India projects itself as a responsible nuclear power, one with credible command-and-control systems, a strong safety culture, and mature institutional oversight. This narrative is central to India’s claims for strategic legitimacy and global leadership. Yet publicly documented incidents over the past two decades reveal a more troubling reality: recurring failures in radioactive material control, uneven […]
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Earthquake jolts Islamabad and multiple cities
Tremors were felt in Islamabad and several other cities across the country on Saturday, causing panic among residents who rushed out of their homes and workplaces. The earthquake was recorded with a magnitude of 5.4, according to seismic monitoring authorities. Read More: Earthquake rattles Islamabad, several Punjab cities Officials stated that the depth of the earthquake was approximately […]
Gas blast turns wedding joy into tragedy in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A day of celebration turned into a nightmare for Hanif Masih and his family when a gas blast destroyed their home in Sector G-7, killing at least eight people and leaving several others injured on Sunday morning. Read More: Bride, groom among 8 dead in Islamabad house explosion The explosion occurred during the wedding festivities […]
Solomon Islands Still Battling WWII Bombs
HONIARA: When Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip struck metal while ploughing his field, he discovered not a rock — but one of the many unexploded World War II bombs still buried beneath the Pacific nation’s soil. From 1942 to 1945, fierce fighting between Japanese and Allied forces left behind tens of thousands of munitions. Today, these […]
British and Irish Lions reassured on safety in South Africa
The British and Irish Lions have been reassured of their safety amid a mounting death toll related to looting and arson in South Africa, a security official with the tourists told AFP on Wednesday. By Tuesday night, the unrest had claimed 72 lives with police saying many of the fatalities resulted from “stampedes that occurred […]
Tokyo to vaccinate 18,000 Olympics workers, volunteers
Around 18,000 Tokyo Olympics workers including referees and volunteers will be vaccinated from next week, organisers said Friday, as they try to build confidence that the Games will be safe. With just six weeks until the pandemic-postponed Games open, officials are still battling domestic opposition and fear that the event could spread the coronavirus. Japan’s […]
Women’s safety
Disturbingly frequent reports in the press about women and girls being subjected to sexual assault and harassment show that the state continues to fail in it’s duty to protect female citizens. Most recently, a victim of harassment and groping opened up about her experience at a music festival in Lahore. The young woman alleges that […]
Fire safety
Sir: The decision by PM Imran to stop horizontal spread of cities and protect green agriculture belts on their periphery is a step in right direction to arrest already polluted environment that poses serious health hazards. Most of these irregularities by land mafia occurred in nexus with statutory organizations like CDA, DHA, LDA, KDA, MDA, […]
Ensuring safety for our children
In this age of technology and fast access to every kind of information, it is impossible to strain out things that we do not wish to see. An abrupt, unannounced and a graphic video on the newsfeed can leave us disturbed for days. We’re left speechless and in tears over videos of violence and brutality. […]