UN adopts global treaty banning nuclear weapons; India skips talksA substantive session was held in March this year to negotiate the legally binding instrument aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons.
13 Jul, 2018, 10.30 AM IST
India not participating in UN talks on nuclear weapons banMore than 120 nations in October last year voted on a UN General Assembly resolution to convene the conference to negotiate a legally bindi...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.01 PM IST
Marshall Islands moves International Court of Justice against India over failure to stop nuclear arms raceMarshall Islands moved the UN's International Court of Justice in The Hague against India accusing it of failing to halt the nuclear arms r...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.21 PM IST
Nuclear non-proliferation requires support of all: IndiaIndia presented a draft resolution on a Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons, which is one of the long-standing reso...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.04 PM IST
Hope China sees logic in our entry into NSG: IndiaNSG special envoy Rafael Grossi is likely to place a proposal for admitting non-NPT members into the bloc during the grouping's meeting in ...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.57 PM IST
India abstains from voting on nuclear weapons ban at UNA UN General Assembly committee has decided to convene a United Nations conference in 2017 to negotiate a legally binding instrument to pro...
29 Oct, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
Former diplomat Arundhati Ghose passes awayGhose was head of Indian delegation to the conference on the CTBT in Geneva in 1996 and she is hailed for strongly outlining India's positi...
26 Jul, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
NPT provisions cannot be extended to India as legal norm: GovernmentGen VK Singh said that India has written to the ICJ denying this contention and reiterating India's position on nuclear disarmament.
22 Jul, 2015, 06.33 PM IST
India votes against UN draft resolutions on Nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyPrior to approval of that draft as a whole, votes were polled on provisions, including on operative paragraph.
31 Oct, 2014, 11.16 AM IST
India warns international community of WMDs proliferation risksAs a victim of terrorism, India is fully cognizant of the catastrophic dangers that transfers of WMDs to terrorists and non-state actors co...
15 May, 2013, 02.33 PM IST
- Japan favours India’s nuclear programme
Japan hoped India would sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
29 Dec, 2009, 03.46 AM IST
- India has taken a principled stand on CTBT: Krishna
S M Krishna has said that the country has taken a "principled" stand on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and there is no scope for...
25 Sep, 2009, 09.39 AM IST
- India studying UNSC’s draft NPT resolution
India is closely monitoring a draft Security Council resolution moved by the US, asking non-NPT countries to sign the treaty.
17 Sep, 2009, 02.27 AM IST
- Pak pushes for FMCT to nuke India’s stockpile
India at this stage is anticipating more pressure on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT), which looks at clamping down on material u...
17 Jun, 2009, 05.08 AM IST
- US asks India, Pak, Israel to sign NPT
US wants India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea to join the NPT.
07 May, 2009, 01.47 AM IST
- India won't sign CTBT in present form
India maintained that it would not sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in its present form but would not stand in the way of the pact.
30 Mar, 2009, 10.01 PM IST
- Oz no to India on uranium, backs UNSC bid
Ahead of External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit, Australia ruled out any change in its stand of not selling uranium to India.
20 Jun, 2008, 04.27 PM IST