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INDO-US AGREEMENT The Timeline 1968 18-May-74 18-May-74 11-13 May 98 18-Jul-05 1-Mar-06 3-Mar-06 26-Jul-06

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INDO-US AGREEMENT The Timeline India refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) saying it is discriminatory. India conducts its first Nuclear test. US President Jimmy Carter signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act (NNPT) following which the US stops exporting nuclear assistance to India. India tests five underground nuclear test. US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh first announce their intention to enter into a nuclear agreement in Washington. Bush visits India for the first time. Bush and Singh issue a joint statement on their growing strategic partnership emphasizing their agreement on civil nuclear cooperation. The US House of Representatives passes the Henry J Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006, which stipulates that Washington will cooperate with New Delhi on nuclear issues and exempt it from signing the NPT. The Left parties demand threadbare discussion on the issue in Parliament. The US Senate passes the US-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation and US Additional Protocol Implementation Act to exempt India from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. signs Congressional legislation on Indian atomic energy.(Henry J Hyde Act) Bush Negotiations on a bilateral agreement between the US and India conclude. The text of the agreement for cooperation between the US and the Indian Govt. concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy, 123 Agreement, is released by both governments. PM Manmohan Singh makes a suo motu statement on the deal in Parliament. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat says the honeymoon with the Govt. may be over, but the marriage can go. The UPA-Left Committee to discuss nuclear deal set up. Left parties say the UPA would have to choose between the deal and its Governments stability. Left parties warn of serious consequences if the nuclear deal is operationalised. Left parties set a deadline asking the Govt. to make it clear by March 15 whether it intended to proceed with the nuclear deal or drop it. The CPI writes to the PM warns of withdrawal of support if Govt. goes ahead with the deal. The Govt. says it will seek the sense of the House on the 123 Agreement before it is taken up for ratification by the American Congress. Pranab Mukherjee meets Prakash Karat, asks the Left to allow the Govt. to go ahead with IAEA Safeguards Agreement. The PM says his Govt. is prepared to face Parliament before operationising the deal. Left parties withdraw support to the Govt. The draft India-specific safeguards accord with the IAEA circulated to IAEAs Board of Governors for approval. The PM calls for a vote of confidence in Parliament. The 35 member IAEA says it will meet on 01 August to consider the India-specific safeguards agreement.

Foreign Secretary Shishankar Menon briefs the IAEA Board of Governors and some NSG countries in Vienna (Austria) on the safeguards agreement. The Govt. is willing to look at possible amendments to the Atomic Energy Act to ensure that the countrys strategic autonomy will never be compromised, says the PM The UPA Govt. wins trust vote in the Lok Sabha. India dismisses warning by Pakistan the deal will accelerate an atomic arms race in the sub-continent. India launches full blast lobbying among the 45-nation NSG for an exemption for nuclear commerce. The IAEA Secretariat briefs member states on India-specific safeguards agreement. The IAEA Board of Governors adopts India-specific safeguards agreement unanimously. The NSG meet at Vienna (Austria) to consider an India waiver ends inconclusively amid reservations by some countries (esp Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and at last China) meets for the second time on the issue after the US comes up with a revised draft and grants The NSG waiver to India after marathon talks.
US House of Represantive passed it 298-117 (Berman H.R. 7081) US Senate cleared it by 86-13 Deal ink by Pranab Mukherjee & Condoleeza Rice at Washington after President Bush signed the Indo-US civil nuclear deal legislation into law on 10 Oct 08.

Germany Harald Zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi & Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel JMG Le Clezio, the Writer in French - Literature Nobel prize Japan Osamu Shimomura(50%) and Amiericans Martin Chalfie(25%) and Roger Tsein(25%) share the Chemistry Nobel prize. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari winner of 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Lance Armstrong Seven time winner of Tour de France will participate in Tour Down Under in Australia after a gap of 3 years Paul Krugman 2008 Nobel Economic Prize Winner Aravind Adiga won The Man Booker Prize 2008 for 'The White Tiger'

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