A proper Trump-Xi summit would deal with nukesNuclear weapons may not dominate discussions between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, but analysts arg...
14 May, 2026, 08.49 AM IST
"Hypocritical behaviour": Iran says US not complying with nuclear non-proliferation treatyThe Iranian mission to the UN has taken a strong stance against American nuclear strategies, asserting Tehran's right to continue its urani...
03 May, 2026, 06.57 AM IST
Nuclear world war 3 happening soon? Why is UN panel fearing the worst?nine nuclear-armed states -- Russia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea -- poss...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.10 PM IST
Nobel Prize winner in Physics, David Gross says humanity may not survive 50 years - here are his chilling reasonsOver 12,000 nuclear warheads remain active across the globe today. Nine nations hold the power to end civilization as we know it. And accor...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
North Korea again tests cluster munitions in a launch observed by Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju AeNorth Korea conducted its second ballistic missile test this month, featuring cluster bomb warheads, likely to enhance its ability to penet...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.16 AM IST
World growing more dangerous: Ready-to-use nuclear weapons rise despite overall decline, report warnsNuclear weapons are on the rise globally. Monitors report more warheads are ready for use. This is a worrying trend as conflicts intensify....
26 Mar, 2026, 02.45 PM IST
China has an 'obligation' to join nuclear arms talks: US"They (China) have an obligation to negotiate in good faith with us and the Russians," American envoy to the negotiations Marshall Billings...
23 Jun, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
Support for verifiable nuclear disarmament remains firm: IndiaNuclear disarmament can be achieved by "a step-by-step process underwritten by a universal commitment and an agreed multilateral framework ...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.15 AM IST
Centre justifies skipping talks for pact on nuclear arms banThe treaty, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament, was adopted last week at the UN in New York.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.04 PM IST
Pakistan says not bound by treaty on prohibition of nuclear weaponsForeign Office (FO) said that the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted by a vote on July 7 did not fulfil these essential cond...
07 Aug, 2017, 04.57 PM IST
Committed to non-discriminatory, verifiable nuclear disarmament: IndiaThe treaty, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament, was adopted last week at the UN in New York.
18 Jul, 2017, 06.30 PM IST
NPT provisions cannot be extended to India as legal norm: GovernmentGen VK Singh said that India has written to the ICJ denying this contention and reiterating India's position on nuclear disarmament.
22 Jul, 2015, 06.33 PM IST
India votes against UN draft resolutions on Nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyPrior to approval of that draft as a whole, votes were polled on provisions, including on operative paragraph.
31 Oct, 2014, 11.16 AM IST
- India, 8 other countries asked to ratify CTBT
A conference on disarmament today pressed nine countries, including India, which have not yet signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Tre...
24 Sep, 2009, 10.55 PM IST
- India studying UNSC’s draft NPT resolution
India is closely monitoring a draft Security Council resolution moved by the US, asking non-NPT countries to sign the treaty.
17 Sep, 2009, 02.27 AM IST
- N-terrorist a realistic threat, says PM
Pushing for global nuclear disarmament and civilian nuclear energy simultaneously, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned that there is a gro...
10 Jun, 2008, 02.24 AM IST
- Ban for re-examination of global security regime
Making it clear that "setbacks" in the field of disarmament are "unacceptable", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has suggested a re-examina...
10 Apr, 2007, 12.20 PM IST