Nuclear Test
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Putin calls tougher sanctions on North Korea ‘useless’, warns of ‘global catastrophe’
World | Sep 05, 2017, 04:13 PM ISTWarning against imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that such steps would be “useless and inefficient”
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North Korea's advanced hydrogen bomb test: BRICS bats for diplomatic solution; US warns of 'military response'
World | Sep 04, 2017, 05:40 PM ISTBRICS countries today strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test as the US said it will answer the threat with a "massive military response".
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Gold hits 2017 high on North Korea's nuclear test, at Rs 30,600
Sep 04, 2017, 04:01 PM ISTGold prices surged by Rs 200 to trade at Rs 30,600 per ten gram - its highest level this year - at the bullion market today after North Korea conducted its most powerful nuclear test
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Seoul conducts live-fire drills against North Korea's sixth nuclear test
World | Sep 04, 2017, 10:53 AM ISTThe drill intended to simulate a strike on North Korea's Pyunggye-ri nuclear test site
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North Korea conducts 6th Nuclear test, US, China and other countries raises concern
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UN chief condemns 'profoundly destabilising' NKorea nuke test
World | Sep 04, 2017, 10:37 AM ISTUN said the act was yet another serious breach of the DPRK's international obligations undermining international non-proliferation and disarmament efforts
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India condemns North Korea's nuclear test
India | Sep 03, 2017, 07:13 PM ISTExternal Affairs Ministry in a statement said it was a matter of deep concern that North Korea has again acted in violation of its international commitments.
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Will respond with fire and fury like the world has never seen: Trump warns North Korea
World | Aug 09, 2017, 07:24 AM ISTTrump did not elaborate on his point and made no other specific remarks, but his comments come shortly after the daily Washington Post reported data from a new report by the US Defense Intelligence Agency about North Korea
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China's efforts to rein in N Korea didn't work out, says Donald Trump
World | Jun 21, 2017, 04:48 PM ISTUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that efforts by China to rein out North Korea have "not worked" out. He, However, appreciated Beijing for its attempts to pursue its closest ally to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
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Would be ‘honoured’ to meet Kim Jong-un, but ‘under right circumstances’: Donald Trump
World | May 02, 2017, 09:09 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump said on Monday he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "under the right circumstances" to defuse tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.
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North Korea warns of nuclear test ‘at any time, at any location’
World | May 01, 2017, 02:39 PM ISTNorth Korea warned today that it will carry out a nuclear test "at any time and at any location" set by its leadership, in the latest rhetoric to fuel jitters in the region.
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Tillerson says China warned North Korea to stop nuclear tests
World | Apr 28, 2017, 07:50 AM ISTU.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that China has threatened to impose sanctions on North Korea if it conducts further nuclear tests.
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North Korea preparing for sixth nuclear test?
World | Apr 13, 2017, 02:50 PM ISTNew satellite photos have showed North Korea's nuclear base prepared and ready for a new test, something that will add to the rising tension in the peninsula.
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North Korea ready to conduct nuclear test, says US
World | Mar 25, 2017, 10:45 AM ISTThe United States has said that North Korea is ready for its sixth underground nuclear test at any time.
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US anticipates new missile, nuclear tests by North Korea
World | Mar 17, 2017, 09:30 AM ISTThe US intelligence community and defence officials are anticipating that North Korea will soon carry out a new round of testing of its missile and nuclear programme, a media report said on Friday.
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‘North Korea has plutonium to make 10 nuclear bombs’, claims South Korea
World | Jan 11, 2017, 02:47 PM ISTA week after North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said it was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea on Wednesday claimed that North Korea has enough plutonium to make 10 nuclear bombs. Seoul,
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North Korea confirms its 'biggest ever' nuclear test
World | Sep 09, 2016, 11:31 PM ISTNorth Korea appears to have detonated its fifth atomic device on Friday, South Korean officials said, with Seoul and international monitors detecting unusual seismic activity near the North's north-eastern nuclear test site.
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Nehru passed up US offer to test nuclear weapon before China: Ex Foreign Secretary
National | Jun 14, 2016, 03:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: India need not have had to make desperate efforts now to get membership of elite NSG had former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted the then US President John F Kennedy’s offer of helping
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18yrs after Pokhran-II nuclear tests, commemorative project a non-starter
India | May 12, 2016, 02:56 PM ISTJaisalmer:18 years after the landmark Pokhran-II nuclear tests, work on a project announced to commemorate the event is yet to begin. India had conducted nulcear tests in Pokhran in 1974 and later on May
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National Technology Day: 5 things to know about the Pokhran II nuclear tests
May 11, 2016, 06:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: May 11 is observed as the National Technology Day every year to honour the history of India’s technological inventions and knowledge. One of the biggest reasons this day hold significance is that it