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US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan revealed that the US is finalising plans to remove leading Indian nuclear firms from the US’ Entity List.
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NEW DELHI – A US push to revive a stalled civilian nuclear deal with India comes at an opportune time for New Delhi, with Washington seeking to remove leading Indian atomic firms from a blacklist that had hindered the South Asian nation’s access to certain technologies from the US apart from joint collaborations.
It comes at a time when India is making a renewed push to boost nuclear power generation capacity as a means to achieve its clean energy ambitions and climate goals.
