{"id":4074,"date":"2026-01-28T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:06:34","slug":"what-is-the-doomsday-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-the-doomsday-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Doomsday Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Doomsday Clock Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recently moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest the world has ever been to global catastrophe in its estimation. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Doomsday Clock<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>symbolic clock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adopted by atomic scientists to show<\/span><b> how close human beings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>considered to be to a global catastrophe, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>midnight standing for annihilation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or \u201c<\/span><b>doomsday<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metaphorically, the clock\u2019s <\/span><b>minute hand moves closer to or farther from midnight<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on the <\/span><b>level of threat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> thought to be <\/span><b>posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, or disruptive technologies.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clock was<\/span><b> created in 1947 by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was founded two years earlier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During that time, the clock was <\/span><b>set at seven minutes to midnight.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Since its invention <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1947, the clock has been <\/span><b>reset 27 times.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In January 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the clock was<\/span><b> set to 85 seconds before midnigh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t, the<\/span><b> closest it has ever <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">been to doomsday.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>nonprofit organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that sought to <\/span><b>warn the public about the danger of nuclear weapons.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulletin was <\/span><b>founded by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a group called the <\/span><b>Atomic Scientists of Chicago in September 1945<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the University of Chicago.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>founding members and sponsors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were <\/span><b>scientists<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who had <\/span><b>contributed to the development of the first atomic bombs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of the <\/span><b>Manhattan Project,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including physicists <\/span><b>Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Eugene Rabinowitch.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerned about the devastating consequences of this new technology, the group published their first newsletter, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, in December <\/span><b>1945<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/trends\/what-is-the-doomsday-clock-why-it-moved-closer-to-midnight-in-2026-11769534116149.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MINT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock adopted by atomic scientists to show how close human beings are considered to be to a global catastrophe. 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