Known as the ‘father of the Indian nuclear programme’, Dr Homi J. Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909. ThePrint remembers him on his 109th birth anniversary.
The IGST component of total import duty collections is growing faster than that from Customs duty. And states enjoy a larger share in the rapidly growing pie of IGST on imports.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
As a lay person, one thought the clean, one time waiver allowed India to buy fuel and other nuclear material for its civilian power programme, which is completely under international safeguards. Membership of the NSG is more in the nature of a prestige issue, for which we have expended a lot of diplomatic capital. Exclusion from the group would impair our ability to prevent future changes of rules, to our detriment. However, India has too many friends in the 48 member NSG for that to be a major concern. The economics of nuclear power, coupled with safety issues after Fukushima, make this yesterday’s energy source.
As a lay person, one thought the clean, one time waiver allowed India to buy fuel and other nuclear material for its civilian power programme, which is completely under international safeguards. Membership of the NSG is more in the nature of a prestige issue, for which we have expended a lot of diplomatic capital. Exclusion from the group would impair our ability to prevent future changes of rules, to our detriment. However, India has too many friends in the 48 member NSG for that to be a major concern. The economics of nuclear power, coupled with safety issues after Fukushima, make this yesterday’s energy source.