NEW DELHI: China has said that India’s admission to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) is not on the agenda of the grouping as it meets this week in Seoul. China has been opposted to India’s membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The statement is being seen as a rebuff to India’s effort to join the NSG, especially a day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India’s entry is just a matter of procedure. China... 

Russia President Putin Saint Petersburg: Russia has decided to support India’s bid for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership as President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that he would raise the matter at a meeting in Seoul. The NSG members meeting are scheduled to begin from June 20. ‘India’s NSG membership bid will be discussed’ Speaking exclusively to India Today, Putin said that he would not only raise the matter  at... 

Delhi: Chinese media said on Thursday that China could support India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) if it promises to comply with non-proliferation rules. An opinion piece in the nationalistic ‘Global Times’ said that the “reason why India has scored a big win in garnering support for its NSG membership from some countries is because Washington has started to treat New Delhi as part of the US alliance…... 

China’s official media, in first comments since Beijing’s objection to India joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Tuesday said New Delhi’s membership of the nuclear grouping will not only touch a “raw nerve” in Pakistan and increase a nuclear arms race but also “jeopardise” China’s  national interests. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping An op-ed commentary in state-run Global Times,... 

NEW DELHI: As the tempo builds up on the NSG question, Prime Minister Narendra Modi    reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Saturday. Russia has been supportive of India’s global ambitions from the UN Security Council to the nuclear deal, though Modi’s diplomatic focus has so far been on the US. Modi dials Putin as China According to a Kremlin statement, the phone call on Saturday was at Modi’s behest.... 

He returned home early this morning from Mexico which was the last stoppage of his trip. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today returned home after a five-nation tour highlighted by  his meeting with US President Barack Obama and an address to the US Congress in Washington. Narendra Modi returns home after five-nation tour He also received backing of two key Nuclear Suppliers Group members – Switzerland and Mexico – for its bid to secure... 

Geneva: Inviting a galaxy of Swiss business leaders to invest in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India needs to create an economy of the order of “two or three Switzerlands,” which provides a massive opportunity for partnerships. “Within my country I need to create 2 or 3 Switzerlands. So scope for partnership is immense,” Modi told a gathering of heads of companies like ABB, Lafarge, Novartis... 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India and the US will work together for peace and security in the world as US President Barack Obama stressed that wider cooperation between the two major democracies of the world will be helpful for developing countries. Narendra Modi met Barack Obama at the White House After securing Switzerland’s support for India’s bid for membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group, Prime Minister Narendra...