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July 29th (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - David Cameron is in India heading up the “largest trade delegation in living memory,” but is it all merely politicking?

Canada’s recent decision to resume civilian nuclear trade with India after an absence of 36 years illustrates how far India has come since the international isolation following its 1974 nuclear test.

As China and India enter new stages in nuclear arsenal development, including ICBM capabilities and plans for a nuclear-armed submarine fleet, strategic dialogue is needed to reduce the risk of political tension caused by mutual uncertainty.

June 9th (The Hindu) - The U.S. government virtually ruled out any further review of the investigation into the Bhopal industrial disaster of 1984, and in particular refused to discuss the extradition of American citizen Warren Anderson, CEO of the company behind the leak of poisonous gasses that led to the death of many thousands of people.

May 28th (BBC News) - The death toll in the train collision in eastern India has gone up to 71, a railways spokesman said.

May 18, 2010 (BBC) - Maoist rebels have attacked a bus in central India and killed at least 20 people, including civilians and police officers, according to officials.

While many western observers would point to violent secessionism in Kashmir as the direst threat to Indian national security, the government of India has identified the Maoist-inspired Naxalite insurgency as its most significant security challenge

NEW DELHI, May 11th (Dawn) - India and Pakistan said Tuesday they plan to hold foreign minister-level talks in Islamabad in July as part of efforts to get their abandoned peace talks back on track after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

NEW DELHI, April 21st (Financial Express) - Putting developmental aspirations of common people at the heart of the BRIC engagement, the leaders of so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China at a recently concluded summit have decided to scale up cooperation in areas ranging from science and technology, trade and investment, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure.

Last week’s BRIC countries summit in Brasilia witnessed the beginning of what will surely become a trend over the next few decades: BRIC coordination against the United States on important issues in international society.