India on 11-13 May, 1998, tested five nuclear devices at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in RajasthanUS and allies slapped punitive sanctions on India following the tests that were lifted in 2001
1 min read11 May 2020The inspiration behind the name is India’s second nuclear test in 1998, which went by the code word Operation ShaktiThe heavily-guarded site of the underground explosion is a mere 3 km from Khetolai, a village of roughly 5000 people near the town of Pokhran
2 min read28 Apr 2019Atal Bihari Vajpayee emerges as a figure in the classical tradition of the 19th century European strategists like Metternich and Castlereagha realist committed to restraint and balance
4 min read20 Aug 2018Cutting across party lines, leaders took to Twitter to pay their respects to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1 min read16 Aug 2018Atal Bihari Vajpayee can be credited with putting the India-US relations on course for the strategic partnership that exists today
3 min read16 Aug 2018Atal Bihari Vajpayee died at 5.05pm in AIIMS Delhi, more than two months after he was hospitalised
3 min read16 Aug 2018While Avengers: Infinity War spilled over from its late April release to make Rs226.03 crore at last count, Bollywood dominated the month of May with Raazi that has earned Rs114.89 crore
2 min read7 Jun 2018In this anything-goes, post-truth film, Parmanu The Story of Pokhran, fact and fiction are freely and selectively mixed to whip up patriotic fervour around a nuclear test that India conducted two decades ago
3 min read25 May 2018This film about the Pokhran nuclear tests fails to drum up much excitement
1 min read25 May 2018It is 20 years since India made that momentous decision to cross the Rubicon, after keeping the nuclear option open for decades and living with considerable unease in the world's most complex security environment
3 min read11 May 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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