India, US to resume nuclear pact talks next week
The United States and India will resume talks on a landmark nuclear energy cooperation deal which was passed by the US Senate last month, a report said. The agreement is the centrepiece of India’s new relationship with Washington after decades of Cold War chill and is part of the import-dependent nation’s bid to increase its energy sources to sustain its booming economy. Nuclear power supplies around three percent of the fuel needs of the country of more than one billion people, but India hopes the figure will rise to at least 20 percent within two decades. Full Story