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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicNuclear weapons

Topic: Nuclear weapons

‘Moscow may change timing for use of nuclear weapons if threats increase,’ warns Russian lawmaker

Russia’s 2020 nuclear doctrine sets out when its president would consider using a nuclear weapon, primarily as a response to an attack 'when the very existence of the state is put under threat'.

China can exploit the US fear of nuclear escalation & create trouble at borders

Is the world drifting toward another world war? China’s rise, hyper-nationalism, and border conflicts highlight similarities with the conditions that led to the previous world wars.

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.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

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.