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Under PM Nehru, India’s first Atomic Energy Act

December 21, 2025 7:31 am

India has made progress after the first atomic energy law.  Currently, the government-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) operates 24 nuclear reactors, with a total capacity of 8,180 megawatts of electricity.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years on: Books that told the truth

August 19, 2025 11:33 am

ReadIt: Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the books that reveal the truth behind the mushroom clouds and why we must never forget.

Hiroshima Day 2025: Date, history, significance — all you need to know

August 06, 2025 10:35 am

Hiroshima Day 2025 Date and Significance: August 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Japan during WWII, known as Hiroshima Day.

Was Hiroshima a show of strength meant to shape future order? 

August 06, 2025 8:40 am

August 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Japan during WWII. But even eight decades later, Hiroshima is not just about the past. It continues to shape how we think about the future – about war, peace, and power. 

Hiroshima Day 2024: All you need to know—date, history, significance, and more

August 06, 2024 8:46 am

Hiroshima Day on August 6, 2024: Know why we commemorate the tragic anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

Pegasus is no different from bombing in Hiroshima: Sanjay Raut

July 26, 2021 2:51 am

Raut, in a column in Saamana, said that NSO, the Israeli company that owns the Pegasus, claimed it provides software only to the government of a country.

Life has triumphed over death in Hiroshima, but memories and stories remain

August 07, 2020 10:12 am

Shashi Tharoor writes: When the museum commemorates its 65th anniversary this year, 75 years to the day after the A-bomb fell, it will help the world to keep its own memories intact — so that humankind can, through these searing reminders, ensure it never suffers or witnesses the horror of nuclear bombing again.

Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims

August 04, 2020 2:38 pm

Survivors are frustrated by their inability to see a nuclear-free world in their lifetime, and by Japan's refusal to sign or ratify a nuclear weapons ban treaty enacted in 2017.

Japan set to mark 75 years since Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic bombing

August 04, 2020 8:19 am

Commemorations this year will be scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with fewer seats and video messages from dignitaries.

In an Antique Land

March 21, 2014 11:44 pm

Kamila Shamsie’s new novel, set in 20th century Peshawar, is not burdened by the weight of history.

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Today in pics: India observes 69th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

August 06, 2014 6:24 pm

The 1945 bombing killed up to 140,000 people.

Japan marks 69th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

August 06, 2014 1:25 pm

Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday, as Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to visit the city to see the scars of the atomic bombing first hand.

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