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. …
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 …
Jairam Ramesh confident of UPA government winning trust vote TIRUCHI: Exuding confidence that the UPA government would win the trust vote over the nuclear deal issue, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday that the country intended to generate 20,000 MW of nuclear power …
The die has been finally cast. The UPA government has decided to approach the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to finalise the India-specific Safeguards Agreement. Although there is a huge amount of support within the country for the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, one wished the government had been a little wary …
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 …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has received the first consignment of uranium fuel from the Russia Federation for unit-1 of 1,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, according to a release issued by the corporation. The project, located in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, comprises two units of 1,000-MW each. It is …
China's main centers for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, leading Western experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape. A senior federal official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the issue, …
Talks On With Namibia & Niger For Uranium Imports Even As Govt Woos Left For N-Deal With US Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI ENERGY-hungry India is now tapping non-NSG (nuclear suppliers' group) members, including Namibia and Niger, to explore possibilities of importing fuel for its nuclear power plants. This comes even …
Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) would form a committee to study the techno-economic feasibility of setting up a nuclear power plant in the North-East. The DAE would also prepare a White Paper on proposed uranium mining in Meghalaya, he …
