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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicNuclear power

Topic: nuclear power

Cabinet clears Atomic Energy Bill, opens doors to private players in civil nuclear sector

Modi cabinet greenlights SHANTI Bill, creating umbrella law to allow private players. Reform expected to help India achieve target of generating 100 GW nuclear energy by 2047.

Opening door for pvt players in nuclear sector, Atomic Energy Bill coming up in Parliament winter session

Amendments to another key nuclear law, the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLNDA), 2010, are also in the pipeline, but they are unlikely to come up this winter session. 

Russia needs a nuclear shield update to due to ‘colossal threats’, nuclear chief says

Russia and United States are upgrading their nuclear arsenals—including systems used to detect and intercept incoming nuclear-armed missiles—just as China ramps up its own nuclear capability far beyond those of Britain & France.

The solution to deteriorating India-US relations—go nuclear

New Delhi should now speed up its legal reforms to facilitate the participation of foreign companies in its nuclear development efforts.

There is a global race to make fusion power a reality. India must step up investments soon

India is playing a very important role in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, the world’s largest nuclear fusion project that aims to produce net energy gain from fusion.

MP’s long-delayed Chutka nuclear project moves after PMO push. Panel to work on better rehab plan

Villagers affected are tribals, some of whom were displaced by Bargi Dam in 1980s. On 8 August, a panel was formed to resolve issues, including land acquisition, related to project.

Successful Agni-5 test just one step. India needs to prepare an airborne command post

Creating an alternative chain of command is not enough to survive an initial nuclear strike and retaliate. The political command must be protected so it can effectively manage the situation.

US & other nations will push for tripling nuclear power by 2050 during COP28. India must join in

Given India’s ambitious targets to expand its nuclear capacity, it should sign US-led declaration at COP28 to have a voice and advocate for its interests.

US soldier facing disciplinary action flees into North Korea, raises new crisis for Washington

The crossing comes amid tensions on the Korean peninsula, with the arrival of a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine in South Korea for a rare visit in a warning to North Korea.

India concerned over reported shelling near Ukrainian nuclear power plant, urges restraint

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said that fighting close to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia NPP had caused some damage to the facility and called for an immediate inspection.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.