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Friday, July 10, 2026
TopicIndia's nuclear policy

Topic: India's nuclear policy

SHANTI Bill, SMRs and now Australian uranium—why India’s nuclear pieces are falling into place

Russia and France remain important nuclear partners. Canada has long been supplying uranium to India. Australia could now become another reliable long-term supplier of uranium.

India’s nuclear doctrine was built for 2003. The logic of deterrence has changed by 2026

India's nuclear doctrine assumed enough weapons would survive a first strike to ensure retaliation. That assumption now demands re-examination.

K-4 missile test in Bay of Bengal signals strategic shift from western to eastern front

This development determined the future course of India’s maritime strategy and ensured that policymakers and defence experts started reviewing the importance of the Bay of Bengal.

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

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

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

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

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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SHANTI Bill, SMRs and now Australian uranium—why India’s nuclear pieces are falling into place

Russia and France remain important nuclear partners. Canada has long been supplying uranium to India. Australia could now become another reliable long-term supplier of uranium.

Maharashtra, Odisha women cash schemes drive financial autonomy, alter household spending—EAC-PM paper

Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.

DIA effect: Canada steams ahead with TKMS for new submarines, India’s P 75I still in works

Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.