From Pokhran in 1974 to the tests of 1998, India’s nuclear journey unfolded through secrecy, sanctions, and strategic risk, ...

The Smiling Buddha — code name for India’s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974 — ironical and yet caustic, since Buddha would have never endorsed such an act. Buddha may have frowned and ...

China’s popular good luck symbol, the pot-bellied patron known as the Smiling Buddha, has been worth its weight in fortune cookies as a namesmake for Schaumburg’s oldest Mandarin-Szechwan restaurant.

The nuclear test was named 'Smiling Buddha' because the test was conducted on the date that coincided with the Buddha Purnima festival that year. After the successful conduct of the test, Dr R Ramanna ...

"The Buddha is smiling," was the code message flashed to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi when India successfully detonated its first nuclear bomb at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan on May 18, ...

The trailer of the second season of the hit streaming series ‘Rocket Boys’ was unveiled recently and it tells the story of independent India’s formative years. It shows the country grappling with the ...

With this feat, India became the first country outside the five permanent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members to conduct the test. India is observing the 48th anniversary of its first ...

Rajagopala Chidambaram, a renowned physicist and pivotal figure in India’s nuclear programme, passed away on January 4, 2025, at the age of 88. His legacy as a leader in advancing India's nuclear ...

PM Modi addressed the nation on May 12. In his first address to the country after Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12 said India is a country of peace but it will hit back and ...

In “An Unworthy Ally” (September/ October 2015), C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly argue that the United States should cut off military aid to Pakistan. That is a sensible recommendation, but the ...