Sign NPT, UNSC tells states
United Nations, September 24
The UN Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution asking all non-NPT states to join the treaty at a summit chaired by President Barack Obama. The 15-member council, while urging “other states” outside the NPT to join the controversial treaty as “non-nuclear states” to help rid the world of atom bombs, also urged all countries to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and refrain from conducting atomic tests.

Will not: India

BRAINSTORMING SESSION: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao along with India’s permanent envoy to United Nations Hardeep Puri at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York. — PTI

Chandrayaan’s big find: Water on moon
Bangalore, September 24
India’s maiden lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, has found evidence of large quantities of water on the surface of the moon, a top American scientist confirmed today. “The moon has distinct signatures of water.

Pokhran tests were successful: Kakodkar
Mumbai, September 24
The nuclear tests conducted at Pokhran in 1998 were successful and all the intended objectives were achieved, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar said here today.

Historic ‘breakthrough’ in AIDS vaccine
Bangkok, September 24
Thai health authorities today announced the first "effective" trial of an HIV/AIDS vaccine on some 16,000 volunteers, although the efficacy rate was not sufficient for use.

Saeed should be tried for 26/11: Krishna
Even as a State Department spokesman applauded Pakistan's determination to eliminate militants, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said India "cannot be lulled into some kind of satisfaction" that Pakistan is proceeding against them. Krishna's comments came in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York this week.

13 Indian firms make it to Forbes Asia list Kuala Lumpur, September 24 As many as 13 Indian companies, including Reliance Industries, Infosys Technologies and Tata Steel, have made it to the list of Forbes’ 50 best-listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region. “Our list is a mix of giant, established companies — this year that list includes Australian miner BHP Billiton, Hong Kong conglomerate Noble Group and Indian oil and gas heavyweight Reliance Industries — and smaller outfits such as Agile property Holdings, Anhui Conch Cement and digital China Holdings,” Forbes Asia said.