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. …
Turkey yesterday signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates for the development of coal fields in southern Turkey to generate electricity. The agreement between Abu Dhabi-based TAQA and Turkey's state-run power company EUAS marks the biggest Arab investment in the Turkish energy sector, a senior energy ministry official told …
Turkey tied up a giant agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for the development of coal fields in southern Turkey to generate electricity and ensure power for the fast-growing economy. The deal to exploit the coal reserves is a new signal of the rise of the Turkish economy …
The much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu’s Tinulveli district is finally set set to be commissioned within the next two weeks as nuclear scientists have entered the final lap of a series of tests on its safety and efficacy. "Within this month 100%. It will take about …
The police on Wednesday foiled protestors’ attempt to reach near the 9,900-Mw Jaitapur nuclear project site in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Nearly 2,000 activists, who had taken out a protest march against the project, were arrested and shifted to a makeshift jail at one of the schools in the area. …
The joint venture companies are yet to decide on the quantum of the bond or external commercial borrowings NPCIL-Nalco Power Company Limited — a joint venture between Nalco and NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd) to set up nuclear plants —will raise a term loan of up to Rs …
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti demanded that the March 5 environmental public hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear power plant in Saurashtra's Bhavnagar district be stopped and this EIA report submitted by Engineers India Limited be scrapped as it did not have the necessary accreditation. In October 2009, Government of India has accorded …
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011 led to releases of radioactive material into the environment from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This health risk assessment is intended to give an indication of the potential public health implications of the accident to support the identification of …
Japan's new government said on Friday it hoped to stick to a three year deadline to decide whether to restart all nuclear reactors after safety checks, despite the country's newly formed nuclear regulator saying the deadline was impossible to meet. Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, who is also responsible for energy …
She also wants entire power from Kudankulam project to be dedicated to Tamil Nadu Foreseeing a worsening of power crisis, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking allocation of 2,830 MW of power from Central generating stations to the State as an interim arrangement …
With the Centre citing transmission constraints, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday demanded that the entire power generated by Central generating stations totalling 2,830 MW in the state be allocated to it as an interim measure to tide over the power crisis. Facing a power deficit of 4,000 MW by Tamil Nadu, …
Russia has told India that Kudankulam nuclear power plants 3 and 4 would cost “double”, after New Delhi decided that the next two reactors would come under the new civil nuclear liability law, and not be covered by the agreement on Kudankulam 1 and 2, top government sources have told …
Unperturbed by protests against its proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur, Maharashtra, the French civil nuclear energy major Areva is now in the closing stages of striking an “early works agreement” with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. This agreement, which is actually a series of studies to ensure that …
In the last lap of its first approach to criticality, the first unit (1000 MWe) of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu is undergoing a battery of tests by engineers of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). R.K. Sinha, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, told The …
Visakhapatnam: The department of atomic energy, under the aegis of the Prime Minister, has accepted the proposal of the Nuclear Power Corpo-ration of India Limited to increase capacity of the Kovvada Nuclear Park from 6,000 MW to 9,500 MW. According to DAE’s earlier clearances, the nuclear park’s capacity was barely …
After taking away cheques for the compensation of their lands acquired for the proposed Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project (GAPP), farmers are now up in arms against the authorities for hike in the payment to almost double the amount they have already received. The authorities, too, have taken a tough stand …
The progress of the Indo-Russian project has been hit by protests over safety concerns Controversy-embroiled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project will once again miss the target as the time frame of commissioning of the first unit has now been revised to the new year. Commercial operation of the 1,000 MW first …
The Fatehabad district administration's announcement to set up a sanctuary for black bucks on the 500 acres reserved for the green belt out of the 1500-odd acres acquired by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project (GAPP) is likely to prove a stillborn …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project plans to establish monitoring stations in a few villages around the project site for measuring radiation, if any, according to a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). Unlike thermal power stations, which emit huge amount of particulate matter, fly ash …
Farmers, whose lands have been acquired for the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad, have sought hiked compensation for their lands. A group of farmers that has been continuing its agitation despite having accepted compensation cheques from the government, today met the Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik and demanded …
Protesters opposing the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Monday demanded that the Union government organise a nationwide debate on the country’s energy policy, particularly on the ongoing as well as proposed nuclear power programmes. Convener of the Anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Struggle Committee, S.P. Udayakumar, said the current agitation …
