Nuclear deal in mind, US removes curbs on BARC and two others

JUST OVER a week after US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Washington was finalising steps to remove "long-standing regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India's leading nuclear entities and US companies", the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) removed three Indian nuclear entities — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and the Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) — from its 'Entity List'. The US Entity List is a list of foreign individuals, businesses and organisations that are subject to export restrictions and licensing requirements for certain goods and technologies. The…