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Bye bye Canadian Cruz

Cruz was a Canadian till a few years back.

ouch!! just there is something in the comment that rubs the wrong way. I mean wahts it going to take to sell US down the drain for someone who called India home a few years back and now calls it cesspool

too worried about being deported huh!!

KISSASS

Isnt it better that you find out before taking it up with me.Anyway for you convenience I have this site for u

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-indian.html

The Argumentative Indian : Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity; Amartya Sen it has a chapter on Indian Calendrical Systems... you will find it has more than one :-)

by the way dont you guys ever sleep?

It opens in Internet Explorer only. http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=200521

The page showing search results from INDIA CODE is
http://indiacode.nic.in/qryactyear2.asp?txtact=2005&Page=2

You can also try visiting www.indiacode.nic.in

PING

http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=200521

I feel India has two strategic disadvantages though... its lack of energy resources make it susceptible to petty nation states and at the same time its dependence of european and russian military hardware and limited technological innovations makes it very susceptible to its vendor states. Remember Argentina's dependence proved costly during the Falklands. It could not call upon military resources to fight a war a few .... miles offshore..but Britain could project its power right across the atlantic.

Y I agree :-) but have you seen the speech by the India Foreign secretary...he says India cannot be a partner and a target at the same time...i guess what he says is very pertinent.

But you have to agree, the no-proliferation lobby has played its masterstroke.

I do not believe that the issue here is MJ Akbar Or Asian Age. We will be digressing if we allow our thoughts to the medium than the content. The present article has not been written by Akbar but by Brahma Chellany. He is I believe one of the more respected of Indias small strategic community. The points he raises are based on the Bill introduced in the Senate and the Congress. As an aside, this column has also be published in the International Herald Tribune. You will agree that it has no axe to grind even if I accept your characterization of Asian Age or MJ Akbar.

I do not believe that the issue here is MJ Akbar Or Asian Age. We will be digressing if we allow our thoughts to the medium than the content. The present article has not been written by Akbar but by Brahma Chellany. He is I believe one of the more respected of Indias small strategic community. The points he raises are based on the Bill introduced in the Senate and the Congress. As an aside, this column has also be published in the International Herald Tribune. You will agree that it has no axe to grind even if I accept your characterization of Asian Age or MJ Akbar.

India has till date conducted only 6 tests including 1974. They are not enough for the generation of the data required that allows computer simulations and development of new weapons and/or finetuning and correcting the present designs

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1606599/posts?page=2

If you go through the Indian Government's repeated assertions about voluntary moratorium on testing and the facts I ascertained from the Bill now lying in the Congress the non-testing of any atomic weapon in the future is the pre-requisite for the civilian nuclear agreement to go ahead. What version should we consider? See for yourself. I am posting the text of the Bill

To authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India. (Introduced in Senate)

S 2429 IS

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2429

To authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 16 (legislative day, MARCH 15), 2006

Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, and Mrs. HUTCHISON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER AUTHORITY.

(a) Waiver Authority- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the President makes the determination described in subsection (b), the President may--

(1) exempt a proposed agreement for cooperation with India (arranged pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153)) from the requirement in section 123(a)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and such agreement for cooperation shall be subject to the same congressional review procedures under sections 123(b) and 123(d) of such Act as an agreement for cooperation that has not been exempted from any requirement contained in section 123(a) of such Act;

(2) waive the application of section 128 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2157) with respect to India; and

(3) waive the application of any sanction under section 129 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2158) with respect to India.

(b) Determination- The determination referred to in subsection (a) is a determination by the President that the following actions have occurred:

(1) India has provided the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a credible plan to separate civil and military facilities, materials, and programs, and has filed a declaration regarding its civil facilities with the IAEA.

(2) An agreement has entered into force between India and the IAEA requiring the application of safeguards in accordance with IAEA practices to India's civil nuclear facilities as declared in the plan described in paragraph (1).

(3) India and the IAEA are making satisfactory progress toward implementing an Additional Protocol that would apply to India's civil nuclear program.

(4) India is working with the United States for the conclusion of a multilateral Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty.

(5) India is supporting international efforts to prevent the spread of enrichment and reprocessing technology.

(6) India is ensuring that the necessary steps are being taken to secure nuclear materials and technology through the application of comprehensive export control legislation and regulations, and through harmonization and adherence to Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) guidelines.

(7) Supply to India by the United States under an agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is consistent with United States participation in the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

(c) Report- Any determination pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reported to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, and such report shall describe the basis for the President's determination.

(d) Subsequent Determination- A determination under subsection (b) shall not be effective if the President determines that India has detonated a nuclear explosive device after the date of enactment of this Act.

 

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:49:./temp/~bdf2su::

See also http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606678/posts