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Elon Musk also said that moving to Mars will one day cost less than USD 500,000 or even below USD 100,000. (Photo: File)

This is why Elon Musk wanted to attack Mars with nuclear weapons

Why would a revolutionary inventor from planet Earth want to destroy the neighbouring planet?

17 Aug 2019 3:14 PM IST

Singh said, Till today, our nuclear policy is No First Use. What happens in future depends on the circumstances. ( Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India's 'No First Use' policy may change based on circumstances:...

He made the major statement in Pokhran on the death anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

16 Aug 2019 2:11 PM IST

India on Saturday conducted successfully the first night trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface medium range nuclear capable missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, defence sources said. (Photo: Twitter/ PPChaudharyMoS)

No First Use of nuclear bomb, reiterates India; also bats for global...

India's reiteration of its nuclear doctrine is significant given the situation it has now found itself.

4 Oct 2020 4:17 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit in 2018. (AFP)

North Korea says little reason to maintain ties with Trump

On Thursday North Korea criticized the United States for commenting on inter-Korean affairs

12 Jun 2020 11:41 AM IST

An atomic bomb survivor offers a prayer for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Nagasaki Hypocenter Park. (AFP Photo)

Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima,...

9 Aug 2021 12:17 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Great power rifts shatter India's dream sequences

India subscribes to the Western model in form -- an outcome of a dream sequence which began at Independence and has...

27 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

A Tepco official wearing radioactive protective gear stands in front of Advanced Liquid Processing Systems during a media tour at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in November 2014. Photo:AP

Mohan Guruswamy | Nuclear bombast: Is there a method in the madness?

Since nuclear weapons cannot really be used, their only utility lies in the mere threat of their use

7 April 2022 12:39 AM IST

The new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni P being successfully tested by the DRDO from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, on Dec. 18, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | The deterrence dynamic in India-China-Pak triad

No First Use benchmark was considered unique to Chinese strategic thinking

18 Jun 2022 11:40 PM IST

India seeks status as a global power, the Pentagons top intelligence chief told US lawmakers on Tuesday, adding that as such New Delhi perceives its strategic forces as necessary elements to achieve that goal. (Representational Image)

India seeks global power status: Pentagon intelligence chief

India has put its first domestically-built nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant, into service.

7 March 2018 10:58 AM IST

Benjamin Netanyahu brandished a rectangular piece of dark green metal which he called a piece of that Iranian drone, or whats left of it, after we shot it down. (Photo: File)

Netanyahu hails US policy on Iran, calls on world to back

'We call on the entire international community to join this American position,' Netanyahu said.

22 May 2018 10:57 AM IST

Abe and Trump spoke by telephone a day after American and North Korean officials met at a border truce village to prepare for the summit. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump, Shinzo Abe say 'imperative' to dismantle North Korean...

Trump said the summit could go ahead as planned following a more appeasing statement from Pyongyang and productive talks...

29 May 2018 8:59 AM IST

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 8:28 AM IST