Kudankulam to start full-load power generation by December
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) The Kudankulam Atomic Power Project in Tamil Nadu, where fuel loading begins next week, is expected to start full-load generation of 1,000 MW from its first ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Court acquits man charged with kidnapping minor
May 11th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A court here has acquitted a man charged with kidnapping a minor girl and forcing her to marry him, after observing that she was happy ... Read more...
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Review ban on Japanese food imports: foreign ministry
April 7th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The external affairs ministry wants a review of the health ministry's decision to suspend for three months food imports from Japan due to radiation hazards ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
India suspends food imports from Japan
April 5th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India Tuesday suspended food imports from Japan for three months or until concerns remain in the wake of radiation hazards arising from the Fukushima nuclear ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
India halts food import from Japan
April 5th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The central government Tuesday suspended import of food articles from Japan for three months due to radiation threats from a nuclear power plant crippled in ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
‘Black box’ is generally orange and far from cockpit
May 23rd, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Usually painted bright orange to help easy retrieval, a black box is a combination of two devices mounted at the rear of an aircraft not the cockpit, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Orissa environment panel clears Vedanta refinery
April 22nd, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 22 (IANS) The Orissa state pollution control board has given a clean chit to Vedanta's alumina refinery in the state's Kalahandi district after conducting checks in the areas near the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
RBI governor dons teacher’s hat for rural kids
September 23rd, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 23 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subba Rao turned into a teacher to give simple lessons on the role of the central bank to about 500 students ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Government to infuse capital into rural banks
August 18th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The government will infuse fresh capital into the regional rural banking system to increase credit flow to the farm sector, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Building sand castles can inflict you with gut bugs
July 10th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Love digging into the sand and building castles on the beach? Well, then you are very likely to develop gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhoea, according to researchers from the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Satellite collision debris no threat to ISS: Russian space agency
February 12th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 12 (RIA Novosti) The debris from the collision Tuesday involving two communications satellites poses no threat to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for Russia's space agency Roscosmos said ... Read more...
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