Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
For the moment, the government does not want to allow private companies to develop and operate nuclear power plants independently, but it surely wants private players to jump on the bandwagon to gain experience in the sector. Sources say the Centre, having got the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill ratified by …
New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee examining the civil liability for nuclear damage bill on Tuesday heard representatives of the Department of Atomic Energy offer their views on the Convention of Supplementary Compensation. The DAE brass did not specifically state whether India was going to become part of the CSC …
Giving in to pressure from Opposition members, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday postponed deliberations on the Nuclear Liability Bill. The committee, which had earlier decided to hold clause by clause deliberations on the Bill on Thursday and then bring it before the Lok Sabha, has now …
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to take over the management of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust running super-speciality treatment centres for the 1984 gas victims. The apex court also accepted the resignation of former Chief Justice A M Ahmadi as the chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital …
There is progressive improvement in uranium fuel position for operating indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) with gradual increasing in production from indigenous uranium mills besides the imported fuel, department of Atomic Energy sources said.
PALIYA tribes living in and around Kodaikanal a re a l l e g e d ly f a c i n g health problems attributable to mercury pollution, according to an NGO working with tribals in the region. However, no study has been conducted till date to validate these …
The government on Tuesday backed off from its move to propose specific amendments to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill after the Opposition BJP and Left raised strong objections at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and alleged that the provisions were aimed at diluting the legislation …
The standing committee of the National Board on Wildlife (nbw) has rejected a proposal for uranium exploration in the Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya. The Department of Atomic Energy (dae) wanted an eight sq km area of the park in South Garo hills de-notified for exploratory drilling. The park spread …
Committee Protests Move To Amend Culpability Clause Of Foreign Suppliers New Delhi: A move by the government to delete a subclause in the civil liability for nuclear damage bill, dealing with culpability of foreign suppliers in the event of a nuclear accident, ran into fierce resistance from members of the …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: In a bid to promote civil nuclear trade with other countries, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has issued new guidelines that would allow a person (or entity) in India to do nuclear commerce directly with suppliers even if there are no formal bilateral agreements for …
Two women have been arrested in Meghalaya on suspicion of uranium smuggling, police said on Tuesday. The duo -- Jobila Marak and Evalila Sangma -- were arrested in Jengjal area in West Garo Hills district on Monday, police said. They were arrested by Meghalaya Police on the basis of information …
The Mayapuri cobalt-60 episode shows that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board needs to be replaced with a truly independent, well-staffed, competent body. IN India's age of philistinism, in which the
Post Mayapuri radiation incident, all stake-holders including regulators, woke up to a stark reality. It cannot be business as usual. The mistaken notion of a few academics about the concept of
New Delhi: Following reports of high radiation levels at Mayapuri scrap market, a special team of experts from the department of atomic energy (DAE) have started the decontamination procedure on Sunday. According to the experts, the radiation level at Mayapuri is
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Experts from the Department of Atomic Energy, assisted by Greenpeace activists, on Sunday carried out decontamination operations at the Mayapuri market in West Delhi following reports of the presence of high levels of radiation in the scrap there. This exercise follows a meeting of the experts …
Jairam RameshWeathering the political storm over his controversial remarks, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh was back in action today as he rejected a proposal from the Department of Atomic Energy for exploratory drilling for uranium in the South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Chairing the 19th standing committee meeting of …
radiation scientists recovered pieces of radioactive material, Cobalt-60, from the Mayapuri scrap market in Delhi early April after eight persons complained of radiation sickness. The victims suffered burn-like injuries and extreme low blood count, and were hospitalized in intensive care. The Department of Atomic Energy (dae), which regulates entry of …
BNP mining SHILLONG: Denying reports that the State Wildlife Board is supporting the move of the DAE to go ahead with the proposed drilling inside the Balpakram National Park, a senior Forest Department official said there was a communication gap as the statements of NBWL seems to be contradictory. The …
