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  India's NPCIL and UAE's ENEC sign landmark MoUs to operate nuclear power plants in gulf nation

  World | September 10, 2024 22:47 IST

  Bhuwan Chandra Pathak, Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), and Mohamed Al Hammadi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) of the UAE, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

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  Russia in talks for developing six more nuclear power units in India amid PM Modi's visit: Report

  World | July 10, 2024 10:27 IST

  Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said it was discussing building six more nuclear power units in India after PM and Russian President Putin inked agreements in several key areas. India is also looking to seek deals with Rosneft and other leading Russian oil firms to strengthen energy ties.

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  India's largest nuclear power plant in Gujarat starts operations at full capacity, says PM Modi

  Gujarat | September 01, 2023 0:02 IST

  Taking to X, formerly Twitter, PM Modi said that India has achieved another milestone. The first largest indigenous 700 MW Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat has started operations at full capacity.

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  Germany switches off its last nuclear plants with a long-planned transition toward renewable energy

  World | April 16, 2023 8:42 IST

  Defenders of atomic energy say fossil fuels should be phased out first as part of global efforts to curb climate change, arguing that nuclear power produces far fewer greenhouse gas emissions and is safe, if properly managed.

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  Govt says it has no plans to stop use of nuclear power, to build 10 atomic power reactors by 2031

  India | April 05, 2023 20:32 IST

  In a written reply to a separate question, MoS Jitendra Singh said the government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for 10 indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors of 700 MW each in fleet mode.

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  Historic Nuclear Fusion breakthrough achieved by scientists. What it means for world

  Science | December 13, 2022 23:57 IST

  Nuclear Fusion scientific breakthrough: Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, the Energy Department said.

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  PM to visit France; defence, nuclear energy, counter-terrorism to top talks agenda

  World | August 19, 2019 19:14 IST

  From France, the prime minister will proceed for bilateral visits to the UAE and Bahrain, and will return to the French city of Biarritz on August 25 to attend the G7 Summit where India has been invited as a partner country.

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  India's crucial contribution in ITER hope for energy freedom

  Science | July 24, 2019 13:33 IST

  The upcoming $25 billion plasma-based fusion reactor ITER, in which India is a partner, is the hope to energy freedom and also a solution to the world that is gripped with a threat to survival primarily by the use of fossil energy and fast depleting conventional energy resources. These were the views expressed by former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Anil Kakodkar, who was at his maiden visit on Tuesday to ITER facility being built in Saint-Paul-Les-Durance, some 35km north of Aix-en-Provence in southern France.

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  US President Trump nominates Indian-American woman to head nuclear energy division

  World | October 04, 2018 13:55 IST

  Rita Baranwal currently serves as the Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative. 

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  Modi in Moscow: What India can expect from Russia

  India | December 24, 2015 22:21 IST

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday arrived in Moscow on a two-day visit to Russia for the 16th Annual Bilateral Summit between the two countries. There has been much anticipation over the likelihood of several

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  Pak seeks international cooperation on civil nuclear energy

  World | October 08, 2015 20:58 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan today said it was seeking international cooperation, including with the US, on civil nuclear energy, amid reports that America is negotiating a deal with it that might lead to an agreement similar to

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  Why India must submit to King Coal” For Now

  India | May 29, 2015 13:04 IST

  Mumbai: Coal generates over 75% of India's electricity and is among the cheapest energy sources available. But its main advantage over other feasible alternatives is that it is largely immune to interference from nature—quakes, floods,

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  PMANE denies funding by Saradha group for anti-nuke protests

  India | January 27, 2015 8:05 IST

  Chennai: People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), which spearheaded the prolonged stir against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, today said it had not received any funds from the Saradha Group, the entity which is at

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  Nuclear power 'dependable, clean' energy option: PM

  India | January 13, 2014 20:25 IST

  Gorakhpur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that nuclear energy was a “dependable and clean” option for satisfying the growing energy needs of the country as it looks to achieve rapid economic development.  Addressing a

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  Bihar set to use nuclear energy in agriculture

  India | April 10, 2013 14:56 IST

  Patna, Apr 10: After encouraging farmers to adopt organic farming, the Bihar government is now exploring how farmers might benefit from nuclear technology, officials said Wednesday.V.B. Patel, chairman of the horticulture department of Bihar Agricultural

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  Jayalalithaa Govt. Gives Go Ahead To Kudankulam N-plant

  India | March 19, 2012 15:38 IST

  Chennai, Mar 19: Seeking to end the impasse over the Kudankulam nuclear plant issue, the Jayalalilthaa government in Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the go ahead to the controversial project and announced a Rs. 500

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  India, Kazakhstan Sign Nuclear, Oil Pacts

  World | April 16, 2011 15:24 IST

  Astana, Apr 16: Embarking on an ambitious roadmap to consolidate their strategic partnership, India and Kazakhstan today signed seven pacts, including a framework agreement in civil nuclear field and a stake-sharing accord in oil sector,