Current Affairs - National - Discussion

According to the biennial Nuclear Security Index released by US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), India ranks 19th in the 'Theft Ranking' for countries with weapons usable nuclear materials. India has improved its ranking by one spot from 2016. Australia ( that topped in 2012, 2014, 2016) shares the top spot with Switzerland in 2018. They are followed by Canada, Germany and Japan. Finland, New Zealand, and Sweden tied for the top ranking among countries with less than one kilogram of or no weapons-usable nuclear materials.