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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicIndia's nuclear policy

Topic: India's nuclear policy

What’s the India-Pakistan civil nuclear facilities ‘non-attack’ pact that has endured armed hostilities

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Signed in 1988 and brought into force in early 1991, NAA commits the two nuclear-armed neighbours to abstain from attacking each other’s civilian nuclear facilities.

Three sides of India’s nuclear security regime—and what more it needs

Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan -
The 2019 cyberattack on Kudankulam Power Plant revealed new vulnerabilities—phishing, social engineering, and malware can disrupt control systems that manage nuclear operations.

‘Embedded in sovereign Indian state’ — Infosys Prize in Humanities winner on nuclear science in India

Sandhya Ramesh -
Dr Jahnavi Phalkey, historian of science and archivist, received the award for the year 2023 for her work in placing the history of Indian science and nuclear programme in a postcolonial context.

India doesn’t need to one-up enemies’ nuclear weapons. Its doctrine implies size doesn’t matter

Ramamurthi Rajaraman -
In ‘Critical Mass’, R Rajaraman says India’s doctrine of Credible Minimum Deterrence shows matching the adversary’s arsenal shouldn't be the goal.

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Opinion

Theaterisation reform is stuck on ranks and roles — India’s military needs clarity

Sudhir Pillai -
On paper, the idea of theaterisation is elegant. In practice, it is paralysed by ambiguities of rank and command.

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Economy

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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