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The shell of a building stands amid acres of rubble in this view of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Photo: AP)

It's time to treat India as a N-weapons state

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was devastated and three days later, on August 9, Nagasaki was decimated.

24 Nov 2017 11:26 PM GMT

Ever since India applied for the membership of the NSG in May 2016, China has been insisting that only those countries which have signed the NPT should be allowed to enter the organisation which is a 48-member grouping that regulates the global nuclear commerce. (Photo: AP)

China rules out India's NSG entry without talks on NPT

India and Pakistan are not signatories of the NPT. After India's application, Pakistan too applied for the NSG...

21 Jun 2019 4:07 PM GMT

At the start of 2019, the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea had a total of some 13,865 nuclear weapons, according to estimates in a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). (Representational Image)

NPT at 50: Past imperfect, future uncertain

In exchange for countries' pledges not to develop nukes, the US in exchange would hand over its own nuclear weapons.

5 March 2020 9:13 PM GMT

Nirmala Sitharaman who is now Indias Defence Minister was earlier Commerce Minister. (Photo: PTI)

India takes non-proliferation seriously unlike some neighbours:...

Sitharaman said infiltration bids from across the border with Pakistan have not come down.

16 March 2018 2:36 AM GMT

Pakistan and India flag (Representational image)

Forced to test nukes in 1998 due to 'hostile posturing' by India:...

India conducted a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions at the Pokhran in May, 1998, which was soon followed by...

28 May 2018 2:58 AM GMT

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

What if N Korea didn't have nuclear weapons?

North Korea's quest for nuclear weapons capability started in the mid-1960s.

9 Jun 2018 11:54 PM GMT

While PM Modis bear hug with President Trump and a clutch of deals at their encounter in June symbolised a budding friendship, trade between the two nations has underperformed and Washington wants to narrow a $31-billion deficit. (Photo: AP)

US considering ways to back India's Nuclear Supplier Group bid more...

China, a key member of NSG, has been opposing India's bid citing that New Delhi is not a signatory to the Nuclear...

27 Aug 2017 6:42 AM GMT

United Nations. (Photo: Representational)

UN: India skips, 122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear...

A substantive session was held in March 2017 to negotiate the legally binding instrument aimed at prohibiting nuclear...

8 July 2017 11:25 AM GMT

Hua Chunying said that China was deeply shocked by the terror attack. (Photo: AP)

China refuses to change stand on India's entry into NSG

India, not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), says it will not sign the NPT as it regards it...

22 May 2017 10:08 AM GMT

India had officially applied for membership of the grouping which controls export of nuclear materials, equipment and technology in May last year. (Representational photo: PTI)

NSG likely to meet next month, slim chances of India's entry

India has repeatedly said that China is the 'one country' which has been blocking its bid.

21 May 2017 8:52 AM GMT

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

India's NSG bid has become 'more complicated': China

China has been blocking India's membership in the 48-nation grouping which controls the nuclear commerce.

5 Jun 2017 8:42 AM GMT

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

China blocks India's NSG membership even after body's meeting in...

The meeting also discussed technical, legal and political aspects of the participation of non-NPT States in the NSG.

24 Jun 2017 7:26 AM GMT