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Indo-US Nuclear deal: The operationalisation of the Indo-us nuclear deal ran into difficulties in the face of stiff political opposition in India. The deal which went into inception when American President George W Bush visted India in March 2006. The Left allies of the ruling UPA government at the centre has led the opposition to the deal, charging that the deal would make the sovereignty of India subservient to the United States. The main opposition party BJP has also criticized the deal saying that it compromised India's nuclear weapons program, despite that fact that they had started negotiations on the agreement when in power. The Left parties have cited the imperialist policies of the USA. as their primary reason of opposition. The Left party even threatened the government to pull it down, if it went ahead with the deal.
The deal has to travel a long way before it becomes an Act ,as it has to get clearance from IAEA and NSG before it gets ratified in American and India Parliament.
Mohammad Haneef:
The arrest of India born Doctor, Mohammad Haneef who was accused of aiding terrorists, and left Australia upon cancellation of his visa created great political controversy. Haneef was arrested on July 2, 2007 at the Brisbane Airport, Brisbane, Australia on suspicion of terror-related activities. He is the second cousin of Kafeel Ahmed and Sabeel Ahmed the operatives in the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack. Haneef's ensuing detention became the longest without charge in recent Australian history, which caused great controversy in Australia and India. Public outcry over the incident was further increased when the Australian Government denied Haneef the presumption of innocence, along with the Australian federal government's actions in his case. Haneef was released when the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew its charge on July 27, 2007, whereby his passport was returned and he departed Australia voluntarily on 29 July 2007. Final vindication for Haneef came when the cancellation of his visa was overturned by the Federal Court on 21 August 2007, with the decision being reiterated by the full bench of the court on 21 December 2007 resulting in Haneef having his Australian visa returned.
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, a well known economist and environmental scientist, who has served as the chair of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, was awarded with Nobel peace prize for 2007. He shared the award with former Vice-President of United States, Al Gore Pachauri is also the director general of the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, an institution devoted to researching and promoting sustainable development.
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