WASHINGTON: The US has welcomed India joining as the 35th member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), saying New Delhi has demonstrated “a sustained commitment to nonproliferation”. India became the 35th member of the global anti-proliferation bloc. Elizabeth Trudeau, director, Press Office, at the US State Department, to a question also said that all the MTCR members, including the US, agreed that India’s membership... 

Xi and Modi to meet in Tashkent. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping set to meet in Tashkent on Thursday afternoon, the US and France are leaning on the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members to arrive at a “positive decision”. The expert-level sessions in Seoul over the last two days are learnt to have discussed the membership issue before the two-day plenary session beginning on Thursday. It is learnt...