The major advantages of such plants are no need of land to build the reactors, earthquake resistant, abundance of water for active or passive cooling. IMAGE: Russia's floating nuclear power plant......
After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday asked scientists and policymakers across the world to give special attention to global warming and climate change which are leading to flash floods and droughts,......
United States Congressman Jim McDermott, a founding member and the current co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, has introduced major new legislation to, in his words,......
Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change event in Baku, Azerbaijan, as the developed world, led by the European......
It’s all eyes on the consumer durables sector during the festival season after a weak Q1FY24 and Q2FY24 was impacted by an erratic monsoon. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives......
Reversing its earlier decision, the US Exim Bank has agreed to provide $600 million in loan guarantees to suppliers for Reliance Power's coal-fired project and a mine in Sasan, Madhya Pradesh.'......
An influential Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to reverse a recent decision of the EXIM Bank against financing Reliance Power's ultra-mega power project in Madhya......
The US Congress will not ratify any global climate change agreement if India is not a party to it. Congressman James Sensenbrenner, the senior most Republican was amongthe high-powered delegation......
'If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece, it's ironically because Nandita Das the filmmaker does not quite crack the Manto code herself: she doesn't quite see her subject with the......