Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
The Union government is hopeful that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project will be commissioned soon, as the Tamil Nadu government is quite positive towards the project and is close to making a decision, V. Narayanasamy, Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, said here on Saturday. “The Central …
Japan may become a bright spot for the solar industry due to regulatory changes and its nuclear power crisis, which equipment makers from home and abroad hope will help offset a profit outlook clouded by oversupply, falling prices and shrinking demand elsewhere. A new feed-in tariff designed to boost industrial …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has roped in ‘Mr Muthu’ to create awareness among and allay fears of people staying around Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). ‘Mr Muthu’ is a mascot, possibly inspired by a famous movie character played by superstar Rajinikanth. N. Nagaich, executive director (corporate planning …
Four companies of police deployed in and around KKNPP With pressure mounting on the Tamil Nadu government to facilitate the early commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) to mitigate the power crisis to some extent, Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order) S. George visited the project site …
The agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear plant is being undermined by the Union Government by resorting to methods of humiliation inflicted on the leaders of the movement, Partha Chatterjee, Honorary Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata and Professor of Anthropology …
As the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, U.S. nuclear regulators have moved to issue the first new rules to deal with safety issues raised by the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years, according to agency filings. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the …
U.S. nuclear power plant outages on Friday were more than twice as high as this time last year and more than 60 percent over the five-year average, according to Reuters data. More than 18,000 megawatts (MW) of nuclear capacity was shut on Friday versus just 8,500 MW last year and …
Contrasting lessons from Germany's 20-year pursuit of solar and wind power shows how other countries might create industrial champions to develop new energy technologies. A long-term, global energy recipe for climate change and security may be emerging, as countries plan broadly to shift to gas from coal, to electricity and …
The price of European Union emissions permits could rally to double their current value by the end of the year if a plan to withhold permits is passed, Portuguese Espirito Santo Investment Bank said on Friday. This could raise power prices and the profitability of nuclear and hydro plants, it …
Japanese authorities have introduced stress tests for all nuclear reactors in the country in an effort to ease public worries over nuclear-power safety, but the tests are being called inadequate by some. The test's computer simulations, meant to show the risk of a meltdown if a plant is damaged by …
With Lambapur-Peddagattu uranium mines in Nalgonda district next in line for excavation, nuclear physicists from Osmania University, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology have established ‘baseline data’ for background radiation in villages in this uranium-rich belt near Nagarjunasagar reservoir. The expert team has found that mean …
NEW DELHI: After dialogue with the protestors against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant failed to yield results, the government initiated steps to throttle the fund flow, especially from foreign donors, into the NGOs suspected of actively aiding and abetting the resistance movement that has delayed the commissioning of the two …
Appeal to merge Anna bus stand with SETC bus stand at Meenakshipuram. The Consumer Protection Association has urged the Government to commission the Kudunkulam Nuclear Power Project immediately to end the power cuts in the State. A resolution to this effect was unanimously passed at the executive committee meeting of …
New Delhi: The government intensified its drive against NGOs it suspects of being hostile to national interests, with the home ministry zeroing in on 77 organizations whose activities will be scrutinized following a crackdown on four NGOs for allegedly fanning protests against the Kudankulam nuclear plant. At a meeting chaired …
Russia is likely to provide Bangladesh with a major chunk of the fund required for installation of the proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant. Russia has accepted a Bangladesh proposal for turn-key method in engineering, procurement and construction management of the project. Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission chairman on Thursday told New …
As the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, U.S. nuclear regulators have moved to issue the first new rules to deal with safety issues raised by the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years, according to agency filings. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the …
Against the backdrop of the Centre initiating action against certain NGOs opposing the Kudankulam nuclear plant, Congress' Maharashtra unit demanded a probe into "motives and funding patterns" of private groups and Shiv Sena that are opposing Jaitapur atomic power project. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan remained noncommittal over the demand …
Rubbishing allegations of foreign funding to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray today said that those who are willing to go ahead with the project should be probed. "If somebody feels that money is being given to protest against the Jaitapur …
They highlight the adverse impact of the plant on environment A delegation of antagonists of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in the Tirunelveli District on Wednesday called on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and reiterated its opposition to the project. S.P. Udayakumar, convener of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), …
The prime minister’s recent comments to the journal Science on the foreign funding of Indian NGOs and the deportation of a German national, Sonntag Reiner Hermann, has generated much heat, with newspaper reports feeding further analysis and comment. Let us first consider the prime minister’s remarks. His full answer, in …
