Baglihar project commissioned

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed to Pakistan to work jointly to address the problems faced by the people of the two countries.
He said the Baglihar power project had been constructed within the parameters of the Indus Water Treaty. He inaugurated the 450 MW Baglihar power project at Chanderkote in Ramban district of Jammu region. Dr. Singh said India and Pakistan should learn to help each other.

Nobel Peace Prize for Martti Ahtisaari

Finland’s former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize for a long career of peacemaking around the world from Namibia to Kosovo.

India, France sign nuclear agreement

Even as the United States remains unable to finish its internal political process on the proposed Indo-U.S. civil nuclear accord, New Delhi and Paris signed an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, the first of its kind since the Nuclear Suppliers Group agreed to lift international restrictions on India’s nuclear trade.
Formally called the “Co-operation Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the French Republic on the Development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy,” the agreement was signed by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris.