Radioactive
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Bengal: Man arrested with confidential DRDO documents, radioactive californium in Darjeeling
West Bengal | Nov 30, 2024, 07:47 AM ISTA police officer said that the arrest was made from Belgachi village in Naxalbari block on November 26 in a joint raid by the Army and the West Bengal Police.
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Radioactive material discovered at Lucknow Airport cargo area, disaster aid agency on spot
Uttar Pradesh | Aug 17, 2024, 03:00 PM ISTAuthorities at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport discovered radioactive material in the cargo area during a routine inspection. The material's presence sparked concerns and necessitated immediate action to secure the area and assess any potential risks.
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Australia: Authorities engage over 100 people to find pea size radioactive capsule; here's why
World | Feb 01, 2023, 08:38 PM ISTIt contains the caesium 137 ceramic source, commonly used in radiation gauges, which emits dangerous amounts of radiation. It could cause skin burns and prolonged exposure could cause cancer.
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Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches
May 09, 2019, 02:07 PM ISTOrganisms at the ocean surface have incorporated this "bomb carbon" into the molecules that make up their bodies since the late 1950s.
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China launches massive search operation for missing radioactive isotopes
World | Sep 24, 2016, 06:23 PM ISTIn a massive search operation going in China, the country is putting hard efforts to locate a can containing radioactive isotopes. The can went missing during transportation in the country's northeastern Jilin province earlier
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Ahead of nuclear summit, US says safeguarding loose radioactive materials top priority
World | Mar 29, 2016, 01:31 PM ISTWashington:Safeguarding loose nuclear materials around the globe is a top priority for the US, the White House has said ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit here later this week, which among others would be attended
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Sunanda Pushkar death: AIIMS doctors says FBI couldn't read radioactive intensity in her viscera
India | Jan 15, 2016, 07:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Countering the claim of Delhi Police, the head of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic department, Dr Sudhir Gupta, has said that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report "did
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Sunanda Pushkar death mystery: FBI report rules out radioactive poisoning
India | Nov 11, 2015, 02:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, did not die of radioactive poisoning, a report by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has concluded.The FBI lab reports of Sunanda Pushkar's viscera sample ruled
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Israel built, exploded 'dirty bomb' in nuclear test: Report
World | Jun 09, 2015, 07:32 AM ISTJerusalem: Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz
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Coal secretary hid facts from Manmohan Singh; Know top 5 news headlines of today
India | May 29, 2015, 09:36 PM ISTDelhi HC backs L-G but asks him to consider proposals sent by Delhi govt.Delhi High Court today backed L-G Najeeb Jung in his tussle with Kejriwal government.The High Court turned down the plea challenging the
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Japan: Radioactive water likely leaking to Pacific
World | Jul 11, 2013, 08:49 AM ISTTokyo, Jul 11: Japan's nuclear regulator says radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant is probably leaking into the Pacific Ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by the plant's operator.Officials from
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Two suffer radioactive exposure at Rawatbhata nuclear plant
India | Jun 29, 2012, 06:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 29: Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation. The incident took place on June 23 at