Chernobyl nuclear site’s protective shelter severely damaged in drone attack, cannot confine radiation: UN warnsA Russian drone strike in February 2025 severely damaged the New Safe Confinement at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear site. The structure, desig...
07 Dec, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuated after Russia's massive earthquake; Shinkansen bullet train lines not affected by tsunami warningFollowing a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant as a precaution, halting ope...
30 Jul, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
From Fordow to Faridabad: How one nuclear bombing could cause a Chernobyl-style fallout and contaminate India’s futureThe US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities may not spark a Chernobyl-style disaster, but experts warn of real risks closer to home espe...
23 Jun, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
A 1,000-X-ray blob: Why Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot still terrifies scientistsNearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, the remnants of Reactor No. 4, especially the Elephant’s Foot—a dense, highly radioactive...
13 May, 2025, 12.16 AM IST
Opening old wounds? Ukraine claims Chernobyl's radiation shield hit by Russian droneChernobyl, one of the world's worst nuclear accidents, is back in the headlines as the damaged site has been hit again by a Russian drone a...
14 Feb, 2025, 05.13 PM IST
With Ukraine nuke plant in peril, UN tries to broker safetyThe IAEA chief said the Zaporizhzhia plant was shelled and attacked earlier Wednesday, and a "projectile" hit a pipeline in a pool where sp...
22 Sep, 2022, 08.49 AM IST
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent missionUkraine and Russia again accused each other of shelling the wider region around the nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, which was briefl...
29 Aug, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
India votes against Russia for the first time in UNSC during procedural vote on UkraineAccording to media reports, this is for the first time that India has voted against Russia on the issue of Ukraine, after the Russian milit...
25 Aug, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Fighting in Ukraine endangers Zaporizhzhia plant; nations trade accusationsDuring the fighting in early March, Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged fire near the plant. The skirmishes resulted in a fire at its tr...
10 Aug, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
Chernobyl power cut, transmission lost at Europe's largest atomic plant: IAEAThe news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission w...
10 Mar, 2022, 08.44 AM IST
How dangerous was Russia's nuclear plant strike?After taking the strategic port city of Kherson, Russian forces moved into the territory near Zaporizhzhia and attacked the nearby city of ...
04 Mar, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
India abstains from voting at IAEA meet against Russia; similar approach likely at UNHRC tooThe resolution was passed at an emergency meeting of the 35-nation Board called by Canada and Poland on Ukraine's behalf. Its language echo...
04 Mar, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Putin vows 'uncompromising fight' as Ukraine war enters second week"Russia intends to continue the uncompromising fight against militants of nationalist armed groups," Putin said, according to a Kremlin acc...
03 Mar, 2022, 10.18 PM IST
IAEA calls on all parties to refrain from actions that threatens safety of Ukraine's nuclear power plantsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Ukraine has four nuclear power sites with a total of 15 reactors, providing roughly...
27 Feb, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
Russian troops ordered to advance in UkraineUkrainian officials said 198 civilians, including three children, had been killed since Russia invaded on Thursday, and warned Russian sabo...
27 Feb, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
- 180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
Operators have been dumping seawater into units 1 and 3 in a last-ditch measure to cool the reactors.
14 Mar, 2011, 07.27 AM IST
- Human error: Man-made ecological disasters
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is now about the size of Puerto Rico. It has already reached the marshes of Louisiana. As environmental...
08 May, 2010, 12.15 PM IST