Nuclear Weapons
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N Korean threat will be met with ‘massive military response’, says US; India condemns nuclear test
World | September 04, 2017 7:11 ISTUS Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea’s claimed test of a hydrogen bomb with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any threat from the North with a “massive military response — a response both effective and overwhel
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US worried over possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling in hands of terrorists
World | August 25, 2017 11:20 ISTA senior Trump administration official said that during a compressive review, one of the major issues that continually came up for discussion and is very important to the US was the nuclear danger in the region.
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North Korea dismisses Trump's 'fire and fury' warning, threatens to launch missiles toward Guam
World | August 10, 2017 10:25 ISTNorth Korea today officially dismissed President Donald Trump's threats of "fire and fury," declaring the American leader "bereft of reason" and warning ominously, "only absolute force can work on him."
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UN adopts global treaty banning nuclear weapons, India skips talks
World | July 08, 2017 15:56 ISTIndia and other nuclear-armed nations - the United States, Russia, Britain, China, France, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel had not participated in the negotiations.
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In historic move, 122 nations adopt first-ever treaty to completely ban nuclear weapons
India | July 08, 2017 12:43 ISTElayne Whyte Gomez, president of the UN conference that has been negotiating the legally binding treaty, announced the results of the "historic" vote
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India could launch nuclear weapons on Pakistan as pre-emptive attack, says nuclear expert
India | March 21, 2017 14:50 ISTIn what would be a notable reversal of its well-known no-first use policy, India could launch a preemptive first strike against Pakistan if it feared that a nuclear attack was imminent, a leading nuclear strategist has said.
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Nuclear weapons should be completely destroyed, says Chinese president Xi Jinping
World | January 19, 2017 18:53 ISTChinese President Xi Jinping has said that the international community should strive for a world where nuclear weapons are prohibited and where existing stocks are completely destroyed.
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Donald Trump's tweet on nuclear weapons indicates major policy change: Report
World | December 23, 2016 12:40 ISTUS President-elect Donald Trump’s tweet calling for strengthening and expansion of country’s nuclear arsenal reflects a major policy change compared to the policies of the outgoing Obama administration, according to a media report.
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Nuclear Pakistan has destabilising effects: US expert
World | May 26, 2016 16:13 ISTWashington: Nuclear weapons in Pakistan’s hands have “corrosively destabilising” effects in the region and provide a license for the country’s sub-conventional wars against India, a top American expert has said. ”Unfortunately nucle
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India has important role in stewardship of nuclear weapons: US
World | March 31, 2016 9:44 ISTWashington: India has an important role to play in responsible stewardship of nuclear weapons and materials, US Secretary of State John Kerry said ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington where he will
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'Pakistan was to deploy nuclear weapons against India during Kargil war'
India | December 03, 2015 13:47 ISTWashington: Pakistan was preparing to deploy its nuclear weapons against India at the height of the 1999 Kargil war when its army was suffering heavy casualties, the CIA had warned then President Bill Clinton.The revelation
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Pakistan rejects report about fastest growing nuclear warheads
World | August 29, 2015 23:32 ISTIslamabad: Pakistan on Friday rejected as "utterly baseless" a report by leading American thank-tanks which said that Islamabad has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world."We reject the report's assertion that Pakistan has the
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UN Security Council nod to Iran nuclear deal
World | July 20, 2015 23:55 ISTUnited Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously approved the landmark agreement reached with Iran by its permanent members and Germany aimed at stopping Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.The resolution presented by the US
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ISIS claims it could buy nuke from Pakistan within a year
World | May 23, 2015 20:45 ISTIn its latest issue of propaganda magazine Dabiq, Islamic State has claimed that at its present expansion rate, the group could purchase its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan within 12 months.The overstated piece entitled "The
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Seoul, Japan, US to discuss North Korea next week
World | May 22, 2015 10:44 ISTSeoul: Chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, US and Japan will convene here next week on ways to dissuade North Korea from developing nuclear weapons, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Friday.seoul,In the two-day session starting
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Major terror attack against India could trigger Nuclear-war: Experts
World | February 26, 2015 17:55 ISTWashington: Pakistan may use nuclear weapons against India if the latter goes for a large scale military assault against it in retaliation for a major terror attack emanating from across the border, two top American
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UN General Assembly urges India, Pakistan and Israel to give up nuclear weapons
World | December 03, 2014 11:29 ISTUnited Nations: India, backed by the United States, opposed a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on New Delhi to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons. The resolution that also targeted Israel and Pakistan, however, passed
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India ready for agreements on nuclear no first use
World | October 22, 2014 6:26 ISTUnited Nations: Reiterating its policy of not using nuclear weapons first and not targeting non-nuclear weapons nations, India has offered to enter into agreements incorporating the two principles.“As a responsible nuclear power India has a
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Know more about nuclear weapons of India, China
India | October 17, 2013 6:25 ISTNew Delhi: As two rising Asian powers with high GDP growths and increasing geo-political influence, India and China have been arch rivals in their race to superpowerdom. The race for regional dominance between these two
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Know more about nuclear weapons of India, Pakistan
India | August 20, 2014 10:43 ISTNew Delhi: After racing ahead of India in ballistic and cruise missiles, with covert help from China and North Korea, Pakistan seems to be surging ahead on the nuclear front too. A series of recent
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