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India joins Australia Group: 43-member body controls export of equipment, technologies used for chemical, biological weapons
•India on Friday joined the Australia Group (AG), which seeks to ensure that exports do not contribute to the development of chemical or biological weapons.
India's admission into Wassenaar Arrangement may be ticket to NSG, key to decreasing world's nuclear stockpile
Kamlendra Kanwar •India’s entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement as its 42nd member last week on the heels of its joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in June 2016, is doubtlessly a feather in the cap of Indian diplomacy and a recognition of our growing international clout.
Wassenaar Arrangement admits India as member: A diplomatic win, but getting NSG membership remains the real battle
Fp Editors •Wassenaar Arrangement admitting India as a member is a win, but the road to NSG membership is a long one; New Delhi should dig in deep and not give up.
Wassenaar Arrangement plenary begins: After MTCR, regime one of three other export control regimes India hopes to enter
Fp Staff •The plenary session of the Wassenaar Agreement commenced in Vienna on Thursday. The group is one of the four export-control groups India is looking to be a member of.
India's chances of getting Wassenaar arrangement membership are 'very good', says Russian deputy FM
•India is likely to get the membership of the Wassenaar arrangement, one of the key export control regimes that deals with non-proliferation
Narendra Modi in Germany: Defence, trade and business atop PM's agenda as 4-nation visit begins
Seema Guha •After mammoth celebrations across the country to mark three years of the Narendra Modi government, the prime minister is embarking on a four-nation visit to Germany, Spain, Russia and France
#ModiInUS: India joins elite MTCR; hopes for NSG membership brighten
Choudhury •Narendra Modi’s meeting on Tuesday with Barack Obama began on a propitious note as members of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), agreed to admit India, in a triumph for the prime minister
India might join missile technology control regime 'very quickly', says US
•India may join the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) "very quickly" as there are no longer any major obstacles and things are moving positively, a senior US official has said.
India likely to enter missile technology control regime during PM Modi's visit to US
•India is likely to enter the missile technology control regime this week, a move that will boost the country's efforts to purchase Predator drones from the US and export its high-tech missiles to friendly nations.
Italy 'torpedoes' India's entry to MTCR: What you need to know about dual-technology regimes
Fp Staff •While addressing some questions about the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, Defence minister Manohar Parrikar also accussed Italy of “torpedoing” India’s attempt to join Missile Technology Controls Regime (MTCR), according to The Economic Times.