Operation Smiling News Today

Nuclear weapons are political weapons.

Americas concerned about use of AI in nuclear technology. The US has exhorted China and the Russian Federation to commit against use of AI in operations of nuclear arsenal.

Who gets credit for wiping smallpox from the planet? American men have been widely recognized while the contributions of South Asian public health workers have been less celebrated. Episode 2 of the “Eradicating Smallpox” podcast tells the story of Mahendra Dutta, an Indian public health leader, whose political savvy helped usher in a transformative approach to finding and containing smallpox cases.

Who gets credit for wiping smallpox from the planet? American men have been widely recognized while the contributions of South Asian public health workers have been less celebrated. Episode 2 of the “Eradicating Smallpox” podcast tells the story of Mahendra Dutta, an Indian public health leader, whose political savvy helped usher in a transformative approach to finding and containing smallpox cases.

Today in History, 16 July: India conducted its first successful nuclear test, codenamed Operation Smiling Buddha. This event marked Indias entry into the nuclear club and had significant regional and global security implications.