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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Nuclear Weapon

Willing to take lead in signing Southeast Asia nuclear weapon-free zone treaty, says China

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China is ready to stay in communication with ASEAN countries on the matter.

G7 backs Israel, labels Iran as ‘principal source of regional instability and terror’

Leaders of G7 nations supported Israel's right to defend itself, reaffirming their intention to prevent Tehran from getting nuclear weapons. PM Modi will be attending G7 Summit Tuesday.

India is turning Bay of Bengal into SSBN bastion. China can overreact

Growing anxieties about submarine warfare in the Indo-Pacific and India’s involvement with regional partners require careful analysis of the opportunities and risks in this area.

Russia marches with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

The U.S. State Department denounced the deployment plan, but said Washington had no intention of altering its position on strategic nuclear weapons or seen any signs from Russia.

Japan to place additional sanctions on Russia, condemns tactical nuclear deployment in Belarus

Japan will also ban providing construction and engineering services to Russia, a trade ministry statement said.

As Ukraine-Russia heats up, India can call parties to pledge No First Use on nuclear weapons

India’s inaction at the present juncture would tantamount to going against the grain of its claim of being a responsible power

Smaller nuclear warheads make nuclear terrorism realistic. China, US, Russia must sit together

Concepts of nuclear deterrence were developed when the major players were the US and the Soviet Union. Today, only multilateral formats can reconcile threats.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.