Nuclear nemesis

Russian scientists confess to dumping atomic waste near major rivers to hide their Cold War sins

Africa in space: continent has a lot to gain, but proper plans must be put in place

African countries need to be more deliberate in developing space capabilities; quite a lot of strategic foresight is needed in Africa

Curtains for Chernobyl

Needed: people

Russia's population is declining at an alarming rate

‘Wild tigers could be back in Kazakhstan by 2026’

Igor Chestin is the head of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s Russia chapter. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial …

Chill blast

Did American scientists help Russia acquire its atomic bomb? A new book triggers off a major post-Cold War controversy

Repeat show Chernobyl?

India to bid adieu to Five Year Plans

The country will still have Plan documents but they would not adhere to a five year time period

‘A consequential but ultimately tragic figure’: last leader of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Like other tragic reformers in history, Gorbachev’s chief legacy is to remind us about what might have been, rather than what subsequently …

African countries need to seize opportunities created by US-China tensions

This will require a great deal of imagination and courage

Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine

Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas