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Topic: Nuclear weapons

How BJP is ‘winning over’ women with ‘seva’ & trend of IITians joining political consultancies

Global media also analyses rising tensions and nuclear proliferation, particularly in Asia, with a 'multi-headed rocket arms race' between India and Pakistan.

Most important agreement Xi & Biden can make—keep AI out of nuclear warmaking decisions

An agreement to keep AI out of nuclear weapons control systems will be a solid step forward, even if months of discussions are needed to agree on how it will be implemented & verified.

A provocative Pakistani speech revives nuclear threat again. Time for DGMO talks

1971, and the subsequent nuclear tests by India continue to reverberate in Pakistani security conversations, Lt Gen (retd) Kidwai’s speech shows again.

Threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is ‘real,’ says US president Joe Biden

The deployment is Russia’s first move of such warheads–shorter-range, less powerful nuclear weapons that could be used on battlefield–outside Moscow since fall of Soviet Union.

Moscow’s deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus time-limited, says senior Russian diplomat

Alexei Polishchuk, in an interview, said the weapons could be removed from Belarus if the US & NATO 'refrained from undermining the security and sovereignty of Russia and Belarus'.

Homi Bhabha loved Delhi for its monuments. He thought PWD architects would ruin the city

Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy's full-fledged biography of Homi J. Bhabha provides a good vehicle for telling the story of Indian science and the foundations of India’s atomic energy programme.

Belarusian President says ‘nuclear weapons for everyone’ if any country joins Russia-Belarus union

Russia and Belarus are formally part of a Union State, a borderless union and alliance between the two former Soviet republics.

Russia, Belarus sign document to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, says TASS news

Moscow will retain control over the weapons and any decisions on their use, the news agency quoted Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying.

India can maximise its nuclear power with AI but control of weapons must stay with humans

If war remains within the realm of human society, it can still involve issues of proportionality, morality, human rights, and the most human act of all—bargaining.

Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus’ borders with NATO

In one of Russia's most pronounced nuclear signals since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine, Putin said on 26 March that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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.