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March 19, 2010
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CLINTON TO OVERSEE INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL Obama delegates authority
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been named as the new certification authority by US President Barack Obama to verify the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Act for the US Congress after every six months. ”I hereby delegate to you (Secretary of State) the functions conferred upon the President by section 204(c) of the United StatesIndia Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act (Public
Law 110-369),” Obama said in a signed memorandum issued to the Secretary of State. Under the Act, the US President needs to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that it is the policy of the US to work with members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, individually and collectively, to agree to further restrict the transfers of equipment and technology related to the enrichment of uranium and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Hillary Clinton
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American woman turns 'Jihad Jane' Details on page 6
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is Person of Year Details on page 7
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10,000 pledge to make Raja Lt. Gov nominee Details on page 12
Columbia varsity center in Mumbai Details on page 8
Obama cracks down on Medicare waste
Congress Party President and Leader of Indiaís UPA government Sonia Gandhi (L) poses with supporters at her residence in New Delhi on March 10, a day after The Womenís Reservation Bill was passed in the Upper House of Parliament. Sonia Gandhi, the matriarch of national politics, said she was ìhappy for all the women of the countryî after the upper house passed the bill, which headed to the lower house where it met more furious opposition.
Husain applies for Overseas Citizen of India Details on page 7
Dr Tiwari's ‘astounding’ cancer cure Details on page 35
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INDIA POST SURVEY survey@indiapost.com This week’s question
Has Obama abandoned direct de aling with India? Last week’s result
Is the US losing the plot in Pakistan? YES 66%
NO 34%
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India-US to sign trade & investment cooperation SRIREKHA N. CHAKRAVARTY India Post News Service
NEW YORK: India and the US are set to sign the India-US Trade Policy Forum Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment in Washington DC. India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is scheduled to visit Washington DC on March 17-18, and New York on March 19. During the visit, he is
scheduled to have meetings with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. On March 17, Sharma and USTR Ambassador Kirk are scheduled to sign the India - US Trade Policy Forum Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment.
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