‘N-liability has to be capped’
India is channelling its civil liability for nuclear damage bill through Parliament in the Monsoon Session and is already under pressure over the draft legislation which fixes the maximum liability for an nuclear incident at Rs 2,385 crores and the caps the liability of the operator, whether public or private, at Rs 500 crores.
Tamasha turns 21, takes Lorca to Pak
Spanish poet and playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca’s pre-World War II tragic play of female suppression and repression, La Casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba), still finds an echo in th
Buckingham Palace launches Queen’s Year exhibition
THE BUCKINGHAM Palace is highlighting Queen Elizabeth II’s hectic work schedule in a special exhibition, called The Queen’s Year, during the two month-summer opening of the British monarch’s London re
Cameron leads big delegation to India
British Prime Minister David Cameron is unleashing his India strategy as he leads a mammoth delegation of seven Cabinet ministers and top business leaders to India this week.
Mission to Naipaul: Prove your Indian origin
Nobel laureate Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was asked to get an affidavit from Gorakhpur from where his grandparents come from originally in order to prove his Indian origin to apply for a Person of Indian Origin card.
Cap on immigration: Tough task ahead for Britain’s coalition govt
The UK coalition government is struggling to defend its decision to impose an annual cap on immigration after its announcement of a temporary limit on the number of non-European Union citizens enterin
Indian-based firm gets top green prize
D.light Design, a social enterprise set up by Stanford graduates Sam Goldman and Ned Tozun, on Thursday won the overall gold prize at Britain’s Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy.
British art collector donates Saatchi Gallery to England
British contemporary art collector Charles Saatchi, who is better known as the patron of young artists, has decided to gift over 200 artworks, worth over £25 million, and the Saatchi Gallery, which is
In London, Husain pays tribute to Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa’s birth centenary celebrations were launched in London with a Twenty20 exhibition of paintings on the Nobel peace laureate by Maqbool Fida Husain and Sunita Kumar at the Victoria & Alber
Ravi Shankaran hearing Sept. 1
The extradition case of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the naval war-room leak case who was arrested by the Met police in London on April 21, has been postponed to September 1.