US confirms successful stockpile flight tests of B61-12 nuclear gravity bombThe United States has completed crucial flight tests of its B61-12 nuclear bomb. These tests involved the advanced F-35A fighter jet. Inert...
16 Nov, 2025, 10.23 AM IST
Back to the future with Mr T's N-wordAs the specter of Cold War fears looms large once again, the US President has directed the Department of War to revisit nuclear weapons tes...
31 Oct, 2025, 10.48 PM IST
How the US once acquired Soviet MiG-29s in a top-secret mission to prevent Iran from acquiring themIn 1997, the U.S. acquired 21 MiG-29 fighters from Moldova for $40 million, preventing their potential sale to Iran. The aircraft were stud...
06 Sep, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
India maintains nuclear edge over Pakistan with more warheads, next-gen 'canisterised' MIRV-capable missiles: SIPRIIndia continues to maintain an edge over Pakistan in nuclear capabilities, with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI...
16 Jun, 2025, 11.22 AM IST
PLA proves its combat readiness by launching an ICBM across the PacificChina’s rare ICBM test in the Pacific from Hainan Island, the first since 1980, demonstrates its reach to the USA, stirring regional and in...
01 Oct, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
U.S. researchers find probable launch site of Russia's new nuclear-powered missileTwo U.S. researchers have identified a probable deployment site in Russia for the 9M370 Burevestnik, a new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed c...
03 Sep, 2024, 01.21 AM IST
How Kim's meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitionsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met at a rocket launch facility in Siberia for their first summit...
14 Sep, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Anthony Fauci vows more testing as Covid's Omicron hammers USCovid cases have skyrocketed across the United States in recent weeks as the highly infectious Omicron variant became the dominant strain, ...
26 Dec, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
US, Europe ready India supplies; Putin speaks with PM ModiPlane loads of life-saving equipment, including oxygen concentrators and medicines, will arrive soon from the US, Russia and the UK, as the...
29 Apr, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Australia to send oxygen, ventilators, PPE to India as part of immediate support packageThe National Security Committee of Cabinet is set to meet on Tuesday to discuss any assistance for India, as well as any extra steps that m...
26 Apr, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's oil fears look well funded: Julian LeeThere are worrying signs that the recovery in transport fuel has not only ground to a halt, but has actually gone into reverse in some key ...
31 Jan, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treatyIf President Trump doesn't extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty — only remaining US-Russia arms control pact — or succeed in nego...
23 May, 2020, 07.22 PM IST
Signs missed and steps slowed in Donald Trump's pandemic responseLife-saving medical equipment was not stockpiled. Travel largely continued unabated. Vital public health data from China was not provided o...
13 Apr, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
Oil jumps after Fed cuts US interest rates, then pares gainsBrent and WTI have rebounded over the past two days after sliding more than 20% from their January peak.
03 Mar, 2020, 09.51 PM IST
Rupee opens 37 paise down at 71.93 ahead of GDP dataThe coronavirus outbreak may negatively impact global growth by 30 basis points or $250 billion.
28 Feb, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
South Korea to launch mass coronavirus testing, U.S. pledges $1 bln for vaccineSouth Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the centre of a surge in coronavirus cases as countries stepped up effort...
25 Feb, 2020, 01.34 PM IST
- Asia still swine flu-free; New Zealand lowers toll
Asia stayed on high alert but free of confirmed swine flu cases on Thursday, while nearby New Zealand - the only country in the region to c...
30 Apr, 2009, 03.04 PM IST