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 …
Is the BJP writing an epitaph for India’s nuclear industry? The BJP, in alliance with the Left, tried its best to scuttle the nuclear deal, which brought to an end India’s status as an international nuclear pariah. Now the BJP is proposing changes to the civil nuclear liability Bill which, …
K V SINGH & SHEPHALI MEHRA BIRDIThe authors are partner and senior associate respectively with Kochhar & Co ALTHOUGH THE CIVIL LIABILITY FOR NUclear Damage Bill, 2010, has been extensively debated, it appears that both the critics and the supporters of the Bill have misunderstood its provisions and have failed …
Manoj C G Setting the stage for yet another showdown between the government and the Opposition on the civil nuclear liability Bill, the BJP on Sunday said the fresh amendments in clause 17 which deals with supplier liability was totally unacceptable to it and made it clear that it would …
As the latest version of the bill has made the right to recourse nearly impossible for the Indian operator, BJP, which had promised support, warns the Centre of an Opposition backlash in ParliamentOur Political Bureau NEW DELHI WITH the Cabinet diluting the right to recourse of the operator to sue …
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada will arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the fourth strategic dialogue with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna. On top of the agenda is the civilian nuclear cooperation deal. Okada is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh …
Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), the Interagency Task Force on Radiation Source Protection and Security (Task Force) has made important progress since its 2006 report to the President and Congress to improve the security of domestic radioactive sources given the enduring threat of terrorists seeking radioactive …
Bill To Work Against Interests Of Victims In Case Of Nuclear Mishaps: BJP Leader To Parliamentary Panel SENIOR BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who appeared before Parliament
New Delhi: The parliamentary committee studying the civil liability for nuclear damage bill will conduct a marathon four-day examination of the legislation from Tuesday with the panel expected to grill health and environment ministries on long-term liability in the event of a nuclear accident. In its deliberations, the standing committee …
Shubhajit Roy India and Japan will follow the first round of talks on nuclear cooperation, held earlier this week, with the first-ever 'Sub-cabinet/Senior officials 2+2 dialogue' in New Delhi on July 6, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar will represent …
INDIA concluded an agreement with Canada here on Sunday, the Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, to enable civil nuclear commerce between the countries. Canada is the ninth nation to enter into such an agreement with India, after India obtained its crucial waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers
India's relations with Canada yesterday turned a full circle- from one of suspicion and unease to a strategic partnership. Canada, which had led India's nuclear isolation in the mid-1970s and late 1990s, is now the ninth nation with which New Delhi has a peacetime atomic energy pact, opening the doors …
TOKYO, 22 JUNE: With billions of dollars from contracts to be earned from India's ambitious nuclear power projects, Japanese government has started intra-governmental negotiations to decide whether it should ink a civilian atomic pact with New Delhi, which is yet to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Major US and …
The recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy have left activists campaigning on behalf of the survivors disappointed. While they welcomed the announcement related to enhanced compensation, they felt the GoM had been soft on Dow Chemicals by agreeing to allocate Rs 300 crore on its …
AS THE US sought clarification on the Sino-Pak nuclear deal, China has come out in strong defence of its decision to engage Pakistan in the civilian nuclear sector by setting up two nuclear reactors. The nuclear cooperation between the two countries has been opposed by the US and is being …
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 …
