Serious differences have emerged between the Centre and Telangana Government over uranium explorations in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, spread across Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts in southern part of the state. The state Forest Department has said it will not allow any exploration that interferes with the natural habitat of the …
Bathinda: The Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, today said testing the environment samples it took to detect uranium, was a time-consuming process and denied the statement on a report of samples in 10 days. The department said the samples taken by the DAE team from Faridkot were of soil, water …
Jalandhar: Detection of high level of uranium in water in the Malwa belt of Punjab, especially in Bathinda, Faridkot, Mansa, Sangrur, Muktsar and Moga districts, have virtually halted the installation of reverse osmosis (RO) plants, set up by the state government, for safe water to villagers. Like other heavy metals, …
Iran inaugurated its first nuclear fuel manufacturing plant on Thursday and said it had increased its capability to enrich uranium. The developments came a day after the United States said it would participate in talks with Iran and other nations over Tehran
ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH The startling discovery of Uranium in the hair of children suffering from cerebral palsy in southwestern Punjab has prompted a broad-based scientific investigation involving Amritsar
Guru Nanak Dev University has claimed that high uranium content have been found in water samples collected from Bathinda and its suburbs and it is the main reason of a high incidence of cancer among local people. Sources from university
SHILLONG: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing has reiterated that Meghalaya should never allow the Centre to mine for uranium in the State, saying the proposed uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills would cause health hazards and environmental degradation. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Mr Kharshiing said recent …
SHILLONG, April 9: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing today said that he will continue to oppose uranium mining in the State calling people to retain the State as a
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Faridkot, on orders of the Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, today went to the Baba Farid Centre for Special Children and forcibly cut hair of children who cannot speak. The CMO, along with a team of doctors, was at the centre to take blood and hair samples …
Chandigarh: The curious finding of uranium in the hair and bodies of mentally and physically challenged children in Faridkot has impelled the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to send an investigative team to Faridkot. S K Malhotra, DAE spokesperson in Mumbai, told TOI,
Faridkot: High levels of radioactive element in special children: Experts collect water samples After finding high levels of uranium in the hair samples of differently-abled children, experts have now sent water samples for testing to find the source of this radioactive element. Experts and doctors working at Baba Farid Centre …
Chandigarh: Punjab government ordered a probe into the abnormalities among children in a pocket of Faridkot due to alarming levels of uranium on Thursday. The move comes after TOI
Shillong: A team of 7 members headed by R Jana Nongbet, president of Global Social Welfare Organisation, Shillong visited Jaduguda, Narwapahar, Turumdih and Banduburang mines, the place of uranium mining at Singhbhum district, Jharkhand on a study tour. With the help of the locals of the area, the team collected …
MUMBAI: Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Anil Kakodkar said an inadequate uranium supply had made the task of maintaining the pace of the nuclear power generation programme a very challenging task. "There has been a mismatch. Initially, we had plenty of uranium but no processing facilities. But today …
Tests sponsored by a voluntary group caring for special children in south-western Punjab have shown toxic levels of uranium in samples of hair taken from 149 children, all under the age of 13 years. The assays conducted at Trace Minerals, a German Laboratory, on the request of the Baba Farid …
SHILLONG, March 31: Soon after a pro-uranium mining lobby criticized the credibility of the all-party committee on uranium mining, the government under President Rule has denotified the committee. The dismissed Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) coalition government had constituted the committee on uranium mining in July last year with former Chief …
Mumbai, India will this week receive the first consignment of natural uranium imported from French and Russian companies for its fuel-starved reactors after it got the NSG waiver for nuclear commerce in September 2008. Around 60 tonnes of natural uranium from French company AREVA is expected to arrive at the …
SHILLONG: A pro-uranium lobby under the banner of Langrin Warsan Lyngdoh Socio-Economic Development Organisation (LWLSEDO) on Monday renewed their demands for mining of uranium and urged the Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary to speed up the matter in expediting granting of No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Uranium Corporation of India Limited …
SHILLONG, March 30: With a hope to start uranium mining in Mawthabah area during the President Rule, the pro-uranium mining group today said that they will move Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary to start the project. Addressing a news conference here today the Langrin Warsan Lyngdoh, a socio-economic development organization (LWLSEDO), …
