Posted on 25 October 2010. Tags: Cherie Blair, English language, Iran, Islam, Lauren Booth, Press TV, Religious conversion, Tony Blair
LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair‘s sister-in-law Lauren Booth revealed over the weekend that she has converted to Islam. Booth, who is half-sister to Cherie Blair and a Catholic by birth, switched faith after a recent visit to Iran. A human rights campaigner and journalist, she works for Press TV, Iran’s 24-hour English language [...]
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Posted on 25 October 2010. Tags: Asian Development Bank, Business, energy, Iran, Iran–Pakistan–India gas pipeline, Liquefied natural gas, Pakistan, Petroleum Ministry
Image via Wikipedia For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its territory to the region The $7.6bn project is crucial for Pakistan’s growing energy requirements. The country has suffered severe electricity shortages. Labelled the “peace pipeline,” the [...]
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Posted on 25 October 2010. Tags: Areva, India, Japan, Manmohan Singh, New Delhi, Nuclear power, Nuclear suppliers group, United States
India will find it hard to buy reactors from French and American companies as some key components are only manufactured by Japanese supplier Mitsubishi. Japan has so far refused to sign a civil nuclear pact with India, because India refused to say there won’t be future Pokhrans. Japan had reacted very strongly when India conducted [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: Areva, India, Japan, Manmohan Singh, Naoto Kan, New Delhi, Nuclear power, Nuclear suppliers group, Prime Minister of India, Tokyo, United States
India will find it hard to buy reactors from French and American companies as some key components are only manufactured by Japanese supplier Mitsubishi. Japan has so far refused to sign a civil nuclear pact with India, because India refused to say there won’t be future Pokhrans. Japan had reacted very strongly when India conducted [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: General officer, India, Indian Army, Islamabad, New Delhi, Nuclear weapon, Pakistan, Singh
ISLAMABAD: Indian Army Chief General V.K Singh said that the nuclear assets of Pakistan are secured properly and there are no threats to the nuclear weapons, a private news channel reported Sunday. After a controversial statement few days ago, the Indian Army Chief has gone the other way round by declaring the nukes of Pakistan [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: Aircraft carrier, Delhi, India, Indian Navy, New Delhi, Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov
India‘s buying spree has run into some serious hurdles. It had planned to spending $2.5 Billion on an obsolete Aircraft Career that even the mighty Russian Empire could not afford to operate. Moscow has jacked up the price several times and now it is around $3 Billion. It would be worthwhile in this context to [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: Anil Kakodkar, India, Indian Navy, INS Arihant, Nuclear reactor technology, Nuclear Submarine, Russia, Submarine
The Bharati establishment had thumped their chest about acquiring a Russian Nuclear Subamirine Akula. It now turns out the “Russia‘s best friend” has either reneged on the deal or Delhi had exaggerated the claim about the acquisition. IBM Live from Bharat reports: The Ambassador, however, refused to talk about India getting the Akula-II nuclear-powered submarine [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: Akula class submarine, Anil Kakodkar, India, Indian Navy, INS Arihant, Nuclear reactor technology, Nuclear Submarine, Russia, Submarine
The Bharati establishment had thumped their chest about acquiring a Russian Nuclear Subamirine Akula. It now turns out the “Russia‘s best friend” has either reneged on the deal or Delhi had exaggerated the claim about the acquisition. IBM Live from Bharat reports: The Ambassador, however, refused to talk about India getting the Akula-II nuclear-powered submarine [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: Akbar S. Ahmed, Hindu, Hindustan, India, Islamabad, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan, South Asia
Jinnah’s condolence message on the death of Gandhi January 30, 1948 I am shocked to learn of the most dastardly attack on the life of Mr. Gandhi, resulting in his death. There can be no controversy in the face of death. Whatever our political differences, he was one of the greatest men produced by [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: Bharatiya Janata Party, India, Indian National Congress, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir, New Delhi, Pakistan, Srinagar
While the White house has been publicly saying that Kashmir needs to be resolved bilaterally, there are clear signs that that pressure is being applied on Bharat. World opinion may be taking its toll. Cracks are showing in the the usual “Atoot Tang” rhetoric emanating from Bharat. The parched political landscape is displaying schisms within [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA