3I/ATLAS was not a threat to Earth, but what about the poisonous ‘cyanide’ it left behind?Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was not a threat to Earth, NASA says, despite concerns over its glowing gas plume containing poisonous cyanide....
24 Dec, 2025, 01.45 PM IST
US strikes Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan: What happens when a nuclear site is bombed and how to survive radiationPresident Trump announced a coordinated US-Israeli strike, obliterating Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, employin...
22 Jun, 2025, 09.15 AM IST
How the 'innocent' British nerve agent victim caught in global murder plotA public inquiry reveals that Dawn Sturgess died after using a perfume bottle containing Novichok, inadvertently caught in a failed assassi...
14 Oct, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
5 Billion may die in first 72 minutes of nuclear war, claims study. What may be safest place? Know in detailJournalist Annie Jacobson has said that around five billion people may be killed in the first 72 minutes of a nuclear war and the remaining...
16 May, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
Wishing you a happy, wonderful, toxic day!The dictionary meaning, of course, means poisonous, something that can cause you physical harm. Here, toxic applies to poison, radiation, w...
02 Jan, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
This time Delhiites can see odd even impact on PM 1 particles, ozone gasPollution experts are readying to study odd-even impact on the levels of poisonous ozone gas and tiniest PM 1 particles in the capital’s ai...
15 Apr, 2016, 02.50 PM IST
'Dangerous chemical' may have killed Sunanda Pushkar: FBIDelhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi told the media that Sunanda's death was not natural but ruled out the presence of radioactive material ...
15 Jan, 2016, 09.39 PM IST
Sunanda Pushkar's death not natural: Delhi Police chiefPolice Commissioner BS Bassi said the high-profile case will be taken to its logical conclusion soon and all possible angles are being exam...
15 Jan, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor may have to undergo a lie-detector test in Sunanda Pushkar caseInvestigators may again question Shashi Tharoor and move court soon seeking lie detector test on him.
12 Nov, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
Can't share details of Sunanda Pushkar FBI report until submission in court: Police"The report cannot be made public at least till the time we send it to the court," said Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi.
12 Nov, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Sunanda Pushkar's case: FBI report rules out death by Polonium or any other radioactive substanceSunanda Pushkar's viscera samples were sent to US after AIIMS doctors had said that Indian labs lacked facility to identify the poison, whi...
11 Nov, 2015, 01.03 PM IST
Neupogen, first drug to treat radiation sickness gets USFDA nodThe drug, Neupogen received approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of acute radiation injury.
26 May, 2015, 05.21 PM IST
Sunanda Pushkar case: Polonium found in nuclear-reactors; difficult to get, very lethalThis radioactive element is produced as a by-product in nuclear fission reactions (in reactors) and occurs in very minute quantities in nat...
07 Jan, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
- Like Bhopal, Fukushima may haunt future
The spectre of lethal radioactive fallout from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima in Japan continued to haunt the country as ripples...
16 Mar, 2011, 08.40 AM IST
- IAEA seeks info on radioactive waste leak in Delhi
The UN atomic watchdog on Saturday said it is seeking more information about reports of a radioactive waste scandal at the University of De...
01 May, 2010, 07.36 PM IST
- N-plant radiation leak leaves 45 staffers sick
About 45 staffs of Kaiga atomic power plant suffered radiation poisoning.
29 Nov, 2009, 07.49 AM IST
- Final chapter of this spy thriller yet to be written
It’s a murder mystery filled with intrigue reminiscent of the Cold War - there’s a retired Russian spy poisoned by a radioactive substance,...
04 Dec, 2006, 12.00 AM IST