London: The father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb has astonished the world by recanting his confession he sold nuclear technology to the

Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday in an unusually strongly worded report. The tone of the language suggesting that Tehran continues to stonewall the IAEA revealed a glimpse of the frustration felt by agency investigators stymied in their attempts to gain full answers to suspicious aspects of Iran's past nuclear activities.

M.R. Srinivasan 123 agreement specifically recognises the continuing existence of India's strategic programme.

Trouble appears to be brewing amongst the Asian nations, including India, with China building a massive strategic underground submarine naval base that could house N-submarines and a host of aircraft carriers on Hainan Island. in South China Sea, south of Hong Kong. The base, being built near the holiday resort of Sanya on Hainan Island's southern tip, was revealed by commercial satellite images on May 3, 2008.

Former US president Jimmy Carter has said Israel holds at least 150 nuclear weapons, the first time a US president has publicly acknowledged the Jewish state's atomic arsenal. Asked at a news conference at Wales' Hay literary festival yesterday how a future US president should deal with the Iranian nuclear threat, Carter put the risk in context by listing atomic weapons held globally.

An analysis of new commercial satellite photos has identified a larger deployment of medium range nuclear missiles in Central China with the capability to attack Russia and north India including New Delhi, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has reported.

There is unfortunately little questioning of the need for nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan. (Editorial)

Women and nuclear-capable ballistic missiles usually don't go together. But, breaking the glass ceiling in a typical male bastion, a woman scientist will now head a key missile project of the country. Tessy Thomas, 45, will now be the project director for the new advanced version of the 2,500-km range Agni-II missile. The promotion comes soon after she played a crucial role in the successful firing of the 3,500-km range Agni-III missile last week as associate project director.

Kalam puts up his hand in support of the nuclear deal

It's the 10th anniversary of the nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998 that forever changed the way India and the rest of the world perceived each other. But the date has been marked only by newspapers and magazines who love anniversaries. It's not on the official anniversary agenda of the UPA government.

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