Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
CHENNAI: The view through the barrel-hole, situated at a height of 31 metres, is stunning. It frames the massive containment dome of the reactor building of the second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu. Tower cranes are swinging around the dome at a great height …
The present study has been carried out to determine the effect of temperature on behaviour, oxygen consumption, ammonia excretion and tolerance limit of the fish fingerlings of Alepes djidaba, which were collected at Kalpakkam. The fish fingerlings were placed at different temperatures, based on the thermal tolerance limit of fish …
PRIVATE players looking to set up nuclear power plants with full management control may have to wait as the government is yet to develop any mechanism for assessing the liability of operators in the event of an accident. The draft civil nuclear liability bill sent to various ministries for comments …
The environmental clearance offered to the Koodankulam reactors in Tamil Nadu is not based upon a careful examination of all the potential impacts on the environment and livelihoods nor does it incorporate public concerns.
JHAJJAR: Haryana could become the first state in the country to set up a 2,800 mw nuclear power plant after the signing of the civil nuclear deal between India and the US.
India and Russia signed the long-pending nuclear cooperation agreement for construction of four additional nuclear reactors at Kudankulam and reactors in other new sites in India. The cooperation agreement, signed by Russian state corporation, Rosatom, director-general Sergei Kiriyenko and department of atomic energy chief Anil Kakodkar, will govern bilateral civilian …
A French court has ruled that power grid RTE must pay 390,000 euros (US$493,200) to a farming family after a high-voltage line caused its animals to fall sick, a prosecutor said on Monday. State-run RTE, an arm of EDF, said it would appeal against the decision, a first for France …
PSU APPROACHING INTERNATIONAL FIRMS FOR ESTABLISHING JOINT VENTURES Dheeraj Tiwari & Subhash Naryanan NEW DELHI PUBLIC sector Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) has identified locations to set up greenfield units for manufacturing nuclear power equipment in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. The waiver given to India by the nuclear suppliers
Pakistan is considering purchasing nuclear power plants to meet its growing energy shortages, the government said on Friday. The country is suffering from acute power shortages, and officials say there is a power deficit of up to 4,000 megawatt. In recent months state-run utilities have switched off power for several …
Even as wires remain crossed between New Delhi and Washington over whether India can be assured of uninterrupted nuclear fuel supplies, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has said that its contracts with foreign suppliers would make such an assurance legally binding.
"If we don't do it now, history will not forgive us,' says one of the melodramatic advertisements released by the government. Issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the ad campaign says that the civil nuclear agreement with the US would ensure India's energy security and independence by …
Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab): The Bharatiya Janata Party may be opposing the confidence motion moved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Lok Sabha over the nuclear deal, but its Punjab unit is very much in favour of setting up an atomic power plant in the State. Speaking to media persons …
Tapash Talukdar WHILE the nuclear deal runs the risk of getting nuked, there exists a host of homegrown companies, which have a lot to gain from the controversial 123 Agreement. The pro-deal government has recommended a roadmap for meeting the country's energy requirement for the next 25 years and has …
The country plans to build eight 700-mw nuclear plants to boost its nuclear power generation capacity to about 10,000 mw and is stepping up exploration of new uranium mines, a top Atomic Energy Commission official has said. At present, the country has a nuclear power generation capacity of 4,000 mw …
