Vienna, Sept 6 : The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has agreed to grant India a "clean waiver" here today.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a meeting with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Shicshankar Menon in New Delhi after two days of talks failed to break a deadlock in the NSG over granting a clean waiver to India.

On Friday, Pranab Mukherjee had issued fresh statement on India''s commitment to non-proliferation.

Vienna  - Nuclear-exporting countries were optimistic in Vienna Saturday that they could agree on a trade waiver for India, a key step before the United States can implement its 2005 nuclear agreement with New Delhi.

As they gathered for a third day of talks, members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which sets international export control rules, said they expected to make an exemption from their rules, giving India's growing atomic energy sector access to global suppliers.

India's declaration on Friday about its commitments to nuclear non- proliferation was key to making a decision possible, diplomats said.

Vienna, Sept 6 : The 45-member Nuclear Suppliers'' Group on Saturday (NSG) will resume its fresh round of talks at 2:30 p. m. to incorporate changes in the revised draft waiver after the crucial two day meeting remained inconclusive on Friday.

Vienna, Sep 5 : India''s statement has given a new momentum to the Nuclear Suppliers'' Group (NSG) meeting being held at Vienna, said US sources.

As per the US Arms Control Office, the NSG has welcomed External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee''s statement.

Seeking to allay apprehensions of certain NSG countries, India on Friday said it is committed to the strengthening of the non-proliferation regime and underlined the policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons.

Vienna  - After 436 years of its existence, the Spanish Riding School in Vienna is hiring women for the first time to ride its famous white Lippizaner horses.

Since 1572, male riders have trained and ridden stallions in the riding school, which is one of Vienna's most famous tourist attractions.

One Austrian and one British woman were selected this week for a probation month, Erwin Klissenbauer, the school's business director, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Friday, confirming Austrian media reports.

Recently, the Spanish Riding School decided to select women if they proved to be superior to male applicants, he said.

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