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Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.

China on Friday said that there would be no discussion on India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) before reaching a specific plan on participation of members who have not signed the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT) in the elite grouping.

A top UN official on Monday denounced growing rhetoric claiming that nuclear arms are necessary and warned that the risk of such weapons being used was on the rise.

In a significant development, elite export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) on Thursday decided to admit India as its new member, which is expected to raise New Delhi's stature in the field of non-proliferation besides helping it acquire critical technologies. The decision was taken at the two-day plenary meeting of the grouping in Vienna.

India has ruled out the possibility of joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state, but said it remains "committed" to a unilateral voluntary moratorium on nuclear explosive testing

A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations today despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations.

Pakistan has quietly entered into arrangements with China under which it gets what India gets under the nuclear deal with America and more, but without any of the conditionalities which cripple us under the US deal.

Nearly a month after India was snubbed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which refused in entry last month, India on Wednesday said countries like Brazil, Argentina and France became members of the nuke club when they were not signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Days before India was snubbed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which refused in entry last month, Germany, which supported the application, tried to give India an alternative route into the 48-country bloc that controls sensitive nuclear technology.

Amid India's assertion that it will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to gain entry into NSG, an adamant China on Thursday said "no country should or can put itself opposite the NPT".

Bending backwards to accommodate US concerns cannot be the way forward. We have to go in for well-tested designs that are economical and with proven safety records.

China clarifies it will not allow India it's natural space in the world order.

At the end of its two-day plenary in Seoul, the NSG today declared its "firm support" for the "full, complete and effective" implementation of the NPT as the cornerstone of the international non-proliferation regime, a clear indication that no exception will be made in the case of India.

Did Narendra Modi's India indulge in some spectacular hubris by pitching for a seat on the NSG in the first place? Did the Prime Minister really think that by personally requesting Xi Jinping, on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Tashkent two days ago, Xi would simply smile and courteously say, "Pehle aap?"

India's hopes for entry into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) suffered a setback as the meeting in Seoul ended on Friday with no decision on India's entry into the nuke club. Ahead of the discussions, China's top negotiator told reporters that the country "won't back India or Pakistan" until Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) rules are followed.

Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.

China on Friday said that there would be no discussion on India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) before reaching a specific plan on participation of members who have not signed the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT) in the elite grouping.

A top UN official on Monday denounced growing rhetoric claiming that nuclear arms are necessary and warned that the risk of such weapons being used was on the rise.

In a significant development, elite export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) on Thursday decided to admit India as its new member, which is expected to raise New Delhi's stature in the field of non-proliferation besides helping it acquire critical technologies. The decision was taken at the two-day plenary meeting of the grouping in Vienna.

India has ruled out the possibility of joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state, but said it remains "committed" to a unilateral voluntary moratorium on nuclear explosive testing

A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations today despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations.

Pakistan has quietly entered into arrangements with China under which it gets what India gets under the nuclear deal with America and more, but without any of the conditionalities which cripple us under the US deal.

Nearly a month after India was snubbed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which refused in entry last month, India on Wednesday said countries like Brazil, Argentina and France became members of the nuke club when they were not signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Days before India was snubbed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which refused in entry last month, Germany, which supported the application, tried to give India an alternative route into the 48-country bloc that controls sensitive nuclear technology.

Amid India's assertion that it will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to gain entry into NSG, an adamant China on Thursday said "no country should or can put itself opposite the NPT".

Bending backwards to accommodate US concerns cannot be the way forward. We have to go in for well-tested designs that are economical and with proven safety records.

China clarifies it will not allow India it's natural space in the world order.

At the end of its two-day plenary in Seoul, the NSG today declared its "firm support" for the "full, complete and effective" implementation of the NPT as the cornerstone of the international non-proliferation regime, a clear indication that no exception will be made in the case of India.

Did Narendra Modi's India indulge in some spectacular hubris by pitching for a seat on the NSG in the first place? Did the Prime Minister really think that by personally requesting Xi Jinping, on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Tashkent two days ago, Xi would simply smile and courteously say, "Pehle aap?"

India's hopes for entry into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) suffered a setback as the meeting in Seoul ended on Friday with no decision on India's entry into the nuke club. Ahead of the discussions, China's top negotiator told reporters that the country "won't back India or Pakistan" until Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) rules are followed.