is planning to expand his business in Australia. Lakhera hails from village Reknikhal in Pauri.
The company aims to work for the preservation and conservation of hill music. Himalayan Films intends to promote local talent. The move is considered a good sign for Uttarakhandi Folk as the company has an experienced artist like Narendra Negi on its board.
Himalayan Films is planning to release one album per month. The Company has signed up many young artists and is looking for new talent.
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Re: hiiiii
Posted by: "Kamayani Joshi" kimiisqueen@yahoo.com kimiisqueen
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:55 pm (PDT)
Subhan Allah :)
--- On Fri, 7/4/08, narendra rawat <narendra.rawat@yahoo.co. > wrote:in
From: narendra rawat <narendra.rawat@yahoo.co. >in
Subject: [Uttaranchal.ws] hiiiii
To: uttaranchal@yahoogroups. , "ua" <uttaranchalwasi@com yahoogroups. >com
Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 10:50 AM
MUDDAT HUI WO RULANE NA AAYE,
IN JALTI HUI AANKHON KO BHUJANE NA AAYE.
KAHTE THE SATH JIYENGE SATH MARENGE,
HUM RUTHE THE EK ROZ WO AAJ TAK MANANE NA AAYE.
Narendra Singh Rawat
narendra.rawat@ yahoo.co. in
Gurgaon-9818740102
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Invitation for UANA annual convention 2008, Harvard Boston
Posted by: "Suman Raturi" raturisum@yahoo.com raturisum
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:55 pm (PDT)
Uttarakhand Association of North America (UANA)
2 Lakeview Ave, Suite 1A, Piscataway , NJ 08854
Phone: 732-529-4027 Fax: 732-593-8099
http://uana.uttarakhand. org
Dear Uttarakhandi Friends.
Greetings!
It is with great honor and pleasure that I invite you to join us on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 for UANA's 10th Annual convention at Harvard University in Boston .
Uttarakhand*
Association of North America (UANA) brings together people of
Uttarakhand origin from all over North America . Our convention
promotes our mission, which is to:
Promote awareness of Uttarakhandi ethnic identity and its cultural and spiritual heritage.
Plan
and host periodic conferences and meetings to allow members to learn
and share experiences for personal and career development.
Organize
seminars and symposia involving Uttarakhandi youth, as well as youths
of other Indian origin, with their American counterparts to discuss the
assimilation of the first and second-generation immigrants within the
American mainstream.
Organize events to raise funds for the relief of distress and other charitable causes.
Organize cultural events involving Uttarakhandi and other Indian traditional and contemporary songs, drama and dance.
Some of the key attractions of this year's convention are:
Live performance of "Nanda Devi Lok-Jat"* pilgrimage by UANA members
Ethnic food delicacies of Uttarakhand.
Chance to network, share knowledge and solutions
Kindly forward this to your relatives and friends living in US and Canada.
Hotel Information:
Cambridge Gateway Inn : http://www.cambridgegatewayinn. Phone:866-427-com/, 6660, Address: 211 Concord Turnpike, Cambridge, MA 02140
Doubletree Guest Suites: Phone:866-573-4235, Address: 400 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02134
Hyatt Regency Cambridge: Phone:866-539-0036, Address: 575 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
For our convention brochure or if you have any other questions, please contact us via email at uanaconvention@uttarakhand. or by phone at (607)-821-2765.org
Hoping you can join us,
UANA Convention Organizing Committee 2008
*
Uttarakhand (formerly known as Uttaranchal) , is a state located in the
northern part of India . It became the 27th state of the Republic of
India on November 9, 2000. It borders Tibet to the north, Nepal to the
east, and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (of which it
formed a part before 2000) in the west and south respectively.
**
Nanda Devi Lok Jat is a Hindu pilgrimage stretching 280 km through the
Central Himalayas . Held in the months of August/September every 12
years, it starts in the middle Himalayas and traverses alpine meadows
finally ending in the Himalayan Tundra region. Nanda as a maternal figure is intricately intertwined into the socio-cultural fabric of Uttarakhand.
With best wishes
Suman Raturi
Scarsdale, Westchester, New York
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Hindutva Deal: Marriage Ends, Copulation Continues
Posted by: "banga_sss2003" banga_sss2003@yahoo.co.in banga_sss2003
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:55 pm (PDT)
Hidnutva Deal: Marriage Ends, Copulation Continues
Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 19
Palash Biswas
G-8 backs Indo-US civil nuclear deal
Toyako (Japan), Jul 9 (PTI) In a major breakthrough for the troubled
Indo-US nuclear deal, the powerful group of eight (G-8)
industrialised countries today decided to adopt a "more robust"
approach to civil nuclear cooperation with India to help meet its
growing energy needs.
"We look forward to working with India, the International Atomic
Energy Agency, the Nuclear Suppliers Group and other partners to
advance India's non-proliferation commitments and progress so as to
facilitate a more robust approach to civil nuclear cooperation with
India to help it meet its growing energy needs in a manner that
enhances and reinforces the global non-proliferation regime," the
Chair's Summary released at the end of the G-8 summit said here.
The statement came hours after US President George W Bush met Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh here on the sidelines of the G-8 summit.
The G-8 is made up of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Russia and the United States. PTI
Indo-US nuclear deal gets `kiss of life'!With the Indo-US nuclear
deal getting a fresh lease of life, there is a renewed sense of hope
among those in the United States who support the deal.It is also a
life line for MNCs reigning Indian Economy and Recession clad US War
Economy.
It is like a case of individual trapped in tradition.
The Marriage ends, but Copulation continues!
It is more surprising that the Marxists plead Chinese leadership for
the third world countries but contrarily China supports the Indo US
deal ensuring a Global communist Betrayal! It is ironical that the
unexpected support from the Communist neighbour came on a day when
the government's Communist partners decided to withdraw support.!
On a day when its Left partners withdrew support, the Indian
government has received backing from unexpected quarters on the Indo-
US nuclear deal.
The Foreign Secretary said on Tuesday that China has expressed its
willingness to support the nuclear deal. The development came after
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Chinese President Hu Jintao earlier
this morning in Japan, where he is due to attend the G8 meeting.
China is believed to have expressed its willingness to help India in
getting the nuclear deal through the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers
Group.
The Indian government is planning to pursue several defence deals
with the United States and Israel following the Left parties'
withdrawal from the government. Sources within the government said
that various deals had not been completed with both these countries
due to the strong opposition presented by the Left parties. They said
that as soon as the news of the Left's withdrawal was made public,
Defence Minister AK Antony ordered several steps to ensure that the
pending defence deals with US companies were completed promptly.
Making a strong case before the business community for the
operationalisation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy
Commission Chief Anil Kakodkar on Wednesday (July 9) said that Indian
nuclear arena is mature enough to take on world industry.
"Current research on nuclear domain in India and even strategic
aspect will not be affected," Kakodkar said while addressing the
business community on 'Indo-US nuclear deal -Advantage India' at
Indian Merchants' Chamber in Mumbai.
"There need be no fear of civil nuclear deal and Indian nuclear arena
is mature enough to take on world industry," he said.
As it is finalised that the Indo US Nuclear deal is being
operationalised whatever comes in way, the Indian Great Comrades have
chosen to inaugurate an anti imperialist Movement in India. They
never did do anything to defend the Indigenous people and did every
thing to divert Trade unions in Economism to create a Gestapo to
strengthen its Vote machine killing all the peasant Movements
including Telengana,Srikaukulam, Dhimri Block and Naxalbari!
The Marxists failed to launch an anti Imperialist movement since way
back in 1991 with the plantation of Dr Manmohan Singh in Indian Power
Politics. They were glad to make an alliance of Super Betrayer Pranab
Mukherjee all these years. They never resisted a populist movement
against Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation!
The perfect Comrador, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh ably supported
by Mukherjee and Gang defeated all the Rivals including Left and
Right in a Rat Race of Americanisation!
Marxists withdrew support and they happen to be more than ready to
support Congress once again after the deal is signed. As
Ideologically they have to oppose US Imperialism. at the same time,
again Ideologically they have to resist Fascist Hindutva. It won`t be
quite unfair that after afresh Elections, the Marxists would have to
return to the same secular Front to stop RSS. Thus, they did not
withdraw the support all these years and allowed every repressive
measures and helped Neo Liberalism and Globalisation change the
character of the Nation. The Nation lost sovereignty. Indigenous
Production system devastated. Indigenous People killed everywhere
every time. But Ideological Commitment stopped him to identify Neo
Liberalism and Globalisation with Corporate Imperialism. It is once
agin the case of Ideology that reversing rural development and Land
reform agenda, the Marxists had to run on the Super Highway of
Marxist Capitalist development and executing the indiscriminate land
acquisition for Urbanisation, industrialisation, Nuclear Plant and
Chemical hub and finally SEZ. It was once again the case of Ideology
in Singur and in Nandigram!
What an Ideology!
Fuck it!
It has nothing to do with any Ideology in this Galaxy!
It has never been an epic story of Personality Clash!
It has never been a case of so called National Interests!
It has never been a Parliamentary affair.
It is all the way a a deal for Hindu Zionist White Strategic
Readjustment to implement the Agenda of the Global Ruling Class in
the best Interest of Post Modern Apartheid Manusmriti .
Galaxy order led by US Corporate War monger Imperialism..
It is a classic case of Eye Washing to dodge the popular public
opinion and democratic set up limited by the Majoritarian electoral
system.
It is word by word an implementation of Parliamentary soap opera
script.
The United Nations said on Wednesday that the Group of Eight's
statement on climate change, food security and development provided
an "initial direction" but that quicker international action was
needed on these issues.
Referring to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement
that the text of the IAEA draft was ''classified'', Karat said, ''We
would like to know who has declared it classified.
We would like to know whether it is the government's decision to ask
the IAEA to keep it classified.''
In this context, he said a protocol, which the United States was
currently discussing with the IAEA, had been made available to all
members of the US Congress and was available on the internet for
anyone to access.
The Left has accused the Manmohan Singh government of pushing forward
the "notorious" nuke deal in its bid to fulfil its commitment to US
President Bush.The Left said the government has shown complete
callousness towards fulfilling its commitments to the people of
India. Addressing the media after a meeting with President Pratibha
Patil, CPM chief Prakash Karat said the government had not been
transparent about the deal at all.The Congress Working Committee will
meet on July 11 to discuss the ongoing political crisis, following
the withdrawal of support by the Left parties.
Minutes after the Left formally withdrew support to the UPA
government, Samajwadi Party on Wednesday submitted a fresh letter to
President Pratibha Patil backing the Manmohan Singh ministry.
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat has said that the Left parties
will continue their fight against the ''notorious'' nuclear deal. He
also said that there are reasons other than the nuclear deal for
withdrawing support to the UPA.
Supported by his counterparts of CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc, Karat
said the government had plunged the country into a political crisis
when people were groaning under price rise and a double-digit
inflation.Maintaining that the 59-member-strong Left parties had
sought five urgent steps to tackle the burgeoning prices, he said all
the demands were rejected by the government.
And here you are!
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday appreciated the
support of the Left parties to keep the communal forces at bay, but
the Congress attacked the Marxists, accusing them of having joined
the communal forces to destabilise the country.
"I am not entering into any acrimony. We appreciate the support the
Left parties extended to us for four long years to keep at bay the
communal forces. We do believe that to keep the communal forces at
bay, cooperation among all secular parties is needed," said Mr
Mukherjee, also the Leader of the Lok Sabha, implying thereby that
the Congress might have to do business with the Communists again
after the next elections.
"I do not indulge in sharing confidence or in a numbers game. I have
already stated that we are going to seek the vote of confidence," he
said when asked how confident the government was about winning the
trust vote.
But AICC media department chairman M. Veerappa Moily said, "They
(Left) have betrayed the interests of the nation and joined communal
forces to destabilise the country. They cannot afford to insult the
nation." He said even if there was no nuclear deal, they would have
withdrawn support. Asked if the Left was "secular", Mr Moily said it
was for them to explain.
Mr Moily came down heavily on the Left for the timing chosen to
withdraw support. "When the entire country is mourning the death of
diplomats and other people in Afghanistan, they found the time to
rejoice and withdraw support," he said, adding, "People of the
country will remember it."
And enjoy this dramatic appearance!
An angry Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash
Karat addressed the media after submitting the withdrawal letter to
President Pratibha Patil.
Karat was at his combative best as he attacked the United Progressive
Alliance Government of policy shortcomings and blamed it of being non-
transparent about the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal.
He demanded that the draft Safeguards Agreement be made public and
added that the Left would take every step possible to block the Indo-
US Civil Nuclear Deal.
"Our nuclear reactors will be placed under safeguards in perpetuity.
That text has been hidden from our people. It is an insult to the
Left," Karat said.
"At all stages of this notorious nuclear deal, Manmohan Singh
government has not been transparent and this country won't accept
this deal till all issues which we opposition and large sections of
the people have raised are clarified," he said.
With the Left withdrawing support to the government, several
Independent parliamentarians and single-MP parties have favoured the
Indo-US nuclear deal and may back the Manmohan Singh ministry in a
possible trust vote in the Lok Sabha.
Though critical of the functioning of Congress party at the regional
levels, the parliamentarians feel that the nuke deal is in the
country's interest.
Just see the mood of the Shining Sensex India!
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 231 points at 13,581 on the
back of positive cues from the global markets. Unabated buying
through the day helped the index extend gains as the day progressed.
The Sensex rallied to a high of 13,998, and finally ended with a
smart gain of 615 points (4.6%) at 13,964.
Reliance Infrastructure zoomed 10.7% to Rs 835, and Jaiprakash
Associates soared 10% to Rs 173.
Tata Motors rallied 7.5% to Rs 405. ITC surged 6.8% to Rs 184.
Reliance Communications and TCS advanced around 6% each to Rs 441 and
Rs 876, respectively. HDFC Bank added 5.7% to Rs 1,059.
BHEL, Reliance, Bharti and Infosys gained 5% each at Rs 1,575, Rs
2,080, Rs 747 and Rs 1,821, respectively.
Grasim, DLF, ICICI Bank and Larsen & Toubro, also, have moved up
nearly 5% each to Rs 1,752, Rs 450, Rs 622 and Rs 2,513, respectively.
NTPC has added 4.3% to Rs 168. HDFC and Tata Steel were up over 4%
each at Rs 2,095 and Rs 678, respectively.
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ambuja Cements, Maruti and Wipro gained around
3.5% each at Rs 534, Rs 77, Rs 589 and Rs 434, respectively.
Satyam, Hindustan Unilever and SBI were up around 3% each at Rs 482,
Rs 216 and Rs 1,239, respectively.
The NDA constituents led by BJP met at party leader L K Advani's
residence on Wednesday evening to decide its future course of
action.Following the meeting, the NDA demanded that the government
should be asked to prove its majority within a week. It also decided
to approach President Pratibha Patil in case the trust vote doesn't
take place soon.
It also demanded that a special session of Parliament be convened at
the earliest.
"There was some confusion in the public mindset because of certain
political differences between the UPA and the Samajwadi Party during
the last Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. To clear those doubts,
we have met the President to reiterate the support of Samajwadi Party
in favour of UPA government," SP General Secretary Amar Singh told
reporters after handing over the letter to Patil.
Samajwadi MP Ram Gopal Verma accompanied Amar Singh to the
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"We have reiterated our earlier stand and support which were given in
favour of the Congress-led UPA Government," Singh said.
Asked whether the list of names given to the President had names of
all the 39 Samajwadi MPs, he said, "Names of parliamentarians, who
fought under the SP symbol are there in the letter and they are bound
by the party whip."
Singh said rebel Samajwadi MPs Beni Prasad Verma and Atiq Ahmed have
also promised their support.
"I just spoke to Beni Prasad Yadav and he has expressed his support
as well as that of Atiq Ahmed," he added.
Apart from this, Independent MP Baleshwar Yadav will also support the
Government, Singh said.
Earlier, the BJP alleged the timing of Left parties' withdrawal of
support to the government was "suspicious" as they waited till the
Congress clinched a deal with the Samajwadi Party to save the ruling
dispensation.
"The timing is suspicious. Were they waiting for the Samajwadi Party
to cosy up with the Congress? One thing is sure that the Left were
waiting for an opportune time, so that the government does not fall,"
BJP spokesperson Rajeev Pratap Rudy told reporters here.
The saffron party alleged a "private deal" between the SP and the
Congress, which the Left has "facilitated".
"The private deal between the SP and the Congress needs to be made
clear by the govt. It is managed more or less by the Left parties who
are the patrons of UNPA.
Nothing have changed since middle of 2007 then the Left's opposition
to the deal begun. It was all a ploy to ensure the government sails
through. The nation knows that the government's tenure has virtually
ended. The country is waiting for a change," he added.
The political parties of the Ruling Brahminical Hegemony have nothing
against the Nuclear deal or the strategic relations with United
states of America. In fact, the deal being a deal for Resurrection of
Hindutva confirms the Brahminical interests all the way heralding a
dreamland of Super Power Nuclear Hindu Nation!
Indira Gandhi worked for it.
Atal Behari Vajpayee followed suit. The height was the appointment of
APJ Abdul Kalam, the Missile man as the President of India.
Feudal Socialist Oxides and Zionist Gandhian Carbides stand united
rock solid in favour of the Hindutva deal. Quite amusingly, Pro
American Zionist Sangh Parivar leads the Opposition including the
Communists. In the Parliament all these political parties with all
the bastard ideologies stand united to pass anti people legislation
and use the forces of State Power for the all out annihilation
campaign against the indigenous aboriginal communities. But they pose
as artists so fine playing gladiators against one another. You may
not find a single MP or MLA who voices against the anti people
measures, violations of Human Rights and civil rights, massacres and
cruelest repression.
Hindutva played a great role to divide the Geopolitics.
Zionist Gandhi and his brigade including the socialists and
communists secured State Power for the three percent Brahmins. They
captured all the forums. They enslaved all the Ideologies. They
diluted all the dreams of liberation. They crushed all Insurrections.
All of them Contributed to the Grand Reality show of Shining Sensex
super power Hindu Nation!
Pdt Nehru ensured Sixty Five percent Congress Tickets for the three
percent Brahmins.
Indira Gandhi played the card of Bangladesh Liberation as the most
affirmative HindUtav Festival which ensured land slide victory for
her in 1971 Mid Term elections demolishing the after effects of the
Non congress experiments of 1967 General Elections. She wiped out
the Marxist Communist Socialist identities with her Hindu version of
Socialism and soviet Model of development. She tried it agian with an
alliance with the Sarvodaya and CPI declaring Emergency. She failed.
Indira Gandhi tried her best to revoke Hindutva with Operation Blue
Star which turned out to be an Unforgettable Holocaust for the Sikh
Nationality after 37 years of another disaster, the Holocaust of
partition with an Assassination of the Greatest Hindu Leader of
Indian history and she was none but Mrs Indira Gandhi. At this
juncture, RSS joined Congress. The Age Old God Rama was invoked to
replace the Incarnation of Durga. Arun Nehru opened the doors of Ram
Janma Bhoomi Temple which resulted the ultimate demolition of Babri
Mosque and Unquestionable Rise of Hindutva.
The Socialists and the Communists posing as the most creditable
crusaders against Fascist Hindutva did run a coalition in 1977 and in
1989.
Once again, the Marxists are aligned with the RSS to kill the Deal in
a super hit Reality Show live casted round the clock.
Anyone would know that it is the RSS which is most interested to
operationalise the Nuclear Deal.
In fact, every parliamentary political party favours the deal but
they are avoiding the responsibility to operationalise the deal.
Why?
In a clear indication that the parting is complete and a lot of dirty
linen would be washed in public in the days to come, Karat said that
the Left will release all the exchanges between them and the
government over the nuclear deal issues. Adding that he is unable to
make available two more notes as this "secretive" government took
them back.
In a detailed account of why they were forced to withdraw support,
Karat said the UPA and the Congress have violated the agreement that
they had with the left on the nuke deal.
They had made a commitment on November 16, 2007, that they would talk
to the IAEA, and based on the discussions there, would present a
paper to the UPA-Left joint committee, which would then be examined,
and only then the next steps would be taken. However, the convenor of
the nuclear deal sub committee, Pranab Mukherjee, told them that they
could not do so as the papers were classified.
He demanded to know who had termed the papers classified and whether
it was the UPA govt, or the IAEA.
Asserting that the text of the nuclear agreement is going to bind us
in perpetuity over safeguards, he took another swipe at Manmohan
Singh and his love for the USA.
"The Congress leadership and Dr Manmohan Singh always look up to the
USA, but there are some good things they should learn from the USA,"
he said, before delving into the latest US move to place before the
Congress some additional protocols that US wants for its own nuclear
deal with IAEA.
Saying that these documents are available to be viewed by anyone on
the internet, he wondered how Congress can now say that IAEA wants
these documents to be termed as classified. "Are we to believe that
the IAEA has one standard for the US and another for us," he asked,
adding that "no text can be classified unless the government itself
wants it to be termed so".
He demanded that the text be made public as the country's nuclear
scientists, experts and the people have a right to know what it
contains.
SP submits letter of support, claims backing of all its 39 MPs
Samajwadi Party on Wednesday claimed that its decision to support the
UPA government on Indo-US nuclear deal had the backing of all its 39
MPs who had fought the previous Lok Sabha elections on party symbol.
SP General Secretary Amar Singh submitted the party's letter of
support for the UPA government to President Pratibha Patil and later
told reporters that "names of all the MPs who had won by fighting on
party's symbol during last general elections are there in the list.
They all are bound by the party's whip on the issue."
Singh, who along with SP Parliamentary Party's leader Ram Gopal Yadav
had met the President, said that apart from the 39 MPs, independent
MP from Padrauna Baleshwar Yadav is also with the party on the issue
of support. "Baleshwar Yadav is basically of Samajwadi Party origin,"
Singh said.
The SP General Secretary said that he also spoke to estranged party
leader Beni Prasad Verma earlier in the day. "Verma assured us of his
support and also said that Ateeq Ahmad too would be supporting the
party."
Verma was elected as MP from Kaiserganj on SP ticket but had fought
last year's UP assembly elections on his own party Samajwadi Kranti
Dal's ticket against the SP.
While Ateeq Ahmad had won the 2004 general elections from Phulpur on
SP's ticket but was expelled from the party earlier this year after
his arrest.
However, the party could face problems from two of its MPs --
Munawwar Hasan and Jai Prakash Rawat.
IAEA step only after winning trust vote: Pranab
The United Progressive Alliance government will press on with the
implementation of the civilian nuclear deal with the United States
only after winning a vote of confidence in Parliament, External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Tuesday.
At a press conference here hours after four Left parties announced
withdrawal of support to the UPA, Mr. Mukherjee said the government
would take a decision on convening a special session of Parliament as
soon as they received a formal communication from the Rashtrapati
Bhavan asking them to prove their majority.
Though official sources indicated that the vote could be held as
early as July 21, the Minister would only say that the special
sitting would be called sometime before August 11, when the monsoon
session is due to begin.
Mr. Mukherjee said the government would send India's draft safeguards
agreement to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board for
approval only if it won the trust vote in Parliament. "I cannot bind
the government if we lose our majority," he said.
Were it to lose the vote, the government would continue in
a "technical" capacity until elections but would not have the moral
authority to "bind" the country to "an international agreement."
Asked whether he was confident the government had the requisite
numbers in Parliament, he said the "taste of the pudding is in the
eating" and that he did not "indulge in the sharing of confidences or
the numbers game." Everything would become clear when the trust vote
was held in the Lok Sabha.
On the Left's charge that the government did not show the text of the
safeguards agreement to the UPA-Left committee, he said the "outcome
of the negotiations" with the IAEA was shared in the form of a
summary of the safeguards draft. "But we could not share the actual
text as it is a classified document between India and the IAEA."
The IAEA Secretariat told India that the document could not be shared
with others without first being circulated to the agency's 35 board
members. That could not be done without India first signing it.
Notwithstanding this, the government had shown summaries of the
relevant provisions dealing with concerns such as fuel supply
assurances raised by the Left.
Mr. Mukherjee said he only wished to set the record straight. "I am
not entering into any acrimony [with the Left]. We appreciate the
support they gave us for four years to keep at bay the communal
forces."
No threat to UPA govt, will win trust vote: Lalu
The Left's withdrawal of support to the UPA government
notwithstanding, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Wednesday, exuded
confidence that the government will win the trial of strength in
Parliament.
"The government is safe....If it were not so, I would not be in
Patna....Everything has been arranged for (victory) and the Manmohan
Singh government will prove its majority in the House despite the
best efforts of the Opposition to pull it down," a relaxed Lalu said
addressing a gathering after inaugurating the 7th regional office of
CBSE here.
"The UPA government will last its full term and elections will be
held on time in April. People will give a befitting reply to the
communal forces trying to grab power through back door," Lalu, whose
RJD with 24 MPs in the Lok Sabha is the largest non-Congress UPA
constituent in the House, said.
Lalu, keen on avoiding burning bridges with the Communists, said
RJD's relations with them would be "as smooth and cordial as ever."
"Char saal pehle hamein tumse pyaar tha, aaj bhi hai aur kal bhi
rahega," (we were in love four years ago, and so we will be today and
tomorrow), he said.
N-deal vital for India and US: Bush
9 Jul 2008, 0950 hrs IST,PTI
TOYAKO: Unfazed by the political turmoil in India, a confident Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday discussed "progress" on the Indo-
US nuclear agreement with President George W Bush. The US president
said the deal is important for both the countries and heaped praise
on Singh "for his leadership at home". ( Watch )
The two leaders spoke in unison on strengthening the
bilateral "strategic relationship" as Singh took a two-hour drive
from Sapporo to meet Bush in the hot springs resort of Hotel Windsor
on Mt Poromoi on the sidelines of the G-8 summit. The two leaders met
hours before the Left parties were to formally withdraw support to
the UPA government on the nuclear deal.
"Our relationship with the United States has never been in such good
shape as it is today.... And it is the intention of my government...
whether it is a question of climate change... global economy, India
and US must stand tall, stand shoulder to shoulder, and that's what
is going to happen," Singh said after the 50-minute meeting that
stretched beyond the scheduled time.
Both Singh and Bush expressed mutual admiration for each other and
spoke of the need for closer relationship between the two countries.
"We talked about the India-US nuclear deal and how important it is
for our respective countries," Bush said as the two leaders appeared
before the press in a relaxed mood and displayed personal warmth.
"I respect the Prime Minister a lot. I also respect India a lot, and
I think it's very important that the United States continues to work
with our friends to develop not only a new strategic relationship,
but a relationship that addresses some of the world's problems," the
President said.
Indian sources, with access to senior officials at the talks, said
Bush gave his assurance that his administration would try and speed
up the legal and legislative processes, including pushing it through
the IAEA and NSG forums, so that the deal gets finalised well before
the end of the year and before he lays down office in January 2009.
Left-UPA divorce tops four years of troubled ties
http://www.zeenews.com/articles. asp?aid=454002& archisec= NAT
New Delhi, July 08: The Left-UPA divorce on Tuesday capped a
tumultuous relationship on several thorny issues --ranging from the
Indo-US nuclear deal to the rising prices of essential commodities
and the government's inclination to open up financial and retail
sectors to foreign direct investment.
After agreeing with the UPA's Common Minimum Programme and extending
their support to the Congress-led coalition when it came to power,
the Left continued to maintain that the government should not deviate
from it.
The trouble became pronounced when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made
his first official visit to the United States in July 2005 and signed
a joint statement with President George Bush, which the Left said was
taking India closer to the American strategic interests.
Singh's visit had followed that of then Defence Minister Pranab
Mukherjee who had signed the Indo-US strategic defence framework
agreement, which led to increasing military ties and joint exercises
between the two defence forces.
The Left, which had been opposing the government's "neo-liberal"
economic policies, opened another front against its foreign policy
while accusing it of ignoring the CMP.
In the context of the rising inflation graph, the outside supporters
made a series of recommendations, including banning of futures
trading and slashing of taxes and duties on oil products, but
complained that their views were not considered by the government.
The four Left parties, with a strength of 59 members in Lok Sabha,
have been fiercely opposing liberalisation of the banking and
insurance sectors.
The Left's opposition to the UPA government also stemmed from the
government's pursuance of the policies of the erstwhile BJP-led
government to allow 74 per cent FDI in the banking sector, FDI in
retail trade as well as privatisation of major airports.
Their continued opposition led the Left parties to organise
nationwide protests on several occasions, besides opposing many
proposals inside Parliament.
The UPA-Left Coordination Committee, set up to monitor the
implementation of the CMP promises, was also disbanded as the outside
supporters felt "betrayed" that several major issues were not being
taken up.
On energy security, the four parties also wanted India to pursue the
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project without "succumbing" to
US "pressures." They also sought explanations from the government on
India's vote against Iran at the IAEA.
The comrades, however, appreciated the government's efforts in
pushing through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the
Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (recognition
of forest rights) act.
Their continued pressure on the UPA to get the much- delayed women's
reservation bill finally bore fruit with the government tabling it in
Parliament. However, the legislation, which is a major CMP promise,
is yet to be passed.
As the Left parties went on the backfoot over the Nandigram issue,
they asked the Centre to amend the special economic zone laws and
rules to specify compensation and other social welfare measures for
those who would lose their land for major industrial or
infrastructure projects.
On badly-needed social security reforms in India, the Left again
opposed the government's move to privatise pension funds and invest a
portion of its corpus in the stock market. The pension fund
development and regulatory authority (PFRDA) bill is thus pending
before Parliament.
In August last year, the Prime Minister had dared the Left to
withdraw support to his government over the Indo-US nuclear deal. He
had said the deal in no way compromised India's position and would
rather end the country's nuclear isolation.
The Left and the UPA then set up a joint panel headed by External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to examine the nuclear deal but
there seemed no meeting ground.
On November 16 last year, the joint panel agreed that the government
would approach the IAEA secretariat to seek clarifications and the
deliberations would be reported to the UPA-Left Joint Committee.
"The government will proceed ahead only after the committee submits
its findings," the statement issued after the committee meeting had
said.
But the Prime Minister's statement on his way to the G-8 summit in
Japan yesterday that the government will approach the IAEA very soon
to get the safeguards agreement ratified provoked the outside
supporters who decided to pull the rug now itself.
They felt that the Prime Minister's statement had put both the UPA-
Left Committee as well as its Chairman Pranab Mukherjee in
a "ridiculous position," with the former saying the government had
decided to go to the IAEA and the latter asking the Left parties to
hold another round of meeting on the issue.
Bureau Report
Australia unlikely to oppose nuclear deal
9 Jul 2008, 1051 hrs IST,PTI
MELBOURNE: Australia is unlikely to oppose the Indo-US deal at the
Nuclear Suppliers Group, a crucial step in the completion of the
agreement, sources here. The Australian Opposition pushed the Kevin
Rudd Government to reverse its "hypocritical" stand of not selling
uranium to New Delhi.
The Labour Government was against uranium sale to India as it is not
an NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) signatory. Sources,
however, told The Age daily that Canberra was not expected to
obstruct approval of the Indo-US deal at the 45-member Nuclear
Suppliers Group.
The report came as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Australian
counterpart Kevin Rudd for the first time on the sidelines of the G8
Summit in Toyako.
Rory Medcalf, an international security analyst at the Lowy Institute
for International Policy, said the Rudd Government needed to balance
Australia's increasingly important relationship with India with its
strong stance on nuclear non-proliferation.
"I would not rule out Australia making a few noises about the deal,"
he said adding "But I'd be surprised if Australia was the chief
obstacle to it at the Nuclear Suppliers Group."
At a meeting last month between External Affairs Minister Pranab
Mukherjee and his counterpart Stephen Smith, Australia had refused to
rescind the ban on sale of uranium to India. Australia had, however,
said that it would take a decision on approving the "123 nuclear
agreement" at the NSG when the time came.
Assocham in favour of Indo-US nuclear deal
Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry is supportive
of the Indo-US nuclear deal describing it as `in the interests of the
country'.
In a statement Assocham President Sajjan Jindal said tht who ever
supports the government on this issue, deserves to be praised.
Reacting on Left's withdrawal of support to UPA government, he said
that it did not spring a surprise since communists had made it clear
that if the government goes ahead with nuclear deal, they would
withdraw their support.
In a statement issued here, Mr. Jindal said that withdrawal of
support from Left's was anticipated. .
The nuclear deal would generate cooperation between India on the one
hand and nuclear power producing countries on the other since it
would help India generate nuclear power which is the need of hour,
said Mr. Jindal.
Time short for Indo-US nuclear deal: White House
Agence France-Presse
Toyako, July 08, 2008
First Published: 14:40 IST(8/7/2008)
Last Updated: 15:11 IST(8/7/2008)
The White House on Tuesday warned that time was running short to
ratify a landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement during US
President George W Bush's term, which ends in January.
Speaking on the eve of Bush's talks at this mountain resort with
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, spokeswoman Dana Perino said the US
Congress had a heavy workload and "a limited number of legislative
days."
Perino brushed aside a question about whether Singh was expected to
announce that he is ready to move ahead with the agreement, saying it
was "premature to say" before the leaders met on the margins of a
rich nation summit.
"But obviously we've maintained a strong commitment to carrying
through on our side of the deal, and obviously India has had a lot of
discussion among its political parties," she told reporters.
"It's been a long road, and there's been a healthy debate," Perino
said.
"We'll have to see what he's able to bring on the India civil nuclear
agreement," she said. "It could be that he's ready to move forward --
but it also could just as likely be that they have a little bit more
work to do."
"But we obviously recognise as well that we have a limited number of
legislative days for our congress to get a lot of work done," said
the spokeswoman.
Singh on Monday arrived in Toyako, where he was expected to tell Bush
he will move ahead on the stalled nuclear cooperation accord despite
tough opposition.
Singh and Bush in 2005 unveiled an agreement to share civilian
nuclear technology -- a deal that when finalised would see India
entering the fold of global nuclear commerce after being shut out for
decades.
The Nuclear deal - some reservations
http://www.centralchronicle. com/20080708/ 0807302.htm
The die has been finally cast. The UPA government has decided to
approach the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to finalise
the India-specific Safeguards Agreement. Although there is a huge
amount of support within the country for the Indo-US Nuclear Deal,
one wished the government had been a little wary of some of its
implications. There are several issues which needed in-depth
consideration before the plunge was taken.
Firstly, the extraordinary interest shown by the US in the Deal
raises suspicions about its intentions. In whatever the US does its
national interest is always paramount, in pursuit of which it tends
to become overbearing and brash. Its Administration is not really one
which is known for altruism - without any motives. There is, surely
something more to the Deal than what meets the eye - something vital
which is at stake for the US and which, seemingly, hinges on it.
Nobody knows what it is. If it's only commercial, and not political,
we could consider ourselves somewhat blessed.
Secondly, the government should have been mindful of various
intimidating clauses of the Hyde Act. Touted as a domestic
legislation that enabled the Administration to negotiate the 123
Agreement for the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, it contains tell-tale signs
of the US intentions to bring India within its fold - a veritable
close embrace, seemingly, of more sinister nature than the "Soviet
bear-hug". The very Preamble of the Act has the unseemly provision
that India could be a "fit partner" if it, inter alia, had a foreign
policy that is "congruent" to that of the United States and that it
works "with it in key foreign policy initiatives related to non-
proliferation." Section 105 of the Act demands certification by the
US President that " India is fully and actively participating" in the
efforts of the US to "contain" Iran 's nuclear programme. More
importantly, it requires US Administration to scrap the 123 Agreement
if India conducted a nuclear test. The government's claim that the
123 Agreement overrides the Hyde Act seems a false belief. In a
crunch situation the latter can be used to force scrapping of the
Deal. One wished the government had been more transparent about the
matter.
Then, US ratification of the Deal will surely bring the two countries
much closer than they have ever been before. This, at once, is likely
to make Al Qaeda see India as a collaborator of the US and,
consequently, a major target for its foot soldiers for devastating
terrorist attacks. Al Qaeda surrogates are already operating against
the country from Pakistan and Bangladesh where they happen to be well-
entrenched with official and unofficial support. For them, our
borders virtually do not exist; they have a free run of the country
and are able to launch at will terror attacks on our sensitive
locations. Unless, like the US, we take strict and uncompromising
security measures, empowering, strengthening, upgrading and
modernising the entire internal security apparatus, proxy Al Qaeda
warriors could do the same with our atomic power facilities.
Hopefully, steps in these directions have been initiated.
Another issue that has remained unaddressed concerns the vital
question of disposal of the radioactive nuclear waste that will be
generated by nuclear power plants. Classified into three categories -
low level, intermediate level and high level wastes (HLW) - disposal
of the nuclear wastes has to be managed with great care for
protecting people and the environment from lethal effects of
radiation. Atomic power plants mostly generate HLW, some of which
take thousands of years to decay to half of their potency. Hence
after being stored for around 40-odd years in leak-proof sealed
casks, these have to be permanently buried in deep underground
geologically suitable repositories. The US is still to find a
suitable site for its HLW which are now due for burial, having been
around in sealed containers for some 40 years. One feels a little
uneasy about our capabilities, as we have made heavy weather of
disposal of the dangerous chemical wastes of the now-defunct Union
Carbide factory in Bhopal. Twenty years on, the wastes are still
lying at the site, polluting the surroundings and damaging the health
of the people of the area.
It is not yet too late to seriously consider some of these vital
issues that cast a shadow over the Deal. They need to be brought out
into public discourse for clarity and comprehension even as the Deal
cruises along on its pre-determined trajectory towards fruition.
Proloy Bagchi
Expressindia » Story
http://www.expressindia.com/ latest-news/ Little-surprise- -How-Left-
always-played-the-Opposition/ 333325/
Posted online: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 12:21:59
Updated: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 01:55:31
New Delhi, July 9: From outside supporters to a force that came in
the way of virtually anything and everything that the Government
attempted to do, the four Left parties played the role of Opposition
in the last 50 months, giving no leg room whatsoever to the UPA.
As the uneasy and at times acrimonious UPA-Left marriage finally
ended, The Indian Express scanned through the political statements
issued in the last four years by the CPM to find out that majority of
them were "opposing", "criticising" and "advising" the Government on
one issue or the other.
The comrades, who enjoyed authority without being in power, began
showing the red flag right from the word go and criticised the
Government at every stage.
Whether it was opening up of telecom, insurance, civil aviation,
agriculture and retail sectors to FDI, divesting shares of public
sector units, pension Bill, ordnance to amend Patents Act, foreign
policy issues or the Special Economic Zones, they slammed each and
every step.
So much so that when the UPA launched its ambitious National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme, the Left was engaged in a war of
attrition with it over India's stance at the IAEA over Iran's nuclear
programme and accusing the Government of succumbing to US pressures.
But the parties have been by and large silent on health and education
issues except for the on-and-off demands for more budgetary
allocation for these sectors.
Out of the 300-odd political statements that the CPM issued in the
last 50 months, their opposition and reservations over the Indo-US
nuclear deal figured in as many as 50 of them, including those
released after the Central Committee and Politburo meetings.
Majority of the other statements advised the Government to either toe
their line or opposed key policy issues. Most of them ended with a
similar line — the Left will launch an agitation and mobilise public
support against the policies of the UPA Government.
Trouble began in the first year itself when the Left parties
criticised "inclusion of World Bank officials in Planning
Commission", alluding to the appointment of Montek Singh Ahluwalia as
Deputy Chairman, in September 2004.
They followed it up by opposing Government plans to disinvest shares
of public sector navaratnas and miniratnas and questioning scrapping
of Press Note 18 in October. In December, they disapproved the
ordnance route to amend the Patents Act.
They saw red in the decision to allow private domestic airlines to
operate on international routes and strongly opposed the hike in FDI
cap in telecom from 49 per cent to 74 per cent.
The first major showdown came in May, 2005 when the Communists
decided to stop attending the UPA-Left coordination committee
meetings in protest against the Cabinet decision to offload 10 per
cent of Government's equity in BHEL.
The Government had to blink after days of standoff and stopped the
BHEL divestment. The Left had drawn the first blood and they then
started advising Government on economic issues.
A proposal on reduced impact of price rise read: suspend road cess
increase, forego increased customs and excise Duty, make additional
crude cess available for stabilisation fund, suspend duty free
benefit for exports and review and withdraw sales tax concessions to
private refineries.
They opposed privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports and mounted
pressure on the Government to expedite the Iran-Pakistan-India gas
pipeline project.
They soon started dictating terms on key foreign policy and security
related issues as well — from asking the Government not to resume
military supplies to Nepal under the monarchy to desist from buying F-
16 fighters. They played the role of advisor while being the
stumbling block.
The Left also asked the Government not to engage in military ties
with Israel.
India's vote against Iran at the IAEA on Tehran's nuclear issue was
another flashpoint. The Left openly declared that the Manmohan Singh
government had surrendered to US pressure. The deepening Indo-US
defence ties was always a matter of contention and it finally ended
in the severing of UPA-Left ties.
Their pathological dislike for the US began threatening the UPA
Government in 2005, barely a year after it assumed office, when they
opposed any strategic ties with America.
The India-US Defence Framework agreement was the first irritant.
Then came the big nuclear showdown. After asking the Government to
reveal details of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, they graduated to
opposing the 123 agreement once the text was released by the
Government in August 2007.
The Communists asked the Government not to operationalise the deal,
but later allowed conditional negotiations on the safeguards
agreement with the IAEA. But the writing was on the wall that the
allies will not allow the Government to proceed further and will
withdraw support if it went ahead.
DELHI DIARYPublished: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 08:08 AM Doha Time
The Indo-US nuclear deal and `national interest'
By A K B Krishnan
http://www.gulf-times.com/ site/topics/ article.asp?
cu_no=2&item_no=228950& version=1& template_ id=40&parent_ id=22
THE acrimony of an impending break-up and the intense flirtations of
a budding romance have played out in agonising and entertaining slow
motion in the corridors of power in the Indian capital last week,
leaving everyone guessing about the actual dates and modalities of
both the divorce and the wedding.
But the moment came sooner than later. The tantalising uncertainty
hanging over the feverish political drama under the shadow
of "national interests" vis-a-vis the Indo-US nuclear deal came to an
end early this week.
The Left parties, who kept asserting that the threat to withdraw
support to safeguard "national interests" is not an empty one, did
pull the rug at last and decided to meet the president today to
formally declare their withdrawal of support to the UPA government.
They said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statements on moving the
IAEA soon had rendered any further talks on the issue meaningless and
wanted the government to prove its majority on the floor of the House.
The Left, which was enjoying power without responsibility, has
decided on the break-up after its early attempt to forestall Manmohan
Singh's attendance at the G8 summit failed. It is the Left's failure
to appreciate the value of ending India's nuclear isolation that has
driven the communists off the political cliff.
While the Left's arguments against a strategic alliance with the US
deserve a hearing, its attempts to link India's nuclear liberation
with American "imperialism" have been simply outlandish. The image
the Left parties have been beaming so far across to the national
audience is that of a confused group, superficial in their loud
rhetorical posturing and unable to part ways in one decisive movement
before the UPA's completion of the five-year term.
By far the worst manifestation of the politicisation of the deal, and
India's foreign policy, was the regrettable attempt of the CPM to
communalise the issue. Nothing could have been more absurd and
avoidable than its remark that those "supporting" the deal would lose
their Muslim vote bank.
In the history of Indian democracy, this remark must rank among the
most damaging to its secularism and diversity. It is unfair to the
Muslim community in India to assume that it opposes the agreement by
virtue of religion. This only serves to illustrate how far the party
under Prakash Karat has strayed from true Marxism.
The UPA government too was at the end of its tether and was firm this
time and proclaimed its resolve to go ahead with the deal. Briefing
reporters on the prime minister's visit to the G8 summit from July 7-
9, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon avoided all questions about
timeframe and said: "We want to go ahead with it (the deal), we will
do our best, we will go ahead with it as soon as we can…."
"There is absolutely no threat to the UPA government which will sign
the nuclear deal with the US in time, come what may. There is no
hesitation in this regard," asserted Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Priyaranjan Das Munshi.
The Congress did not leave anything to chance. Intense political
activity was unfolding behind closed doors in New Delhi. Samajwadi
Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh held back-to-back
meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and with UPA chairperson
Sonia Gandhi. After getting former president A P J Kalam's
endorsement of the nuclear pact, the Samajwadi leaders stressed that
the nuclear deal is in "national interest". But if the N-deal has
passed muster, details of the "M-deal" remain to be ironed out.
The Congress was obviously putting all its eggs in Mulayam's basket,
hoping that he will sustain the UPA in the numbers game in the Lok
Sabha. And Mulayam himself seems ready to leave his
erstwhile "friends and comrades" of the Left and the UNPA (the Third
Front parties) in the lurch instead of his early plans of leading
them against both the Congress and the BJP.
Every party claims it acts in the national interest. But who defines
what the nation's interests are and what are beneficial or not to the
nation? The controversy over the nuclear deal reveals the confusion
and hypocrisy. In the case of the Left parties, the matter becomes
more complex, since in their ideology, the national interest is made
to intersect with other interests, specifically those of class.
The Left believes that the deal will bring India too close to the US,
so close that India might lose her independence in the realm of
foreign policy. So it is the sheep of the Left's anti-Americanism
that is being dressed up as the anti-nuclear deal mutton.
Critics could also point out that communists in India have not always
supported policies that are incontrovertibly beneficial to the
national interest.
The BJP's opposition to the deal is inexplicable. The party, which
took the last and dramatic step to make India a nuclear power,
believes that nuclear power is in India's national interest. Yet it
is opposed to the Indo-US nuclear deal, which will enable India to
bring supplies to its starving reactors. Its opposition obviously is
to the Congress doing the deal. The deal and what constitutes
national interest have come to be identified with the Congress. The
fate of the deal is now tied to the continuation of the government
that is led by the Congress. But there is no guarantee that had the
Congress been in the opposition, it would not have objected to a
similar deal if it were being made by a BJP government.
Till the other day, the Samajwadi Party too was opposed to the deal.
But its flirtations with the Congress made it a convert overnight,
but not before Kalam's "convincing advice that the deal is in
national interest".
Kalam, of course, is one of India's foremost missile scientists and
the best-loved president. But, surely there's another reason that he
was chosen for the exercise.
He's Muslim and when he says the deal is in "national interest", the
two political parties hope it's a powerful antidote to the
reactionary clerics who argue otherwise.
The phrase "national interest" has thus become an item in the
politicians' rhetorical baggage. Politicians are not the sole
guardians or repositories of national interests. They only make what
are matters of national interest into electoral issues to gain votes.
The bickerings over the nuclear deal show up Indian politics at its
worst. Political interests invariably triumph over those of the
nation. Easy options are often preferred to tough decisions. With
inflation raging and stock markets plummeting, political stability
should be the greatest concern at the moment. But survival in office
takes precedence over a creative response to varied challenges facing
the nation. And this could be as true of the opposition as it is of
the government.
US Congress may not have time to pass Indo-US Nuke deal
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal /india-news/ us-congress- may-not-
have-time-to-pass-indo- us-nuke-deal_ 10069388. html
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Despite Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singhs daring effort of shunning his Left coalition partners and
announcing going ahead with the Indo-US deal, it seems the US
Congress may not be able to give its final approval, as it requires
at least 30 days of continuous session to consider it which is not
likely to happen in the days to come.
The US Congress stamp on the deal does not seem possible, since
(because of the long August recess) less than 40 days are left before
the US Congress session adjourns on Sept. 26, said a report in the
Washington Post.
And, before that, India is to clear two more hurdles - completing an
agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); and
securing approval from the 45 nations constituting the Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG) which governs trade in reactors and uranium.
At this point, both [the IAEA and NSG actions] have to take place in
the next couple of weeks for the deal to be considered by the US
Congress, said Lynne Weil, the spokeswoman for the House Foreign
Affairs Committee.
But, the IAEA Board of Governors is not expected to take up the
matter until August, whereas the NSG may take several months to reach
a consensus, added the paper.
Now, with the near impossibility of US Congressional passage by year-
end, officials and experts have begun to focus on the possibility
that other countries such as France and Russia would rush in to make
nuclear sales to India while US companies still face legal
restrictions, added the paper.
But, a US State Department official, on the condition of anonymity,
said that the Bush administration might pressure the US Congress not
to thwart potential business opportunities for American companies. It
is the hidden force of this agreement It is US business that sees an
opportunity, the paper quoted him as saying.
In the event of the deal not getting passed by the US Congress and
the US Presidential elections approach, New Delhi will have to wait
for the results with fingers crossed. While Republican candidate John
McCain is a strong supporter of the agreement, his Democratic rival
Barack Obama, is more skeptical about the deal, said the paper.
It added that during the Congressional debate on the Hyde Act, Obama
inserted language in the bill limiting the amount of nuclear fuel
supplied to India from the United States to deter nuclear testing.
(ANI)
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Re: FW: PLS READ IMMEDIATELY ...!!
Posted by: "m r" rawmannu@yahoo.com rawmannu
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:56 pm (PDT)
Neelam Ji
Thank you for your informatory message
It is always great to have a person around you who spread awarenees and keep informing the possible threats.
Yours
Manoj Rawat
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> Subject: FW: PLS READ IMMEDIATELY ...!!
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Posted by: "m r" rawmannu@yahoo.com rawmannu
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:57 pm (PDT)
Ritu Ji,
Sorry, the previous mails was not meant for you.
Sorry Madam
Yours
Manoj Rawat
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Condom Nationality
Posted by: "banga_sss2003" banga_sss2003@yahoo.co.in banga_sss2003
Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:57 pm (PDT)
CONDOM Nationality
Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 21
Palash Biswas
Political developments in the capital are gaining momentum with
President Pratibha Patil meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the
Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday even as Congress managers feel that
the government would pass the trust vote in Lok Sabha later this
month with a "reasonable" margin.The PM is expected to inform the
President of his government's readiness to face Lok Sabha and consult
her on a confidence vote, likely to be held on July 21 or 22.
He is also expected to brief her about the government's plans to
proceed with the India-US nuclear deal after having established a
majority in Parliament.
US will do 'whatever it can' if India moves forward on deal
Sridhar Krishnaswami
Washington, Jul 10 (PTI) Amidst the political turmoil in India, the
United States has said it was committed to Indo-US nuclear deal and
if New Delhi moves forward, Washington will do "whatever it can" to
fulfill its commitments.
"The position of the United States government is, we are committed to
this (Indo-US nuclear) deal," State Department spokesman Sean
McCormack said at his briefing here.
"If the Indian government completes the discussions it has been
having about moving forward on a variety of different fronts
regarding this deal, the United States government has committed to
doing whatever it can to fulfill its commitments here domestically,"
he said.
The Spokesman was responding to a query on a report in The Washington
Post that made the point that although hurdles may have been crossed
in India, the deal faces difficulty in Congress on account of the
time factor and in the stipulations of the enabling legislation, the
Hyde Act of 2006.
"Now, of course, we have the Congress, but we have the Congress to
work with on this issue. They have an important role to play in it.
But we have been in close contact with the Congress and key members
of Congress on this issue really throughout this period to keep them
updated on it," he added.
"And there are, of course, other aspects to the agreement that would
require actions by others, for example, the IAEA," McCormack said.
"That is not under our control," he replied when asked about the
prospect of a Lame Duck session of the 110th Congress. "That is
solely under the control of the leadership in Congress," he added. PTI
To save men the blushes, the MCD is going to provide space for
putting up condom vending machines across the Capital. In one go,
2,000 brightly-coloured condom vending machines will be installed
Monday onwards at parking lots, cinema halls, community toilets,
shopping areas, petrol pumps, hospitals and even office complexes.
Yes, this is all about the nationalism provoked by Indo US Nuclear
deal.
Foreign Investment fed,Indian Media adocates the sovereignty of
Market deleting geopolitics, political border, everything Indigenous.
It creates sensational hypes with all the rubbish like style, vogue,
consumerism, Icon, cricket, brand, drink and hard Sex with mobile and
computor, soap opera, Reality shows, cinema and midnight parties. It
focuses on credit boom created middle class five star life style.
This Indian media has focused on unprecedented nationalism which
turns Saffron so soon to justify the Ruling Hegemony theory that the
Indo US Nuclear deal as well as Indo Us strategic alliance happen to
be the most wanted Viagra for national Interest. Edit pages are being
gang raped by all the nonsense Economists, the followers of so called
Nobel laureate Dr Amartya sen. The deal is now auto saved thanks to
the Perfect slaves of Washington and vicious opportunism of Indian
communists.
What remains is nothing but CONDOM NATIONALITY. It is all about
abortions, copulations, crimes, voyeurism, Viagra, contraceptives,
blue films and chatting!
Yes, it is the culture of the Global ruling class which dismisses
anything called nationality and shifts immediately to Nationalism
provoking all the good spirits and Incarnations. All Myths and
legends being called back to justify the death of nation, sacrifice
of Freedom and sovereignty. Imperialism is so funny and Americanism
is so enjoyable! Why anyone is annoyed if the Indian Nation is mad a
colony by all colored Political Parties of the Ruling Hegemony
represented and led by the Lion comrador Dr Manmohan singh, the most
elite Brahmin Pranab Mukherjee, the Hindu Nation Pedlar RSS and Shiv
Sena, the hypocrite Marxists and socialists, the Feudal Socialist
Oxides and Zionist Gandhians!
In Kolkata, Anandbazar is leading the race with crying Headlines
invoking Nationalism and masturbating edits declaring anti
Imperialism a child play. Mind you, this Anand bazar has no space for
SC, ST and OBCs. It is against all things Indigenous. It projects
Brand Buddha and advocates most all the ways of capitalist Marxist
development. This Anand Bazar Patrika leads the Anti Hindi movement
and uses Bengali for Prostitution with its hard Porn soft porn metro
Literature. It supported every action of US Imperialism including
gulf War. It justifies Price rise as global lifestyle. It denies any
role for the state and is committed to the sovereignty of market.
Anandbazar is best known for Vending West Bengal Brand Elite Bangla
nationality and celebrates global Banga sammelan. It treats other
nationalities and languages as substandard.It is against all the
partition victim dalit East Bengal refugees.
And now, this Anand bazar Group is doing everything to invoke the
CONDOM NATIONALITY and NATIONALISM amusingly discarding freedom,
democracy and sovereignty.
It is all for the Nuclear Hindutva deal!
Thus, the Left is caught red handed to finalise the minutes of floor
coordination for a No confidence vote in parliament. a rare example
of reality show to contribute their anti imperialism anti congress
masks. They have other ways also to appease respective vote Banks.
We have known the Buddha Bush combination all the way as Anandbazar
supported the Indiscriminate Urbanisation and industrialisation, MNCs
and foreign Capital, SEZ and Chemical Hub and nuclear Plant! It
justified Singur and Nandigram repression!
Now, you see once again the Bermuda triangle of Adwani, Buddha and
Pranab surfacing . Mind, you all the anti People legislation has been
enabled and activated by this Trio. The Bengali elite Brahmins
capture all the Power centres in past four years sidelining RSS. Now,
the RSS Marxist combine is leading all the promos of CONDOM
Nationalism!
For Bengali media all these years nationalism meant Indian Cricket,
Bollywood, fashion show, Tata and MNCS, Reliance and Retail chain,
IT, Salem and builders, Buddha and the gestapo with promoter muscles,
Saurabh Ganguli and CAB, Sushmita sen and Jaya Bhaduri studded
Bacchans and Sharmila Tagore with Nawab Pataudi. Bengali media saw
nationalism in pro imperialism globalisation and sought Bengali Icons
from Abroad. Sunil Gangopaddhya with all Bengali sentiments captured
Sahitya academy. The premium Anand bazar publications never published
anything from Mahashweta Devi or Nabarun Bhattacharya and always kept
intact its Slave caravan of writers, poets, artists and stars! No
place for anything Indigenous.
Thus this Nuclear Nationalism of super Power Hindu Nation is minus
the eighty five percent Indigenous people deprived of life and
livelihood.
What is it ?
It may be best defined as condom nationality! The Entertainment
Consumer Culture with perfect purchasing power!
See the perfect equation for this brand of Nationalism!
The HIV prevention programme at Sonagachi in Kolkata has become a
global model; India has led the way to move forward. The Sonagachi
model has been applied in the Dominican Republic and in other parts
of India. The principles are the same though, of course, the
programme is not identical because that is the whole point — that
communities develop and run their own programme of empowerment and
HIV prevention. ICRW is working with sex workers' programmes in
Andhra Pradesh on the Andhra Pradaesh-Karnataka border where we are
applying the principles of community processes for HIV prevention.
Just read this item!
Kolkata, July 2 (ANI): Hundreds of sex workers took to streets here
against the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act (ITPA) as they
alleged that implementation of the Act would ruin the sex trade if
implemented.
Members of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) 'Durbar Mahila
Samanwaya Committee' and National Network for the Sex Workers' Forum
took out a procession to make common people aware of the act.
Sex workers alleged that ITPA criminalises most aspects of sex work
by equating voluntary adult sex work with trafficking. They also fear
that, all that they have achieved, like use of condom, awareness of
AIDS, education for sex workers children, through long movement would
go down the drain.
"Section 3 of ITPA law says that anybody who will rent place to us
will be arrested and will be penalized for 10,000 rupees. If nobody
will give us premises then how will we continue our trade. We will
come on the road, and this profession will become an underground
trade. Then we won't use condom as well, thus the diseases will
spread further. Section 5C punishes clients of sex workers, but we
can continue with our trade. When the customers are arrested then how
will we earn and the trade will shut down completely," said Asha
Banerjee, Secretary, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee.
The Central Government has reportedly proposed an amendment to the
ITPA to punish the clients of sex workers. Sex workers have alleged
that this process would deny sex workers basic rights for survival
and livelihood.
Sex workers claimed that government should have consulted all
concerned including affected people before amending any law, but the
Union Government has been ignoring the voices of the sex workers in
the ITPA amendment process.
"This law has been made for us and nobody even consulted us that
whether it will be beneficial for us or not. We have been staging
protests and demonstrations against it from a long time.
But if it gets passed in Parliament in July then we won't just stop
with such rallies and protests. We will go to parliament as well and
stage demonstration there. And if still nothing happens then we will
sit on hunger strike as well," said Swapna Gyen, sex worker.
Although prostitution is still illegal in India, it is a thriving
underground industry.urbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a forum of
65,000 sex workers based in West Bengal, is active in challenging and
addressing the structural barriers that form the everyday reality of
sex workers' lives.
They have submitted a memorandum to the governor of West Bengal and
have sought his intervention in the matter.
Sex workers are a marginalized lot in India and have very few rights.
Both their customers and the police exploit them.
High levels of violence in the sex industry, the presence of child
sex workers, lack of access to health care, and high levels of HIV
infection are some of the key issues affecting the sex workers in
India.
Prostitution is outlawed in India, but the country has over two
million sex workers, most of them living on the fringes of the
society. (ANI)
Almost as frequent as the predictions of India's economic momentum is
a reference to its demographic dividend. By 2050, predict economists
at Goldman Sachs, for instance, India will be one of the world's four
leading economies. By 2050, agree demographers, India will
indisputably be the world's most-populous country, with 1.63 billion
people, followed by China with 1.44 billion, and the US a `poor'
third with a mere 420 million people. In the new India, this is
largely seen as an advantage. Population stabilisation no longer
seems a relevant issue, let alone a burning one.According to Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare data, 42 per cent of these babies are
born to families that already have two children. Five million are
born to teenage mothers — adolescent pregnancies (15-19 years)
contribute to 19 per cent of total fertility in India and record the
highest maternal mortality rates. According to the Third National
Family Health Survey or NFHS-3 (2005-06) 32 per cent of these mothers
have had no education, implying low socio-economic status.
The basic criteria for an efficient contraceptive drug are
reliability, effectiveness and reversibilty. In the absence of a
wholly satisfactory contraceptive for women, and none at all for men,
the market will always remain hungry for the perfect pill.According
to the report titled Contraceptives—A Global Strategic Business
Report published by Global Industry Analysts, the world market for
contraceptive implants/injections is forecast to grow the strongest
in Asia-Pacific over the period 2000 to 2015, and will reach $359.60
million by the year 2015. The world oral contraceptives market is
dominated by the United States and Europe with a combined 75.82
percent share estimated in the year 2007. While India has the second-
largest population in the world, the market for hormonal
contraceptives is small, because of a low contraceptive-prevalence
rate (CPR) (42.8 percent) and a high reliance to sterilisation.
Female and male sterilisation comprises more than 80 percent of
contraceptive use, states an assessment report produced in March 2006
by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In
addition, the report states that there has been little growth in the
CPR; the majority of what growth there has been involves
sterilisation, resulting in a flat market for hormonal
contraceptives.Indian manufacturers of generic hormonal
contraceptives (oral contraceptive pills (OCPs)), emergency
contraception (EC), and injectable contraceptives (ICs) and
intrauterine devices (IUDs) have a prominent role in supplying
products to family-planning programmes in many developing countries.
The buyers for these programmes are governmental or multilateral
institutions, such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
multilateral and bilateral donors; ministries of health; and social-
marketing organisations. In India, large and small players are
Hindustan Latex, TTK-LIG, TTK-Biomed, Contech Devices, Cupid Rubber,
Polar, JK Chemicals, London Rubber Company, Win-Medicare, Famy Care,
Pregna International, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Organon India, Cipla,
Mankind Pharma, Natco Pharma among others.
THE WORLD Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap report for the
year 2007 has shown India at a dismal 120th position. The gender gap
report looks at the closing of the disparities in terms of health,
education, economic status and political participation between men
and women. India is facing the toughest test when it comes to
bridging the existing disparities: Gender, economic, rights, health
and nutrition and many more. If we consider the gender gap alone,
then the biggest challenge that India faces today is of female
foeticide. Sex selective abortions and increase in the number of
female infanticide cases have become a significant social phenomenon
in several parts of India. It transcends all castes, class and
communities and even the north-south dichotomy.
Reacting to the unveiling of the IAEA safeguards draft text, CPM
leader Prakash Karat has lashed out at the UPA government saying it
has lost credibility over the issue. Speaking to journalists in New
Delhi, Karat said it is strange the government, that was till
Wednesday convinced that the text of the draft was confidential, had
now put it up on the Ministry of External Affairs website. He
wondered what had happened between Wednesday and now that warranted
such a turnaround.
On the other hand, amidst speculation over his continuance in office
following Left withdrawal of support to the Government, Lok Sabha
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today gave broad hints that he has no
plans to resign saying he was not elected as the nominee of any
party.
"The Honourable Speaker does not represent any political party in the
discharge of his duties and functions.... Since his election as
Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee has scrupulously kept himself away from
all political activities," a Lok Sabha secretariat release said.
Noting that attention of Chatterjee has been drawn to various
reports, it requested the media not to drag the "highest legislative
office of the country into controversies by speculative reports and
undeserved innuendos.
US ambassador to India David C Mulford on Thursday met Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh discuss the progress on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Mulford had a meeting with Prime Minister at his 7 Race Course Road
residence in the morning hours after Singh returned from his three-
day visit to Japan.
Later, Mulford drove down to the South Block and had a meeting with
senior officials at the Prime Minister's Office.
Mulford on Thursday met the envoys of member states of the 45-nation
Nuclear Suppliers Group in New Delhi and sought their support for the
nuclear accord. Mulford impressed upon the diplomats that their
countries should back the deal as it was in the interest of nuclear
non-proliferation system.
Meanwhile,IAEA Spokesperson Melisa Fleming spoke to NDTV on phone
from Vienna about the IAEA safeguards draft.
Meliasa said, ''At the request of the Government of India, we were
able to circulate the draft safeguards agreement to the members of
the IAEA board of governors for consideration. What will happen now
is that the members of the board have to check, chairman of the board
will consult each and every one of them to agree on a date for a
meeting of the board at which this agreement will be considered.''
When asked if the reports that the IAEA Board of Governors meet will
take place on the 28th of July are correct she said, ''There are
countries who feel that they need sometime and some want to consider
the document so that they will be in a position to meet, to agree to
it, to study the document before they be in a position to meet, to
consider it. It is possible that the meeting could take place in the
last week of July, it also is possible that it could be delayed
beyond that''.
On Wednesday, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had
categorically said that Parliament would be taken into confidence
before making such a move.
"There are no reasons to doubt the integrity of Pranab Mukherjee. He
publicly committed on behalf of the government after consulting the
PM. But what happened in Japan? He (PM) went back on this
commitment," Karat told a crowded press conference at his party
headquarters.
"The government's decision to go ahead with the nuclear deal is
nothing but shocking betrayal of commitment to the country and the
people," he said.
Saying that he had great respect for Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Anil Kakodkar, Karat expressed surprise that even though
Kakodkar had said on wednesday that the draft was not yet final, how
could the government go ahead with it so fast.
He ridiculed the government by saying that even before the MEA site
put up the text, some website in the US had put it up. "It is a
shame," he said.
Karat said the Left would do everything politically possible to stop
the deal from going through.
The UPA Government has reportedly unveiled the text of safeguards
agreement reached with the International Atomic Energy Association
(IAEA).
The agreement envisages support for Indian effort to develop a
strategic reserve of nuclear fuel to guard against any disruption of
supply over the lifetime of India's reactors.
India may take corrective measures to ensure uninterrupted operation
of its civilian nuclear reactors in the event of disruption of
foreign fuel supplies.
India undertakes that none of the items produced in the safeguarded
facilities shall be used for the manufacture of any nuclear weapon or
to further any other military purpose. Such items shall be used
exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not be used for the
manufacture of any nuclear explosive device, says the draft.
The draft nuclear safeguards pact that India submitted to the
International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday has ambiguities that
must be clarified before the UN watchdog approves the deal, a leading
expert said.
The draft, which was circulated by Washington-based thinktanks,
contained several points that "raise questions that board members
need to get clarity on" because they would restrict international
monitoring of India's atomic programmes, said Daryl Kimball of the
Arms Control Association.
He said a key red flag is raised by a clause in the draft that says
India "may take corrective measures to ensure uninterrupted operation
of its civilian nuclear reactors in the event of disruption of
foreign fuel supplies." Disruption of fuel supplies would happen only
if India were to resume testing of nuclear weapons and that loophole
would blunt any IAEA effort to keep that country's civil nuclear
power programme from being used to augment its atomic arsenal.
"Does that mean that India intends to withdraw from what are supposed
to be permanent safeguards if it tests and other states decide to
terminate fuel supplies?" asked Kimball. "If so, that is a big
problem and the Indian government has not clarified what that means,"
he said.
India, one of just three nations outside the nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty, developed atomic bombs in secret and conducted
a nuclear test in 1974, prompting the United States to ban sale of
nuclear fuel and reactor technology.
The draft, which is many respects resembles IAEA agreements with
other countries, also omits a list of nuclear facilities that India
has voluntarily agreed to place under IAEA safeguards, said Kimball,
calling that "abnormal".
India's motives were not clear, he said, but added that it
appeared "they're trying to preserve their options to put some
reactors in or take some out" from IAEA scrutiny, depending on future
bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements.
Nuclear Verification
The Conclusion of Safeguards Agreements and Additional Protocols
An Agreement with the Government of India for the Application of
Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities
Recommended Action
It is recommended that the Board authorize the Director General to
conclude with the Government of India, and subsequently implement,
the draft Safeguards Agreement reproduced in the Attachment hereto.
Atoms for Peace
GOV/2008/30 Page 1
Nuclear Verification
The Conclusion of Safeguards Agreements and Additional Protocols
An Agreement with the Government of India for the Application of
Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities
1. Referring to its desire to expand civil nuclear cooperation with
other Member States of the Agency and to the relevance in this
context of the understanding between India and the United States of
America expressed in the India-U.S. Joint Statement of 18 July 2005,
the Government of India requested the Agency to conclude with it an
agreement for the application of safeguards with respect to its
civilian nuclear facilities.
2. A draft safeguards agreement was accordingly negotiated with India
(attached) using the relevant guidance documents that have been
adopted by the Board of Governors for the purposes of concluding
INFCIRC/66-type safeguards agreements.
3. The draft agreement provides for the application of safeguards to
facilities, nuclear material, nonnuclear material, equipment and
components as set out in paragraph 11 of the agreement.
4. At the request of India the draft text includes provisions for the
use of the agreement as an "umbrella agreement". Paragraph 14 thereof
provides that any facility notified by India to the Agency will
become subject to safeguards under this agreement. Such facilities
will be listed on the Annex to the agreement, which will be
published, and updated, as India notifies the Agency of additional
facilities. In addition, paragraph 22 provides for the possibility of
safeguarding under the agreement items that are already subject to
safeguards under other Safeguards Agreements concluded by India with
the Agency, subject to agreement by the parties to such other
Safeguards Agreements. As a consequence, the application of
safeguards under those Safeguards Agreements would be suspended for
so long as this agreement remains in force.
5. Paragraph 99 provides that India shall take all suitable measures
for the physical protection of facilities and nuclear material
subject to the agreement, taking into account the recommendations
made in INFCIRC/225/Rev.4, as may be amended from time to time.
6. In paragraph 100 of the draft agreement India undertakes to
establish and maintain a system of accounting for and control of all
items subject to safeguards under the agreement, in accordance with
provisions to be set out in the Subsidiary Arrangements.
7. It will be also noted that the draft agreement includes an
undertaking by India and the Agency that in the event that India
decides to offer an enrichment plant in the future as a facility
subject to the agreement, India and the Agency shall consult and
agree on the application of the Agency's safeguards procedures before
any such facility is subject to the agreement (paragraph 86).
GOV/2008/30 Page 2
8. When safeguards are applied to new facilities under this
agreement, the Agency will incur additional expenses. On the
assumption that 2009 will be the first year that the Agency will
start implementing this agreement at new facilities, a supplementary
appropriation to the regular budget will be requested as agreed by
the Board of Governors at its 9 July 2007 session. The estimated cost
for the first year for one new facility would be in the order of €
1.2 million.
GOV/2008/30 Attachment
Coming under attack from the opposition and its estranged Left allies
over the flip-flop on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
India-specific safeguards pact, the ruling United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) says it is ready to face parliament although it is
still uncertain about winning a majority.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government was severely criticised
for approaching the IAEA board of governors Wednesday to finalise the
India-specific safeguards pact, a day after External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee announced that the step would be taken only after
winning the floor test in the Lok Sabha.
While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) termed it a "midnight deceit",
the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left parties, which
pulled out their support of the government over the India-US civilian
nuclear deal Wednesday, said it was "expected".
The Communists alleged that there was a "communication gap"
and "contradiction" between the prime minister and the external
affairs minister.
"It (the government's move to approach the IAEA) is shocking. It is a
betrayal to not just the Left parties but the country and the people.
It is a sad state of affairs. The prime minister has to answer," CPI-
M general secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here.
"The UPA has cheated the nation once again. They have lost majority
as the Left has withdrawn. It is a constitutional mandate that to
take the deal further they should go for a trust vote," BJP
spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
"The Congress and the prime minister are treating it as a private
agreement and deal. They are tackling it like a family affair. There
is no constitutional propriety in it. They are not taking parliament
and country into confidence," Rudy alleged.
However, the ruling Congress justified the move, saying there was
nothing strange about the move. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari
said: "This is just an extension of what the prime minister was
saying. There is a fine distinction between circulation and
ratification (of the draft). As far as the latter is concerned, the
government is absolutely committed to what the external affairs
minister has said."
The four Left parties also took strong exception to the government's
argument that the IAEA safeguards pact was a "classified pact" and
that it could not be made available to the Communists, who were
members of the UPA-Left nuclear committee.
Mukherjee has written a letter to Communists, who had alleged that
the government had hidden the text of the pact from them, that the
government could not share as it was a classified document.
"Before the government released it today (Thursday) it was available
on the US website. This is the plight of the country," Karat said.
The communist leader also added that the Left would "fight every step
to stop this deal and make it impossible for the government to go
ahead with the deal".
However, the government claims things were fine with it. According to
government sources, the UPA was assured of support by 280 MPs --
eight more than the magical number 272 to prove majority in the Lok
Sabha.
Manmohan Singh, who returned from Japan where he met US President
George Bush, is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil Thursday
evening. He is likely to convey that he would face parliament to
prove majority for his coalition government.
The Indo-US civil nuclear deal provides for a consultative mechanism
if termination of the pact is warranted due to any reason,
including "changed security environment", apparently a fallback
arrangement if New Delhi were to conduct an atomic test.
The 123 agreement, whose text was unveiled on Friday, is silent on
nuclear testing by India but makes it clear that the pact will not
hinder or hamper New Delhi's military nuclear programme.
The 40-year agreement, extendable by 10 years, commits the US to
ensure uninterrupted fuel supplies to Indian reactors even if it
terminates its cooperation and to help create strategic fuel reserve
for Indian safeguarded nuclear reactors.
It makes it incumbent upon the US to work with other Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG) to ensure that India can have nuclear
cooperation with the international community.
"Either party (country) shall have the right to terminate this
agreement prior to its expiration on one year's written notice to the
other party," says the 22-page text of the pact reached last month.
"A party giving notice of termination shall provide the reasons for
seeking such termination," it says, adding the termination can be
cancelled if the notice is withdrawn before the end of one-year
notice period.
Before the agreement is terminated, the two countries "shall consider
the relevant circumstances and promptly hold consultations"
to "address the reasons cited by the party (country) seeking
termination", it says.
Under the pact, the two countries "agree to consider carefully the
circumstances that may lead to termination or cessation of
cooperation.
"They further agree to take into account whether the circumstances
that may lead to termination or cessation resulted from a party's
(country's) serious concern about a changed security environment or
as a response to similar actions by other States which could impact
national security."
This apparently refers to a possible situation wherein India might be
compelled to conduct a nuclear test if it is convinced that its
security interests are threatened.
"The party (country) seeking termination (of agreement) has the right
to cease further cooperation under this agreement if it determines
that a mutually-acceptable resolution of outstanding issues has not
been possible or cannot be achieved through consultations," the pact
says.
"If a party seeking termination cites a violation of this agreement
as the reason for notice for seeking termination, the parties (India
and the US) shall consider whether the action was caused
inadvertantly or otherwise and whether the violation could be
considered as material," the agreement says.
"If a party, seeking termination cites a violation of an IAEA
safeguards agreement as the reason for notice for seeking
termination, a crucial factor will be whether the IAEA Board of
Governors has made a finding of non-compliance," it says.
If the agreement is terminated, the US will have the right to require
the return of "any nuclear material, equipment, non-nuclear material
or components transfered" under the agreement as also any special
fissionable material produced through their use.
A notice by the country that is invoking the right of return shall be
delivered to the other on or before the date of termination of the
agreement.
But recognising that exercising of the right of return would
have "profound implications" on their relations, the two countries
would undertake consultations prior to such a step.
"Such consultations shall give special consideration to the
importance of uninterrupted operation of nuclear reactors of the
party (country) concerned with respect to the availability of nuclear
energy for peaceful purposes as a means of achieving energy
security," the agreement says.
Both countries shall "take into account the potential negative
consequences of such termination on the ongoing contracts and
projects initiated under the agreement of significance for respective
nuclear programmes of either party."
However, if the US exercises its right of return, it
shall "compensate promptly" India for the "fair market value thereof
and for the costs incurred as a consequence of such removal".
In Viena, A top US envoy welcomed Thursday India's decision to open
up some of its civilian nuclear reactors to UN inspections as a pre-
condition for a controversial nuclear cooperation deal between the
United States and India.
But analysts said the so-called safeguards agreement between India
and the International Atomic Energy Agency -- expected to be approved
by the UN atomic watchdog's 35-member board at the end of July or
early August -- contains major loopholes.
"We welcome India's willingness to move forward with this historic
initiative," the US ambassador to the IAEA Gregory Schulte told
journalists in a telephone conference call.
He was speaking a day after India submitted the draft safeguards
agreement to the IAEA's board of governors. Their approval is one of
the crucial hurdles the US-India deal must pass before it can go
ahead.
Much of the restricted 23-page document, a copy of which was obtained
by AFP, is in line with safeguard agreements signed between the IAEA
and other countries.
But critics are worried that a clause in the agreement's preamble may
make it possible for India to end inspections on certain plants and
use them to manufacture fissile material for atomic weapons instead
of nuclear fuel.
The draft clause states that India "may take corrective measures to
ensure uninterrupted operation of its civilian nuclear reactors in
the event of disruption of foreign fuel supplies."
The IAEA "should clarify for the record what 'corrective actions'
India might be contemplating before taking a decision on the
agreement," said Daryll Kimball, executive director of the Washington-
based think tank, the Arms Control Association.
"If India interprets the agreement as allowing it to remove
facilities or materials from safeguards in the event of a fuel supply
interruption (which would only likely happen in the event that India
resumes testing), this would violate the principle of permanent
safeguards over all nuclear materials and facilities."
Furthermore, the document does not contain the usual list of
facilities -- 14 out of India's total 22 reactors -- to be under IAEA
supervision.
Admittedly, they have been listed in a separate and widely circulated
Civil Nuclear Separation Plan drawn up two years ago by India.
But eyebrows were raised by their omission in the IAEA safeguards
agreement.
"It is ordinary practice that such agreement list the facility or
facilities that would be covered by the agreement at the time the
board of governors considers them for approval. IAEA member states
should not take a decision until that list is made available," said
Kimball of the Arms Control Association.
US envoy Schulte was adamant that the US-India deal "will help
strengthen the global non-proliferation regime and help India meet
its growing energy demands in an environmentally friendly way."
Proponents of the US-India accord say it will bring India -- which
has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) -- into the
non-proliferation mainstream.
In addition, it will bring India, which is running out of uranium to
fuel its reactors, into the fold of global nuclear commerce after
being shut out for decades.
But critics argue the US-India deal undermines international nuclear
non-proliferation efforts because it gives a country outside the NPT,
and which developed atomic bombs in secret and conducted a nuclear
test in 1974, access to US nuclear fuel and reactor technology.
In addition to securing IAEA approval, India must also obtain a
waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a group of 45 states that
export nuclear fuel and technology whose rules ban trade with non-NPT
states.
Finally, the US Congress must then ratify the deal.
"There is much that needs to be done," US envoy Schulte said.
"We will work closely with India, our NSG partners and the US
Congress to ensure that the initiative is implemented as
expeditiously as possible," he said.
The NSG is not expected to discuss an exemption to its rules for
India until September and that could mean the US-India deal may not
be ratified before President George W Bush leaves office in January.
Globalization
Globalization or (globalisation) in its literal sense is the process
of making, transformation of some things or phenomena into global
ones. It can be described as a process by which the people of the
world are unified into a single society and function together. This
process is a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural
and political forces.[1] Globalization is often used to refer to
economic globalization, that is, integration of national economies
into the international economy through trade, foreign direct
investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of technology.
Indian nationalism refers to the consciousness and expression of
political, social, religious and ethnic influences that help mould
Indian national consciousness.
Condom
condom is a device most commonly used during sexual intercourse. It
is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen
from entering the body of a sexual partner. Condoms are used to
prevent pregnancy and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs—such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV). Because condoms are
waterproof, elastic, and durable, they are also used in a variety of
secondary applications. These range from creating waterproof
microphones to protecting rifle barrels from clogging.
Most condoms are made from latex, but some are made from other
materials. A female condom is also available. As a method of
contraception, male condoms have the advantage of being inexpensive,
easy to use, having few side-effects, and of offering protection
against sexually transmitted diseases.[1][2] With proper knowledge
and application technique—and use at every act of intercourse—users
of male condoms experience a 2% per-year pregnancy rate.[3]
Condoms have been used for at least 400 years.[4] Since the
nineteenth century, they have been one of the most popular methods of
contraception in the world.[5] While widely accepted in modern times,
condoms have generated some controversy. Improper disposal of condoms
contributes to litter problems, and the Roman Catholic Church
generally opposes condom use
Indian Nationalism
Indian Nationalism describes the many underlying forces that moulded
the Indian independence movement, and strongly continue to influence
the politics of India, as well as being the heart of many contrasting
ideologies that have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian
society. It should be noted that Indian nationalism often imbibes the
consciousness of Indians that prior to 1947, India embodied the
broader Indian subcontinent and influenced a part of Asia, known as
Greater India.
Sovereignty is the exclusive right to have control over an area of
governance, people, or oneself. A sovereign is the supreme lawmaking
authority. Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in Book
III, Chapter III of his 1762 treatise Of the Social Contract,
argued, "the growth of the State giving the trustees of public
authority more and means to abuse their power, the more the
Government has to have force to contain the people, the more force
the Sovereign should have in turn in order to contain the
Government," with the understanding that the Sovereign is "a
collective being" (Book II, Chapter I) resulting from "the general
will" of the people, and that "what any man, whoever he may be,
orders on his own, is not a law" (Book II, Chapter VI) – and
furthermore predicated on the assumption that the people have an
unbiased means by which to ascertain the general will. Thus the legal
maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign."
In this model, national sovereignty is of an eternal origin, such as
nature, or a god, legitimizing the divine right of kings in absolute
monarchies or a theocracy.
A more formal distinction is whether the law is held to be sovereign,
which constitutes a true state of law: the letter of the law (if
constitutionally correct) is applicable and enforceable, even when
against the political will of the nation, as long as not formally
changed following the constitutional procedure. Strictly speaking,
any deviation from this principle constitutes a revolution or a coup
d'état, regardless of the intentions.
In constitutional and international law, the concept also pertains to
a government possessing full control over its own affairs within a
territorial or geographical area or limit, and in certain context to
various organs possessing legal jurisdiction in their own chief,
rather than by mandate or under supervision. Determining whether a
specific entity is sovereign is not an exact science, but often a
matter of diplomatic dispute.
Nationality
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nationality is a relationship between a person and their state of
origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality
affords the state jurisdiction over the person, and affords the
person the protection of the state.
Traditionally under international law and conflict of laws
principles, it is the right of each state to determine who its
nationals are. Today the law of nationality is increasingly coming
under more international regulation by various conventions on
statelessness, as well as some multilateral treaties such as the
European Convention on Nationality.
Generally, nationality is established at birth by a child's place of
birth (jus soli) and/or bloodline (jus sanguinis). Nationality may
also be acquired later in life through naturalization. Corporations,
ships, and other legal persons also have a nationality, generally in
the state under whose laws the legal person was formed.
The legal sense of nationality, particularly in the English speaking
world, may often mean citizenship, although they do not mean the same
thing everywhere in the world; for instance, in the UK, citizenship
is a branch of nationality which in turn ramifies to include other
subcategories (see British nationality law). Citizens have rights to
participate in the political life of the state of which they are a
citizen, such as by voting or standing for election. Nationals need
not immediately have these rights; they may often acquire them in due
time.
Nationality can also mean membership in a cultural/historical group
related to political or national identity, even if it currently lacks
a formal state. This meaning is said by some authorities to cover
many groups, including Kurds, Basques, Catalans, English, Welsh,
Scots, Palestinians, Tamils, Quebecers and many others.
Nation state
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Nation-state)
The nation state is a certain form of state that gets its legitimacy
from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation as a sovereign
territorial unit. The state is a political and geopolitical entity;
the nation is a cultural and/or ethnic entity. The term "nation
state" implies that they geographically coincide, and this
distinguishes the nation state from the other types of state, which
historically preceded it. If successfully implemented, this implies
that the citizens share a common language, culture, and values —
which was not the case in many historical states. A world of nation
states also implements the claim to self-determination and autonomy
for every nation, a central theme of the ideology of nationalism.
(For ambiguities in the usage of terms such as nation, international,
state, and country, see Nation).
Nationalism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nationalism is a term referring to a doctrine[1] or political movement
[2] that holds a nation, usually defined in terms of ethnicity or
culture, has the right to constitute an independent or autonomous
political community based on a shared history and common destiny.[3]
Most nationalists believe the borders of the state should be
congruent with the borders of the nation (A Nation-State).[4]
Nationalist efforts such as those propagated by fascist movements in
the twentieth century, held the nationalist concept that nationality
is the most important aspect of one's identity, while some of them
have attempted to define the nation in terms of race or genetics.
Some contemporary nationalists reject the racist chauvinism of these
groups, and remain confident that national identity supersedes
biological attachment to an ethnic group.
Nationalism has had an enormous influence on Modern history, in which
the nation-state has become the preferred form of societal
organization, however, by no means universal. Historians use the term
nationalism to refer to this historical transition and to the
emergence and predominance of nationalist ideology. Nationalism is
closely associated with patriotism.
IAEA pact unveiled, strong on fuel guarantees
10 Jul, 2008, 1647 hrs IST, IANS
NEW DELHI : The government on Thursday unveiled the draft of the
India-specific safeguards agreement with the IAEA that meets three of
its key concerns: uninterrupted fuel supply for its reactors,
strategic fuel reserve, and right to take corrective steps if fuel
supply is disrupted.
The safeguards text, finalised early this year after several rounds
of negotiations between Indian officials and the IAEA secretariat,
provides for "reliable, uninterrupted and continuous access" to the
international fuel market after New Delhi puts its identified
civilian facilities under permanent safeguards.
The agreement, which recognizes India's unique status as de facto
nuclear weapon power, also meets its key demand in so far as it
allows New Delhi the right to take "take corrective measures to
ensure uninterrupted operation of its civilian nuclear reactors in
the event of disruption of fuel supplies".
The conclusion of the IAEA pact will pave the way for a consideration
by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to allow the
resumption of global civil nuclear commerce with India. The IAEA
board is expected to meet in Vienna July 28 to decide on ratification
of the India-specific safeguards pact.
The agreement also "supports an Indian effort to develop a strategic
reserve of nuclear fuel to guard against any disruption of supply
over a lifetime of India's reactors".
This clause could come in handy for India if it decides to conduct a
nuclear test leading to suspension of global civil nuclear
cooperation as it gives New Delhi freedom to take "corrective
action".
The safeguards pact leaves India's military facilities out of its
purview, but seeks an undertaking from India not to divert reactors
and fuel bought from the international market for military use.
Although the IAEA is not a guarantor of fuel supply, the text of this
agreement has broken new ground by recognising the unique nature of
India's nuclear programme that require a separation of civilian and
military facilities and provides assurance for "reliable,
uninterrupted and continuous access to fuel supplies from companies
in several nations".
The agreement, the text notes, provides assurance against any
withdrawal of the safeguarded nuclear material from civilian use by
India.
The draft text envisages India placing 14 of its civilian nuclear
reactors in phases in return for global civil nuclear cooperation.
India's civilian and military nuclear facilities will be separated in
accordance with the March 2, 2006 separation plan agreed between New
Delhi and Washington.
According to the text, India has stated "its willingness to file with
the agency a declaration regarding its civilian nuclear facilities
and to place volunatarily its civilian nuclear facilities under IAEA
safeguards".
The government made the contentious text public after giving a green
signal to the IAEA to submit it to the agency's 35-member board in
Vienna for ratification Wednesday night, and after some US websites
put it up earlier.
The government decision to unveil the text surprised many. Only two
days ago it had insisted that the text couldn't be shared with its
Communist allies because it was a privileged document between the
Indian government and the IAEA secretariat.
The government on Thursday also announced that it would approach the
IAEA for ratification of the pact only after it wins a trust vote in
parliament.
New Delhi's decision to approach the UN nuclear watchdog came hours
after the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US
President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Japan.
The IAEA board will meet on July 28 and decide on the ratification of
the safeguards agreement.
The draft text makes it clear that the safeguards will become
operational only after "the conclusion of international cooperation
arrangements creating necessary conditions for India to obtain access
to the international fuel market, including reliable, uninterrupted
and continuous access to fuel supplies from companies in several
nations".
According to the draft, India has said that none of the items
produced in the safeguarded facilities will be used for manufacturing
any nuclear weapon or to further any military purpose.
The text makes it clear that India's decision to place its civilian
nuclear facilities under safeguards will not detract from its
commitment to "the full development of its national three-stage
programme".
The safeguards text recognises India as "a state with advanced
nuclear technology", which has "a sovereign and inalienable right to
carry out nuclear research and development activities for the welfare
of its people and other peaceful purposes".
The safeguards text clarifies that India is entering into this
agreement with the IAEA and its member states with "the objective of
the full development and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
on a stable, reliable and predictable basis".
The proposed pact also assures India that in the course of
implementing the safeguards agreement, it would "protect commercial,
technological and industrial secrets as well as other confidential
information coming to its knowledge".
'IAEA safeguards applies only to civilian nuke facilities'
New Delhi (PTI): The IAEA safeguards agreement were put on the MEA
website to ensure transparency, said Anil Kakodkar.
He said that once the agreement process was completed with IAEA it
was decided to make it public.
The safeguards condition applies only to civilian nuclear facilities,
said Kakodkar.
Kakodkar added that India-specific Safeguards Agreement will not
affect domestic nuclear technology development programme.
He also said that India-specific Safeguards Agreement the first of
its kind.
He stated that the draft safeguards agreement allows India to proceed
step-by-step after ensuring that the nuclear cooperation has indeed
opened up.
He said that draft of agreements cannot be changed. The Indian Atomic
Energy Act not to undergo any change, Kakodkar said.
Kakodkar also added that if amendments are suggested by US Congress,
then the civil nuclear deal could be re-evaluated and the Indian
interests will be protected.
Draft Safeguards Agreement with IAEA - Full Text
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Deal important for both India and US: Bush
India hopeful of China's support
Left: why keep draft text of IAEA Safeguards Agreement secret?
It's a privileged document, says Congress
Arms expert claims some flaws in India's safeguarads text
Washington (PTI): A leading US Arms expert has picked holes in the
draft nuclear safeguards accord submitted by India to IAEA saying
there are some clauses which may raise questions on the effectiveness
of the nuclear watchdog to monitor the country's civilian nuclear
programme.
Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in
Washington, said the provisions needed clarity before the IAEA gives
its seal of approval to the safeguards pact which is the next step in
the operationalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. The
draft was circulated to IAEA's Board of Governors in Vienna on
Wednesday.
Though much of the 23-page document is in line with other standard
safeguard agreements. Kimball especially picked out the clause in the
draft which said India "may take corrective measures to ensure
uninterrupted operation of its civilian nuclear reactors in the event
of disruption of foreign fuel supplies."
Kimball said this provision could open the possibility of restricting
IAEA monitoring of the country's civilian atomic power programme.
"The board should ask what 'corrective measures' are supposed to
mean," Kimball said, adding, it could mean "we will withdraw from
safeguards those facilities that we need to withdraw from and we will
use in those facilities other, unsupervised fuel sources."
-8 Summit Highlights Disparities About Global Warming
By Kurt Achin
Rusutsu, Japan
10 July 2008
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This week's summit of advanced economy leaders in Japan produced
first steps toward a global climate agreement. However, it also
spotlighted gaps on the issue both between rich and poor nations and
between the world's biggest polluters and several nations who are
rapidly catching up. VOA's Kurt Achin has more from Hokkaido, Japan.
Tradition and policy prohibit the host country of the so-called "G-8"
summit from naming specific leaders when briefing the media about
summit discussions. However, Japanese Foreign Ministry Press
Secretary Kazuo Kodama could easily have been citing the leaders of
India or China in the week's key climate meeting.
"One leader mentioned that, 'We have a great many people living in
poverty," said Kodama. "We cannot accept measures that would hinder
our economic growth.'"
That is the key dilemma leaders of the richest nations in the world
confronted this week in seeking support among leaders of emerging
economies for their "vision" to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent
by the year 2050.
Rich nations have enjoyed unprecedented prosperity using fossil fuels
and have been the biggest emitters of carbon pollution from the past.
China and India's emerging economies, and the more than two billion
people living in them, stand to become the biggest emitters of the
future.
Hindu devotees offer prayers in the polluted water, as polythene bags
and garbage is littered on the banks of River Ganges (File)
There is wide agreement any deal on reducing the carbon emissions
that cause global warming is doomed to fail without emerging
economies on board. However, with hundreds of millions of people
living in abject poverty, China and India say the immediate need for
basic human services, like sanitation, outweighs concerns about
carbon emissions. They say the rich nations that made the carbon mess
should take bold action first to start cleaning it up.
This week's 50 percent reduction pledge is vague about how to start
that cleanup. It does not specify a base year for calculating the 50
percent, nor does it include any numerical reduction targets.
Ben Wikler represents the non-governmental advocacy group, Avaaz.org.
He says the G-8 leaders had a major opportunity, but "blew it."
"What the G-8 could have done is to seize leadership and say, 'hey,
world. Let's take this thing on. Here's some numbers we're going to
go at. The rich countries are going to do their part, come along with
us.'"
Max Lawson, a policy advisor for Oxfam International, agrees the deal
is weak, but says the fact the United States signed on is significant.
"Three or four years ago, President Bush was saying global warming
didn't exist. So, in relation to that, we have seen quite a lot of
movement. But in relation to what's needed, it's way, way, off the
mark," said Lawson.
Lawson says the United States emits about four times more carbon, per
capita, than China. Alden Meyer is an environmental specialist with
the Union of Concerned Scientists. He says rich nations are wrong to
shift the burden for global warming onto developing countries.
"China, for example, has fuel economy standards for new vehicles in
place today that are stronger than the ones [the U.S.] Congress
adopted for 2020," said Meyer. "So, there's a lot happening in these
countries that belies the rhetoric that they're doing nothing and
just sitting back."
Scientists warn the threat of global warming is urgent and that
aggressive and specific cuts in emissions are needed long before 2050
to curb its negative effects on world weather patterns and food
production. They suggest 80-95 percent cuts by 2050 and 25 to 40
percent cuts by 2020.
This week's agreement states that shorter range cuts are needed, but
leaves the specifics up for interpretation by individual countries.
Some observers are criticizing the G-8 as ineffective in dealing with
climate change. Philip Clapp, with the American-based Pew
Environmental Group, disagrees, saying the annual gathering still has
a role to play.
"The decisions that have to be made in re-engineering the entire
world's energy economy are not decisions that can be taken by
environment ministers," said Clapp. "The G-8 [meeting] is the only
time that world leaders get together and look each other in the eye
and recognize that they have to address global problems. And, they
have to address them together."
Still, the lack of specificity in this week's climate vision means
the hard talk about targets is left for future meetings, especially a
United Nations-led climate agreement conference scheduled for late
next year.
US Increases Security in Persian Gulf as Iran Tests More Missiles
By VOA News
10 July 2008
In a handout released on the news website of Iran's Revolutionary
Guards, long- and medium-range missiles rise into the air after being
test-fired at an undisclosed location in Iran, 09 Jul 2008
The United States says it has increased its security presence in the
Persian Gulf, as Iran tests a barrage of missiles.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran Thursday, that
Washington will not hesitate to defend its interests or its allies
against any aggression.
Speaking in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, Rice said the U.S. is working
closely with its allies to make sure they can defend themselves. She
did not offer further details.
Iran tested missiles that could reach as far as Israel on Wednesday,
then launched another round of medium and long-range missiles early
Thursday.
Iran says the exercises show it can defend itself against an attack
by Israel or the United States.
Israeli officials say they are concerned Iran's missiles could be
equipped with nuclear warheads.
Israel has grown increasingly alarmed about Iran's nuclear program
since late 2005, when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
threatened to wipe the Jewish state "off the map."
Israel has threatened a preemptive strike if sanctions fail to stop
Iran's uranium enrichment, a key part of nuclear bomb making.
In a show of strength Thursday, Israel publicly displayed its newest
spy plane equipped with sophisticated intelligence-gathering
technology and electronic warfare systems.
Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S.
and other Western countries worry Iran is trying to build nuclear
weapons.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP.
Pakistani Government Strikes New Truce Deal With Militants
By Barry Newhouse
Islamabad
10 July 2008
Pakistan's government has reached a new peace agreement aimed at
stopping a militant group from threatening the northwestern city
Peshawar. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad on the latest
in a series of controversial agreements that critics say have mainly
strengthened pro-Taliban fighters in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Government representatives released details of the agreement on
Thursday, after tribal leaders agreed to guarantee that the local
extremist group would leave a key town just outside the provincial
capital Peshawar and stop hostilities against the government.
Tribal elder Malik Hashim was a member of the delegation and spoke to
VOA by telephone from Khyber agency, where the talks took place.
He said the leader, Mangal Bagh, promised that his people will not
attack official government offices or paramilitary forces in both the
settled and rural areas of Khyber.
Pakistani paramilitary solider stands guard in Pakistan's tribal area
of Khyber near Peshawar, 28 Jun 2008
Pakistani paramilitary forces launched operations in Khyber in late
June after locals complained bands of extremist fighters had moved
into settled areas and began harassing people and enforcing strict
moral codes. There were also increased sightings of Taliban militants
in Peshawar during this time.
The paramilitary forces met little resistance but have since stayed
in the region during the talks to provide security. The head of
Pakistan's interior ministry, Rehman Malik, said Thursday that some
of those troops would now begin leaving.
He said not all of the paramilitary forces will withdraw - those who
remain will ensure the militants do not return.
Afghan, NATO and U.S. officials have been critical of similar peace
agreements the Pakistani government has struck in recent months,
saying withdrawing troops and striking peace deals have mainly
allowed Taliban fighters safe refuge to launch attacks in
Afghanistan.
Most of the concern has focused on militants in North and South
Waziristan, where Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has vowed to launch
attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. In Khyber agency,
northeast of Waziristan, there has been concern over militants
threatening an important overland transit route for commercial trade
as well as supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Rice Warns Iran That U.S. Will Defend Allies
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/ 07/11/world/ middleeast/ 11iran.html?
ref=middleeast
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and ALAN COWELL
Published: July 11, 2008
MOSCOW — The confrontation between Tehran and Washington seemed to
sharpen on Thursday as Iran said it tested missiles for a second day
and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States would
defend its allies and protect its interests against an attack.
The Lede: In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many (July 10, 2008) Ms.
Rice was speaking in the former Soviet republic of Georgia at the end
of a three-day tour of Eastern Europe. Shortly after she spoke, state-
run media in Iran began reporting the new missile tests, which
followed a warning from an Iranian official earlier this week that
Tehran would strike Tel Aviv and United States interests if
Washington attacked it first.
Iranian state television showed a missile blasting off in darkness,
trailed by a fiery exhaust plume. The television said the new tests
took place during the night into Thursday. A commander in the
Revolutionary Guards had said earlier that night missile maneuvers
would take place but did not give details.
"Deep in the Persian Gulf waters, the launch of different types of
ground-to-sea, surface-to-surface, sea-to-air and the powerful launch
of the Hoot missile successfully took place," state radio said,
without giving further details of the missiles. The missile's name is
sometimes spelled Hout.
The Iranian satellite channel Press-TV said Hoot was a torpedo,
Reuters reported.
The latest tests came a day after Iran said it test-fired nine
missiles, including one with the range to strike Israel.
At a news conference in Georgia with President Mikheil Saakashvili,
Ms. Rice declared:
"We will defend our interests and defend our allies."
"We take very, very strongly our obligations to defend our allies and
no one should be confused of that," she said.
The remarks come amid increasingly tense exchanges between Iran and
the United States over Iran's civilian nuclear program, which
Washington and many Western governments have warned could be used to
cloak the development of a nuclear weapon, a charge Tehran has denied
repeatedly.
The United States has hinted that it could use military force against
Iran, but officials have made diplomacy a priority. Negotiations
between Iran and the West on Iran's nuclear ambitions are scheduled
to resume this month.
Washington has been pushing the deployment of an antiballistic
missile shield in Eastern Europe that officials say will help defend
against a possible missile attack from Iran. Ms. Rice was in the
Czech Republic on Tuesday, where she signed a landmark agreement to
allow the Pentagon to begin construction of the first elements of
this system.
The accord provoked strong criticism from Russia, which has said that
the system could undermine Russia's nuclear response capabilities.
After the signing, Moscow threatened to respond militarily if the
missile shield is deployed.
Ms. Rice's remarks seemed to go further than comments on Wednesday by
Gordon D. Johndroe, the deputy White House press secretary, who said
in a statement at the Group of 8 meeting in Japan that Iran's
development of ballistic missiles was a violation of United Nations
Security Council resolutions.
He urged Iran's leaders to "refrain from further missile tests if
they truly seek to gain the trust of the world," and said, "The
Iranians should stop the development of ballistic missiles which
could be used as a delivery vehicle for a potential nuclear weapon
immediately."
Some in the United States saw the Iranian tests on Wednesday as
essentially deterrent in nature. A senior American intelligence
official said the missile tests, together with belligerent comments
by Iranian officials, seemed part of a strategy to warn Iran's
neighbors of its "capacity to inflict pain."
"I think Iran has a hedgehog strategy: mess with me and you'll get
stuck," said the official, Thomas Fingar, the deputy director of
national intelligence for analysis and head of the National
Intelligence Council, during remarks at the Center for National
Policy, in Washington.
Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam television said the missiles launched
on Wednesday included a "Shahab-3 with a conventional warhead
weighing one ton and a 2,000-kilometer range," about 1,250 miles.
Cairo, Athens, Istanbul, New Delhi and the Arabian peninsula are
within that distance of Iranian territory.
Iranian television showed what appeared to be two Shahabs lifting off
within seconds of each other.
"That's surprising," Charles P. Vick, an expert on the Iranian rocket
program at GlobalSecurity.org, a research group in Alexandria, Va.,
said in a telephone interview. "Historically, it's always been single
launches."
Mr. Vick added, however, that the Shahab display might be less
formidable than Iran had claimed. The missile's conic warhead
appeared to resemble an older Shahab model with a range of about
1,500 kilometers, or about 900 miles, rather than the newest one.
The Iranians fired their first Shahab a decade ago, Mr. Vick said,
and are now replacing all models with a more advanced missile that
burns solid propellants, which are considered better for quick
launchings.
Hossein Salami, a commander of the Revolutionary Guards, was quoted
as saying: "The aim of these war games is to show we are ready to
defend the integrity of the Iranian nation."
Michael Shwirtz reported from Moscow, and Alan Cowell from Paris.
Reporting was contributed by William J. Broad from New York, Myra
Noveck from Jerusalem, Sheryl Gay Stolberg from Rusutsu, Japan, and
Mark Mazzetti from Washington.
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Indo-US deal and Muslims
BY AIJAZ ZAKA SYED (View from Dubai)
10 July 2008 Print E-mail
As the debate over India's controversial nuclear deal with the United
States heats up, a new and totally unexpected angle has been added to
the controversy: Whether the deal is "anti-Muslim" and if the
Muslims, India's largest minority and the world's largest Muslim
population, support or oppose the accord with the US.
So the poor Indian Muslim, who often keeps his head down and is ever
grateful for the empty rhetoric and promises of calculating
politicians, finds himself yet again at the heart of the so-called
petty vote bank politics.
From Congress politicians like Salman Khurshed to media pundits like
Barkha Dutt, just about everybody seems to be debating if the
nuclear accord with Washington is acceptable to Indian Muslims or not.
Mulayam Singh Yadav, a veteran North Indian politician who once
claimed to champion the cause of the religious minority and took
pride in being called Maulana Mulayam, is making much song and dance
about "protecting the interests" of his Muslim constituency.
Mulayam's Samajwadi Party consulted experts and community leaders
like the illustrious former president and father of India's nuclear-
missile programme Dr APJ Kalam before coming forward to rescue the
governing Congress Party. After the Left parties walked out of the
coalition protesting the nuclear deal, the Samajwadis have offered
their own crutches to prop up the government tottering on the brink.
What I find most amusing about this whole debate is the hypocrisy of
politicians like Mulayam and the pretension that the Indian
government and leaders somehow make their policies and decisions, as
crucial as these, in accordance with the wishes and concerns of the
Muslim community.
Frankly speaking, who gives a damn what Indian Muslim thinks? Not
this government. For that matter, no government in the past has ever
lost any sleep over the sentiments of the 200-million-strong Muslim
community.
The Muslim sentiments were hardly of any concern to the government of
Narasimha Rao when it went ahead ignoring the community's protests —
and those of others — to establish full-fledged diplomatic relations
with Israel.
In any case, who are we to protest India's love affair with Israel
when many Arab and Muslim countries are bending over backwards to hug
our Zionist friends?
Returning to the US deal, many in the Muslim community have been
alarmed by the Indian media's dangerous attempts to give a religious
spin to the issue. The other day my talented friend, Barkha Dutt of
NDTV, hosted a very lively debate on the US deal and how Muslims look
at the whole business.
And everyone involved obsessed over the so-called Muslim stance on
the issue as if it was crucial to the success or failure of nuclear
arrangement with the US.
No wonder the Muslims are concerned. Given the long history of such
innocuous issues turning into explosives in the hands of militant
anti-Muslim organisations such as Shiv Sena and RSS-VHP-BJP combine,
their concern is not unjustified.
Alarmed by the dangerous direction the whole debate has taken, and
even as the Congress-led government fights for survival thanks to
Manmohan's delusions of grandeur, Muslim organisations and groups are
trying hard to distance themselves from the issue.
Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, a staunch Congress ally, has passed a resolution
dissociating the Muslim community from the controversy. The
organisation, which played a leading role in the struggle for India's
independence, has condemned political parties for using the issue for
Muslim vote bank.
The party has reasonably argued that the decision if the deal is in
national interest or not is for the country's leaders and scientists
to decide. A party functionary, Kalimullah Khan Quasmi, has
complained that there is a concerted effort to link the deal with the
Muslim vote bank. "This is not a religious issue," pointed out
Quasmi.
Exactly! What has a nuclear deal between India and the US got to do
with the Muslims and their religious convictions? And why those
opposed to the deal are doing so in the name of Muslims? And for
God's sake, don't give us this crap about secularism.
This has nothing to do with Samajwadis' endless love for Muslims
either.
That said, I believe the Muslims as well as other communities in
India must oppose this unholy nuclear alliance with the neocons. Not
because this accord is against the Muslims, as some of our politician
friends in their excessive enthusiasm seem to suggest, but because
this is against India's long-term interests.
I am no expert on nuclear energy or finer points of strategic
cooperation between the two nuclear weapons states like India and the
US. I don't know and I don't care if this will help India meet its
growing energy needs, as some enthusiastic supporters of the
arrangement claim.
All I know is this is a well-calibrated plot by big powers to ensnare
and use the world's largest democracy to promote their own agenda.
India's enterprising Muslim community does not have to withdraw
itself into its defensive shell if it is being dragged into this
debate. Indian Muslim does NOT have to be apologetic in opposing this
deal because this country belongs to him as much as it does to the
next Indian.
In fact, anyone who really cares for this great country should and
would oppose this dubious deal.
We must oppose this arrangement for two reasons:
First and foremost, this deal will undermine and compromise India's
historical independence and political sovereignty. I am not
suggesting that by inking this pact, India will become a US colony
and White House will station its viceroy in Delhi.
But by offering this carrot, the reigning superpower is seeking to
enlist Gandhi's nation as a client state and as a junior cop to
police this part of the world.
Having given up on an increasingly hostile and unpredictable
Pakistan, the US badly needs India to contain emerging China on the
one hand and the Islamists of Iran and Central Asia on the other.
More importantly, there is now evidence to suggest that the US
neocons and the Zionists are trying to form an axis of the US, Israel
and India to check the rising force of Islam.
It's a grand conspiracy against the Muslim world as well as India. I
call it a conspiracy because India and Muslim world have been
historically close allies and friends. These are ties that are as old
as Islam. In fact, they go way back in time — long before the advent
of Islam. And India has been a home of Islam and Muslims for more
than a millennium.
This is perhaps why the inimitable Iqbal called India 'saare jahaan
se achha' (best in the whole world). And the neocons and Zionists
want to sabotage this historical relationship.
Secondly, this opportunistic alliance goes against everything that
secular and democratic India has believed in and championed; ideals
like peace, non-violence, non-alignment and always, always standing
with the disadvantaged, oppressed and the vulnerable people
everywhere.
This is why the world looked to India for leadership even when it was
not a nuclear power and half of its population lived below the so-
called poverty line.
Which is why it's a tragic irony that the party that once led the
struggle for India's independence should now be seeking to enslave
this great land once again.
It is time for the Indians to decide whether they want to continue
leading the world as a peaceful and progressive nation of Gandhi and
Nehru or want to end up as yet another Third World colony of Pax
Americana.
Aijaz Zaka Syed is a senior editor of Khaleej Times. The views
expressed here are his own. Write to him at aijazsyed@khaleej
July 9, 2008, 4:10 pm
Manmohan Singh wins the first stage of his nuke gamble
http://ridingtheelephant.blogs. fortune.cnn. com/2008/ 07/09/manmohan-
singh-wins-the-first-stage- of-his-nuke- gamble/
At last, he has done it - after looking like a weak prime minister of
India for most of his four years in the job, Manmohan Singh has
exerted some authority and forced his Congress Party-led government
to go ahead on its long-delayed, proposed nuclear deal with the
United States. In the process, he has driven Communist-led Leftist
parties from their government-supporting role and is actively
courting new allies so that the administration can stay in power.
This has been going through the works for the past week or so, but
was visibly confirmed today in Toyako when, on the margins of the G8
meeting, Singh discussed with President George W. Bush how the deal
can be brought to conclusion before the U.S. elections in November.
"I am very pleased with the state of our relationship, which has
truly acquired the characteristic of a genuine strategic
partnership," Singh said after the meeting, using words that
underlined the main point on which the anti-U.S. Leftist parties base
their opposition to the deal. He had threatened not to go to the G8
meeting if he did not have the draft deal in his pocket.
India's next step is to seek approval from the United Nations' Geneva-
based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which confirmed
today that the deal's draft nuclear safeguards have been submitted to
the agency's board of governors. There have been reports that it will
be formally considered on July 28.
Then India will need approval from the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG), where there might be some opposition because India has
not signed the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and
finally approval from the U.S. Congress. There will be opponents at
each stage - including China at the IAEA and NSG.
The government is pinning its not unrealistic hopes of survival on
support from the Uttar Pradesh-based Samajwadi Party, which has
suddenly become a friend of the Congress Party after four years of
bitter personal animosity between its leaders and Sonia Gandhi, who
heads the Congress Party and governing coalition.
But the Samajwadi's 39 MPs will not be sufficient on their own to
make up for the 59 Leftists, so the government is pulling in other
smaller parties to make up the numbers. Some of the 39 are showing
signs of defecting and other parties are playing hard-to-get.
Extensive horse-trading in terms of personal favors, policy changes,
election deals, and what are euphemistically called "suitcases" (of
money) is already under way to secure the votes.
The support will probably be tested in a parliamentary confidence
vote sometime in the next two weeks so that Singh can demonstrate he
heads a stable administration in advance of the IAEA formal meeting.
President Pratibha Patil is meeting Singh on July 10 to discuss a
confidence vote.
If the government were defeated, India would have an early general
election - maybe in November - instead of on its due date of April-
May next year.
The deal would lead to contracts worth billions of dollars for
European and U.S. nuclear power companies, with France and Russia
currently in the lead alongside the United States. Slowly, it would
help India to expand its currently tiny nuclear power generation at
the same time as maintaining a controversial nuclear weapons program.
Singh is probably privately pleased to be rid of the Leftists. In
addition to trying to scupper the nuclear deal, they have blocked
many economic policies including cutting subsidies, allow foreign
direct investment in general retailing and in defense manufacturing,
as well as raising foreign investment limits in insurance companies.
The Left's exit does not mean that all these policies will now be
implemented. In each case, it has been allied with vested interests
such as big Indian retail groups and the defense establishment which
still wield blocking power.
Some people however will benefit quickly. Anil Ambani, who heads ADAG
Reliance companies is close to Samajwadi leaders and has lost out to
his rival brother, Mukesh Ambani who runs the RIL Reliance companies,
while the Samajwadi has been at loggerheads with Gandhi. He might
well now find it easier to iron out any foreign direct investment
wrinkles on his proposed merger with MTN, the South African telecoms
company, and he might also gain an advantage on other government
projects.
It has always been arguable whether the deal is good for India
because, as the Left and others say, there is a serious risk that
India will have to toe the U.S. line on foreign policy. That would be
tested quickly if the international confrontation with Iran escalates
because India does not believe in the use of force against its ally.
Most of the nuclear power gains will take many years to be realized,
although India's current nuclear power stations will be able to
obtain supplies of much needed uranium. There will be other gains for
Indian companies involved in nuclear-linked technology because they
will find it easier to obtain components, and tender for contracts,
internationally.
But before all this can happen, the government has to get through the
next couple of weeks and prove it has a parliamentary majority. My
bet is that it will succeed - although it will probably be a last
minute cliff-hanger as potential supporters hold out for as many
benefits as possible.
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PRESS RELEASE July 11, 2008
Senior Congress leader and Former State Ranked Minister in Uttarakhand Government Mr.Dhirendra Pratap has expressed deep shock over the death of octogenerian Uttarakhand movement leader Mr.Bhava Nand Sharma Balluni.
In a statement Mr.Dhirendra Pratap described the death of Sh.Bhava Nand Sharma Balluni as "a great loss of Uttarakhandi people"as Mr. Balluni had devoted his entire life for the welfare of the Uttarakhandi people. Mr.Pratap said, Mr.Balluni was a firebrand leader and he was in the forefront of the Uttarakhand creation movement.
Expressing deep sorrow over his death Mr.Pratap said that with his death the Uttarakhand and Delhi had lost " a great scholar,a vaitent-fighter and an able organiser".
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