Nuclear Power

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The threat of an implicit nuclear escalation is not all that uncommon. (Representational Image/ AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Nuclear bombast: Is there a method in the madness?

Since nuclear weapons cannot really be used, their only utility lies in the mere threat of their use

07 Apr 2022 12:39 AM

The plan to install a snooping device, a veritable looking glass to peer into the Chinese nuclear grounds, on the Nanda Devi mountain, was hatched far away at the Langley headquarters of the CIA. (AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | When India & America had stood shoulder to shoulder

When the going got bad for India, it turned to the Western powers for assistance

09 Nov 2021 3:22 AM

N-project agitation turns violent

The Sangharsh Samiti took the stand that the administration should give priority to locals.

05 Jun 2018 2:19 AM

Trump has said he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in May or early June and hopes the discussions will ultimately lead to an end of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme. (Photo: File)

US in no mood to reward N Korea till definite denuclearisation

CIA director Mike Pompeo said that it is a tall order but he was hopeful Trump would achieve it through sound diplomacy.

13 Apr 2018 9:03 AM

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) on Monday said it has won a Rs 1,081 crore contract from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.

RInfra wins Rs 1,081 cr contract for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Proj

EPC division has won the contract amidst competition from leading players.

09 Apr 2018 2:25 PM

Washington stunned observers when it announced last month it had agreed to a historic first meeting between Trump and Kim to be held by the end of May. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong Un ready to discuss N Korea's denuclearisation with US: reports

It is the first time the offer was made directly to Washington, after it was previously conveyed through S Korean national security adviser.

09 Apr 2018 8:57 AM

Kim's comments come as global powers scramble for a response to the crisis, with the US backing stringent economic and diplomatic sanctions on Kim's regime to halt its nuclear drive. (Photo: File)

North Korea vows 'to win victory in showdown with US'

The nuclear-armed North has rattled the international community with a flurry of nuclear blasts and missile launches.

13 Dec 2017 11:48 AM

India is estimated to have produced approximately 600 kilograms of weapon-grade plutonium, sufficient for 150-200 nuclear warheads; however, not all the material has been converted into nuclear warheads, it said. (Photo: AP/Representational)

India working on nuclear strategy with eye on China, not Pak: report

An article published in a US digital journal has also claimed that India is now developing a missile which can target China.

13 Jul 2017 3:33 PM

France Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot. (Photo: AP)

France have to shut up third of country's nuclear reactors

France has 58 nuclear reactors operated by state-owned EDF, which produces some of the lowest-cost electricity in Europe.

10 Jul 2017 4:48 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Modi, Putin sign pact for 2 nuclear power units in Kudankulum

The reactors will be built by India's NPCIL and a subsidiary of Rosatom, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex.

01 Jun 2017 9:58 PM

Nuclear power for cleaner future

While the NSG issue will drag on thanks to China, India’s diplomatic efforts to convince Australia, among others, to supply uranium is bearing fruit.

19 May 2017 12:28 AM

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. (Photo: AP)

Empty vessels make the most noise: Parrikar on Pakistan

His comments come against the backdrop of the death sentence given by a Pakistani military court to Kulbhushan Jadhav.

15 Apr 2017 12:51 PM

Non-degradable materials are a different call—avoid them as much as possible, simply don't buy things that would end up in a clogging stream and would never degrade.

Go green, heal the world

Environmentalist Sridhar R puts forth six daily hacks one can follow to conserve resources and save the planet.

19 Mar 2017 12:25 AM

Researchers from Stanford University in the US improved on all three variables: capacity, rate and reuse. Their key advance was to create a conductive hybrid fiber incorporating carbon and amidoxime. By sending pulses of electricity down the fiber, they altered the properties of the hybrid fibre so that more uranyl ions could be collected. (Representational image)

Nuclear power could soon be harnessed from oceans

How practical this approach is depends on three main variables - how much uranyl sticks to the fibres.

21 Feb 2017 8:36 PM

New nuclear-armed missile test, a success: N Korea

The United States, Japan and South Korea requested urgent UN Security Council consultations on the test, with a meeting expected on Monday.

14 Feb 2017 11:40 AM

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