New Delhi, Aug 18 : Ahead of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna, National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan is to chair a high-level meeting today to decide on the strategies to be followed by India on August 21 and 22.

The NSG’s plenary session is expected to discuss the possibility of granting India an exemption from its restrictive export rules. India is standing by its “excellent non-proliferation record” and will seek to allay any fears or doubts that the NSG might have about having nuclear commerce with it.

Germany, the NSG’s current chair, has asked India to take the floor at the NSG meeting on August 21 to brief its members about the country’s non-proliferation commitments and policies.

London, Aug. 18: The Situation in Pakistan is bothering everyone who has any interest or link with this region; and what worries people is that no one seems to be in control of the situation there, and no one knows future of the country.

The situation started getting from bad to worse with Pakistan's entry in the 'war on terror', which in view of many Pakistani experts was not Pakistan's war, and if anything Pakistani agencies had their own history and experience of promoting and exporting this business.

Islamabad, Aug. 17 : A Pakistani delegation will travel to India on Monday on a six-day visit to inspect the conditions of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails.

According to the Dawn, Members of the Pakistan-India Judicial committee comprising Justice (retired) Fazal Karim, Justice (retired) Mian Mohammad Ajmal, Justice 
(retired) Abdul Qadeer Chaudhry and Justice (retired) Nasir Aslam Zahid will visit jails in Amritsar, Jaipur and New Delhi from August 18 to 23.

There are over 400 Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails.

Lahore, Aug 17 : Authorities in Pakistan are reported to have lodged a strong complaint with their Indian counterparts over the release of flood waters from East Punjab, claiming that this has damaged considerable swathes of farmland in West Punjab.

According to officials in Lahore, waters released into the Sutlej River entered Pakistan on Saturday.

Nevada, Aug 16 : Air Marshal P. V. Naik, Vice Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force said that the Indo-US relationship has moved a step closer with the participation of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in ‘Exercise Red Flag’ at Air Force Base Nellis, Nevada, USA.

Air Marshal Naik, visited Team IAF along with Lieutenant General Loyd Utterback, the Commander of the 13th Air Force, USAF, Hawai, participating in Exercise Red Flag today.