INDO-US NUCLEAR DEAL IMPLEMENTATION LINGERS ON

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA and RUSSEL BERMAN AMERICAN and Indian officials are keeping upbeat about the prospects of 2010 being the year when the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement finally comes into force and becomes an operational reality. A whirl of recent diplomacy is expected to lead to another round of talks by senior officials charged with ironing out the remaining technical problems that are holding up implementation. India's Nirupama Rao recently told journalists in New Delhi said she was confiodent all remaining obstacles would be cleared by August. "The ...


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