https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1693.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1693.html 2009-10-11T11:21:22Z text/html en V. Sudarshan <p>Even though the Atomic Energy Commission certified that the dud thermonuclear device tested during Pokhran-II in May 1998 was no dud, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and R. Chidambaram, the AEC Chairman in 1998 and currently Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister, felt compelled to step out on September 24 to mount a fresh defence of their untenable claim. This was necessary because the previous attempt by the AEC did not find any purchase in the media. It was left to (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique95.html" rel="directory">October 2009</a>