Dormant undersea volcano near Kalpakkam atomic plant?
September 18th, 2012 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 18 (IANS) Even as massive protests have stalled the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, activists have now raised concerns over the safety of another nuclear site in ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Nuclear power as safe as air travel: Kakodkar
September 4th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 4 (IANS) Nuclear power is actually as safe as air travel, even though people perceive it as dangerous, top nuclear scientist and ex-chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission ... Read more...
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BARC offers technology to turn sewage into fertiliser
July 28th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 28 (IANS) India's premier nuclear research organisation, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), is planning to deploy its technology in treatment of sewage through radiation, and its conversion into ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
PM meets Obama, says N-liability within framework of law
November 18th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Nusa Dua (Bali), Nov 18 (IANS) Declaring that there were "no irritants whatsoever" in their relationship, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met US President Barack Obama here Friday but clarified ... Read more...
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Manmohan to meet Obama amid N-liability row (Roundup)
November 17th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bali, Nov 17 (IANS) A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets US President Barack Obama here, India Thursday indicated it will work within its civil nuclear liability law, ... Read more...
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Expert panel set up on Kudankulam n-project
October 20th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Thursday constituted an expert panel to dispel fears on the 2,000 ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
India, France to hold talks; n-deal on agenda
October 13th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Ahead of the G20 summit of emerging and developed economies, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe comes to India next week for talks that will ... Read more...
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Goa joins Karnataka to counter Fukushima-type disaster
August 5th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Goa has teamed up with Karnataka to work on a joint strategy to counter nuclear radiation in case of a leak at the Kaiga atomic power ... Read more...
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China drafts safety plan for n-plants
June 16th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 16 (IANS) China was greatly concerned over the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, and was now drafting a new safety plan for its own ... Read more...
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Exposure to nuke radiation leads to more male births
May 29th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 29 (IANS) Exposure to nuclear radiation triggers an increase in male births, says a new study.
The research shows that radiation from atomic bomb testing before the Partial ... Read more...
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Back to work, with quake nightmares frozen in mind
April 10th, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Chilling scenes of the homeless stranded on the streets fearing nuclear radiation still haunt Shoji Shiba, the Japanese professor who survived the twin disaster of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nuclear radiation from Japanese power plant reaches Pakistan: PAEC
April 9th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 9(ANI): Traces of airborne radioactive iodine, believed to have originated from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, have been detected in Pakistan.The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) said ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Wall Street cheers strong gains in first quarter
April 1st, 2011 - 6:41 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 1 (IANS) US stocks traded mixed in the last trading day of the first quarter, with blue chips achieving the best quarterly gains since 1998.Investors were concerned ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Don’t believe in radiation rumours: Maharashtra advisory
March 29th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Tuesday said that the radiation released from a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant would not have any hazardous consequences in the state and ... Read more...
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Nuclear radiation levels from Fukushima nuclear power plant not harmful to humans: IAEA
March 19th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.19 (ANI): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have said that the radiation levels detected in Japan and areas surrounding it, post the nuclear crisis in its Fukushima nuclear power plant, ... Read more...
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Two Chinese charged with spreading radiation rumours
March 19th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, March 19 (IANS) Two men in Shanghai have been charged with spreading rumours about nuclear radiation from the Fukushima plant in Japan having reached China.A man surnamed Wu posted ... Read more...
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Infosys asks employees to come back from quake-hit Japan
March 15th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 15 (ANI): Against the backdrop of the earthquake cum tsunami, which struck northeast Japan on Friday, Infosys, India's second-largest software services exporter, on Tuesday advised all of its employees to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Nuclear crisis worsens as radiation levels rise above normal in Tokyo
March 15th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 15 (ANI): Japan's nuclear crisis has taken a turn for the worse with nuclear radiation being detected in Tokyo, which is 250 kilometres southwest of a Japanese quake-stricken atomic power ... Read more...
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Japanese PM declares atomic power emergency
March 11th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Friday declared a state of atomic power emergency, following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake which hit Japan's northeastern Honshu island, even as ... Read more...
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What Does Your Home Insurance Cover?
August 26th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Considering that the premiums are on the rise and the payers' salaries are on the decline, it is but an obvious question to ask that what ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lok Sabha members pay homage to Hiroshima bomb victims
August 6th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday remembered victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb on its 65th anniversary.Making a reference in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha remembers Hiroshima, Nagasaki victims
August 6th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Friday remembered the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 65 years ago and reiterated its pledge to make earnest efforts for the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
‘Haryana n-plant completely safe’
December 3rd, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) The proposed nuclear plant in Haryana's Fatehabad district will be "completely safe", company officials said Thursday.
"The nuclear power plant would be completely safe," Nuclear Power Corporation of India ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
China conducts nuclear emergency exercise
November 11th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 11 (IANS) China has conducted an extensive exercise to evaluate emergency response to a nuclear radiation leak, Xinhua reported.
The National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee organised the exercise, codenamed "Sacred Shield-2009", ... Read more...
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PM to inaugurate international conference on atomic energy
September 27th, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a three-day international conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy here Tuesday that will discuss options to contribute in developing ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Vitamin D may protect against nuclear radiation
November 8th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): A radiological health expert has suggested that an active form of vitamin D can protect against damage from low levels of radiation.Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New ... Read more...
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Pentagon developing stealthy sensors for bat-inspired spy plane
March 31st, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 31 (IANS) A tiny six-inch spy plane modelled on a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to soldiers in ... Read more...
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