Nuclear Debate
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It’s a new era of nuclear rearmament – and United States is leading the march
Nuclear arms control is fast unravelling and the Non-Proliferation Treaty could be at risk.
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
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The Doomsday Clock is now just two minutes from the apocalypse
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said ‘the nuclear landscape took center stage’ in its decision to move the minute hand closer to midnight this year.
Scroll Staff
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How the debate on the nuclear arms race in a post-Christian world should go
Any conversation on the subject should include Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, India and China.
Paul Bracken
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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India, China and Pakistan join US-led boycott against UN meet to ban nuclear weapons
Japan has also opposed the negotiations and said the lack of consensus in the matter will undermine efforts towards nuclear disarmament.
Scroll Staff
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View from Pakistan: How Islamabad should revive active nuclear diplomacy
The country needs to reverse discriminatory restrictions, impede India’s strategic build-up and preserve the credibility of its nuclear deterrence.
Munir Akram
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Watch: Switzerland promised to support India's NSG bid when Modi visited just two weeks ago
At Seoul, however, it seems like the Swiss changed their mind.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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NSG membership is not about arms race, US says in reaction to Pakistan opposing to India's bid
State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said the group is about peaceful civil use of nuclear energy and that Islamabad must understand that.
Scroll Staff
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Is cancer really killing scores of employees at India’s atomic energy centres?
The department insists that news reports of unusually high numbers of cancer-related deaths are wrong.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan