Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
An inquiry has been ordered into reports that an allegedly radioactive contaminated ship from the US has anchored off the Alang coast in Gujarat, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.
After Outcry, Env Ministry Orders Probe Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The shipbreaking yards of Alang have once again been hit by controversy with the anchoring of an allegedly contaminated ship from the US. Civil society has raised an outcry over the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and radioactive …
SUMIR KAUL The North Korean ship, which was detained by the Coast Guard after a chase in Andaman and Nicobar Island, had no traces of chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear material, two nuclear scientists said on Sunday in their final report. After critically examining the ship MV Mu San at …
Signs memo with atomic centre Concerned at the number of cancer cases reported from south west Punjab the Guru Nanak Dev University will monitor natural uranium in water proving detrimental to health of people. Reports from Bathinda, Faridkot, Ferozepur, and Mansa districts said a large number of people had cancer …
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has told the government that there is no indication of radiological risk to the public, residing in surrounding areas of Karak (NWFP), due to uranium extraction activities of Shanawa Uranium Mining Project, MPB2, official sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday. The Central Development Working Party …
Sanjib Kumar Roy THE two-member experts team from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), after two long sessions of detailed investigation, have not found radioactive materials on the North Korean cargo ship, which the Indian Coast Guard had detained on August 5 off the Hut Bay of the Andaman and …
BERHAMPUR: Locals have threatened to stage an agitation if no adequate measures are taken to check the possible radiation from the proposed titanium plant at Chandrapada near Chatrapur. At a meeting organised on the 15th foundation day of Gana Sangram Samiti at Palialaxmipur presided over by D.Kamraju Burma, the speakers …
Jalandhar: The Punjab government has been urged to set up a commission to find out the cancer-causing agents in the Malwa region where many persons have died due to this disease. Dr Hardev Singh Virk, nuclear physicist, today said soil analysts, soil chemists, radiation experts, epidemiologists, hydrologists and cancer experts …
As the Punjab government has failed to set up any medical commission to find out why cancer has become a major killer and what is leading to its spread, especially in the Malwa region, experts continue to differ on the cancer-causing agents there. Joining the debate with other scientists, who …
CHENNAI: The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, has denied reports in a section of the media about abnormal increase in radioactivity levels around Kalpakkam, about 60 km from Chennai.
Experts rule out harm to health The much-awaited report filed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, has ruled out any possible danger to the health of people staying in Punjab due to the presence of uranium. A special medical board was constituted by the Civil Surgeon, Faridkot, under …
Vienna: New studies have found direct evidence of a lung cancer risk from the presence of colorless, odorless radon gas in many homes, a United Nations committee said in a report. Officials on the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation said the finding provided the first quantifiable …
The plants in the contaminated area have a mechanism to protect future progenies by blocking transfer of radio-nuclides to the seeds Since April 1986, scientists got a unique opportunity to study the impact of radioactive contamination on the plants and animals living near Chernobyl. The Chernobyl Forum, which is made …
London, May 3: Scientists claim to have found a unique method of identifying counterfeit antique malt whisky by detecting in the beverage traces of radioactive particles flung into the atmosphere by nuclear bomb tests. A team at Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, has discovered that it could pinpoint the date a …
Tromso (Norway), May 3: Russia is planning to build a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves. This is causing widespread alarm among environmentalists, reports the Guardian. A prototype floating nuclear power station being constructed at the SevMash shipyard in Severodvinsk is …
Bathinda: The Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, today said testing the environment samples it took to detect uranium, was a time-consuming process and denied the statement on a report of samples in 10 days. The department said the samples taken by the DAE team from Faridkot were of soil, water …
Jalandhar: Detection of high level of uranium in water in the Malwa belt of Punjab, especially in Bathinda, Faridkot, Mansa, Sangrur, Muktsar and Moga districts, have virtually halted the installation of reverse osmosis (RO) plants, set up by the state government, for safe water to villagers. Like other heavy metals, …
ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH The startling discovery of Uranium in the hair of children suffering from cerebral palsy in southwestern Punjab has prompted a broad-based scientific investigation involving Amritsar
