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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicNuclear Weapon

Topic: Nuclear Weapon

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

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.