Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarnais an Indian author-columnist, diplomat, and former Indian Ambassador to Israel. He is currently the Indian High Commissioner to the UK...
concerned examined offer received
We have received this offer and it will be examined in consultation with the concerned authority.
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The two sides are working for cooperation in the areas of nuclear energy applications in various sectors, including power generation, nuclear waste management, exchange and training of scientific and technical staff and joint research and development activities.
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A solution has to be found by the people of Nepal through a peaceful political settlement and there is a need for a genuine dialogue between the king and constitutional forces.
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In the preliminary discussions on these elements so far, India has already conveyed to the U.S. that such a provision has no place in the proposed bilateral agreement.
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Credible minimum deterrent is a self-explanatory term that requires no further elucidation.
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All I can say at the moment is that he has proceeded on leave and we will wait for the investigations to take their course.
counter point
A counter reaction? No. I think I made the point that I had to.
finishing
They should be finishing soon. They started at 12:00.
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This consists of 68 tons of relief materials, which is made up of 5,000 blankets, 320 tents and 4.5 tons of plastic sheets.
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The Indian side sees the visit as the culmination of that process. From now on, we want to make sure there is sustained and continuous engagement with Bangladesh.
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It appears to us that the proposals made by Pakistan can be reconciled with those that we ourselves had already made.
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The Maoist movement must abandon the use of violence as a political instrument and commit itself to the principles of democracy thereby creating conditions for joining the political mainstream.
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The sanctions imposed by the US government on the two Indian firms relate to transfer of some chemicals to Iran. Our preliminary assessment is that the transfer of such chemicals is not in violation of our regulations or our international obligations.
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In preliminary discussions on these elements, India has already conveyed to US that such a provision has no place in the proposed bilateral agreement and that India is bound only by what is contained in the July 18 Joint Statement, that is, continuing its commitment to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing.