The country's atomic establishment on Wednesday threw its weight behind the civil nuclear liability bill in the face of the stand-off between the government and the Opposition and said there is a......
Greenpeace has urged Members of Parliament and people from across the political spectrum to unite and reject the Civil Liabilities for Nuclear Damage Bill 2009, which the government introduced in......
Twenty-five years ago, thousands of Bhopal residents fell victim to a gas leak from a local Union Carbide plant. Five years later, the Supreme Court put its imprimatur on a deal between Carbide,......
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology T Subbirami Reddy on Friday voiced confidence that the report on the nuclear liability bill will be tabled in Parliament on......
In a move aimed at addressing concerns of opposition parties over Nuclear Liability Bill, a parliamentary committee is set to recommend doubling of the compensation cap to Rs 1000 crore.The......
Describing it as a personal victory of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before the visit of US President Barack Obama to India, American media on Thursday said the passage of the Nuclear Liability......
With a year to go before the Assembly elections in West Bengal, CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury speaks to Devjyot Ghoshal about the party's strategy and alliances.The elections in West......
India Inc on Tuesday expressed deep reservations over the supplier liability provision -- the contentious Clause 17(b) -- in the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, 2010, saying it would......
Stakes in India's nuclear power generation programme are among the highest in the world. With plans to generate 60,000 MWe (megawatt electrical) by 2030, up from just 4,120 MWe on Thursday, India......
High courts should replicate for states what the Supreme Court has done for Delhi's environment, says M J Antony. In its activist zeal, the Supreme Court has often dared to take up social and......