Tritium breakthrough brings India closer to an H-bomb arsenal

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Scientists working at India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) discovered that highly enriched tritium can be extracted using heavy water as the moderator in power reactors. The new technology puts India in a position to stockpile and secure strategic materials for defence purposes in light of nuclear aspirations of Pakistan and the already-nuclear China. With a half-life of 12.3 years, tritium is a radioactive isotope that later converts into a non-radioactive form of helium.

Science & research, All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Nuclear Ordnance & Equip, Isotopes

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India revamps intelligence agencies

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Indian government opens a new communication and surveillance agency, the National Technical Intelligence Communications Center (NTICC), in an attempt to revamp its intelligence agency. The NTICC would provide technical and electronic intelligence to the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the newly created Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

Organizational history, Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Defense industry, Defence industry, Organization formation

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South Asian political rivalries obstruct energy co-operation.

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A natural gas pipeline, from Iran to India, by way of Pakistan, was first proposed in 1989. However, political unrest in the South Asia area has postponed the undertaking. The war in Afghanistan has further complicted the situation.

Iran, Indian foreign relations, Asia, Gas industry, Iranian foreign relations

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