Air pollution is a complex and multifaceted issue. Cleaning up our air can be a secret weapon in addressing some of society’s biggest challenges together, from public health to climate change, children’s development and sustainable economic growth. By working together, have a golden opportunity to make action on air pollution …
Gareth Evans & Yoriko Kawaguchi The International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament seeks to contribute to the global effort to help build a new momentum to reconsider the role of nuclear weapons in international relations and eventually to eliminate them. India
INDIA is closely monitoring a draft Security Council resolution moved by the US, asking non-NPT countries to sign the treaty. The draft resolution, which has been circulated by the US, asks signatories to cooperate to rid the world of nuclear weapons and asks countries out of the loop to sign …
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over reports of Pakistan increasing its stockpile of nuclear weapons, India on Monday expressed the hope that international pressure would be mounted on Islamabad to hold the arms at deterrent level. Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju, who assumed charge of the office here …
Seoul: North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its latest nuclear test, fired two more short-range missiles off its east coast on Tuesday and accused the US of plotting against its government. In a move certain to compound tensions in the region, South Korea said it would …
London, May 3: Scientists claim to have found a unique method of identifying counterfeit antique malt whisky by detecting in the beverage traces of radioactive particles flung into the atmosphere by nuclear bomb tests. A team at Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, has discovered that it could pinpoint the date a …
New York: Failed investment bank Lehman Brothers sits not only on toxic subprime mortgage loans but also toxic nuclear stockpile. According to reports, the bankrupt bank holds up to 450,000 pounds of uranium
Under-scoring the need for total elimination of nuclear weapons, Pakistan told a UN panel on Wednesday that the objective should be achieved through an equitable approach and genuine empathy for the security concerns of all states. At the same time, Ambassador Farukh Amil said. We have to avoid discriminatory application …
In the first of three features on the legacy of the Bush administration, Declan Butler looks at the United States' failure to deal with the risks of nuclear proliferation.
Washington: According to senior American and foreign officials, President Bush had deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialised bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran
Sandeep Dikshit NEW DELHI: Pakistan President Asif Zardari said on Saturday he would work on a no-first-use (NFU) policy of nuclear weapons and assured India that his government would not interfere in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first time that Pakistan has advocated the policy of no-first use of …
When Barack Hussein Obama occupies the Oval office on January 20, 2009, he may go there with a strong India connection that has guided him through his formative years as a freshman senator
As George W. Bush stepped briskly into the White House for the signing ceremony in the afternoon of October 8, the gathering that included Ronen Sen, India's ambassador to the US, was aware that they were witnessing a rare and historic moment. Bush looked much the cat that got the …
1. At the ... Plenary meeting on ... the Participating Governments of the Nuclear Suppliers Group decided that they: a. Desire to contribute to the effectiveness and integrity of the global nonproliferation regime, and to the widest possible implementation of the provisions and objectives of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation …
Nationalist euphoria over the NSG waiver will breed monumental arrogance, great-power delusions, and contempt for peace among our social-Darwinist elite. THE headlines reporting the waiver granted to India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) from its nuclear trade rules could not have been more breathless or gung-ho
