Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal scrap kilns operating in Aravallis, 22/01/2025. The application was registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing in the Tribune dated 28.12.2024. The news item relates to significant environmental challenges …
The fate of a civil nuclear deal between India and Japan has become uncertain. Tokyo is learnt to have decided to suspend talks with India and four other countries concerning the sale of Japanese-made nuclear power equipment and technology after Prime Minister Naoto Kan
New Delhi: As the disquiet over fresh NSG guidelines on transfer of ENR technology to NPT non-signatories grows further, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao emphasized India
India today successfully test-fired indigenously built surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on Sea in Orissa. The missile, capable of carrying a pay-load of 500-1000 kg for hitting installations at ranges of up to 350 km, reached the designated target in the Bay …
Last week, the United States formally approached three export control regimes, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Australia Group, to induct India as a full member of these groups. This comes alongside India
India Thursday successfully test fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi II missile from a military base in Orissa, defence ministry sources said. The surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km was fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore, about 230 km from here. Prithvi is India's first indigenously …
India and Pakistan are stockpiling nuclear weapons at a rapid pace, with the two nations adding an almost identical 20 to 30 warheads in the last one year, a leading Swedish think tank said on Tuesday. In its yearbook for 2011, the Stockholm International Peace Research Insitute (SIPRI) also pointed …
India and Africa today underscored the need for urgent and comprehensive reform of the UN system and backed each other's aspirations to become permanent members of the Security Council with full rights. The eight-page Addis Ababa Declaration adopted at the end of the two-day Africa-India Forum Summit here said the …
India says it is concerned about the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal after a group of militants attacked a naval air base, the defence minister said on Wednesday. "Naturally it is a concern not only for us but for everybody," A.K. Antony was quoted by Press Trust of India as …
The head of Nato said Tuesday he was confident Pakistan's nuclear weapons were safe, but admitted it was a matter of concern, the day after the worst assault on a Pakistani military base in two years. Anders Fogh Rasmussen was in Afghanistan on a one-day visit and met President Hamid …
However, membership not automatic; a long road of persuading all the members lies ahead. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the world's premier non-proliferation body, has decided to include India's request for membership as a special agenda item when it holds its annual meeting in the third week of June. This …
Despite being in the middle of a nuclear crisis, Japan has decided to carry forward the talks on civil nuclear deal will India, but with a rider: the next round of negotiations will be held only after the safety audit of nuclear plants in both countries. India has 20 nuclear …
His party had some days ago pointed out the need for a new debate on nuclear energy in India in the light of the crisis in Japan. On Sunday, senior BJP leader L K Advani went a step ahead and criticised the government for disregarding concerns about rushing headlong into …
PM in Astana, will meet President Nursultan Nazarbayev today The Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan is keen to buy small nuclear reactors from India and the two countries propose to carry out a feasibility study in this regard soon. With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arriving here this evening on a …
About five years ago, European media described the imminent possibility of a US strike against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. It seemed plausible at the time, given the Iranian regime’s declaration of war against the US, Israel, and the UK. About the same time, Iran’s top military strategist, Hassan Abbasi, publicly declared …
Reassurances from ‘experts’ on the safety of nuclear power will not wash, says Colin Macilwain. The Fukushima crisis raises genuine questions. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110330/full/471549a.html
