Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs 20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission......
'Chinese are going bang, bang, bang building 30-35 reactors.''We should announce a programme of 50 new reactors and show that we mean business on the ground and not just announcements.' IMAGE:......
'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......
After the launch of the country's first indigenously built nuclear submarine, India has the 'technical expertise and capability' to build nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and warships, Atomic......
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei met India's Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar at the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai. UN atomic energy chief......
Barely days after imposing a 40 per cent export tax on onions to cool down soaring prices, which, in turn, triggered widespread protests across the main growing belts, the Centre on Tuesday sought......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singhon Sundaysaid economic reforms have helped reduce poverty in the country but admitted the rate of decline should have been faster. "As far as poverty is concerned, the......
Against the backdrop of increasing demand for uranium, the Centre has decided to go the extra mile to blunt the opposition to uranium mining in Meghalaya, which has the third largest reserves......
Nuclear energy will continue to be an inevitable option for India as other alternative renewable energy sources like solar will take few more years to establish as a commercially viable technology,......
To curb rising food prices, the Union government is contemplating using large-scale nuclear irradiation technology for increasing the shelf life of fruit and vegetables, particularly that of onions......