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Japan scandal-hit nuclear plant operator head to resign: ReportsChubu Electric Power's president will resign following a scandal over earthquake data. The company is expected to abandon plans to restart ...- Earthquake in Japan damages historic Kumamoto Castle as powerful 7.1-magnitude tremor strikes KyushuJapan earthquake 2026: A powerful earthquake struck Japan's Kyushu island, damaging Kumamoto Castle. The quake injured dozens and disrupted...
- Hurdles behind India's supertall buildings & vertical ambitionsIndia's urban growth is rapid, yet only one building crosses the 300-meter supertall mark. Fragmented regulations and infrastructure gaps h...
- China train collision kills 11, leaves 2 woundedThe incident occurred when the train, which was testing seismic equipment, struck the workers, who had entered the track at a curved sectio...
- Uttarakhand: Disaster in making? Bageshwar faces Joshimath-like collapse as expert panel raises alarmA government panel has warned that unregulated mining in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district reflects the conditions that preceded the Jyotirm...
- India’s earthquake time bomb: A Himalayan quake could hit 300 million people — Here’s which cities could be most affectedA series of devastating earthquakes across Asia—including a deadly 7.7-magnitude quake in Myanmar—has reignited urgent warnings about the l...
- ET Road Safety & Safer Mobility Forum 2023: Pioneering Solutions for India's Road Safety SurgeEconomicTimes.com is organising the third edition of the ET Road Safety & Safer Mobility Forum 2023. Read to know more about it.
- Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to take on big techThe new Beyond the Screen nonprofit said that its first project will be to document ways big tech is failing in its "legal and ethical obli...
- No amount of rejuvenation can perpetuate 126-yr-old Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala tells SCOn October 28, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar had said that Tamil Nadu and Kerala would abide by water level notified by the expe...
- Lower Subansiri project will be back on stream soon, hopes NHPCAround 60% of the work on the power project is almost complete. Construction at the project site began in 2005 and the project was to start...
- NHPC CMD KM Singh hopeful of resumption of work of stalled 2000 MW Lower Subansiri hydro power projectBJP and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) had opposed the construction of big dam in the region while congress was for it.
- Nepal quake aftermath: Experts warn of heavy causalities even in moderate tremorsCentre for Science and Environment said that India has many instances of buildings collapsing even without an earthquake and 70-80 per cent...
- Kerala cannot interfere in regulation of water flow from dam:Tamil NaduO Panneerselvam says Kerala cannot 'interfere' on egulation of flow from reservoir after latter expressed concerns over water level in Mull...
- Environmentalists want Centre to check compliances for Statue of Unity projectThe Statue of Unity will be built inside the Narmada River, 3.2 km downstream of Sardar Sarovar Dam and Shoolpaneshwar Sanctuary.
- Nuclear energy is vital, but we do need independent regulationThe way ahead is to master the nuclear cycle, source the latest technology and uranium fuel from abroad, for which the Indo-US nuclear deal...
- Fukushima Disaster: Nuclear power is a risk without independent regulationAfter Fukushima, you cannot underplay the risks of nuclear energy. Manufacturers and vendors of nuclear technology were in bed with Japan's...
- APJ Abdul Kalam's plan for Kudankulam includes highway, 10k jobs, world-class hospitalAPJ Abdul Kalam has come out with a 10-point plan for the development of the area around the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
- Kudankulam protests: APJ Kalam suggests 10-point action plan on KNPP projectKalam, a strong advocate of nuclear energy, said, "At the same time, efforts should be made to remove people's fears by providing relevant ...
- Will not trust N-plant safety reviews by vendors: BanerjeeAtomic Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said India would do its own safety reviews on the nuclear reactors it plans to purchase...
- Fast breeder reactors are the least safecritics and agitators are ignoring the biggest nuclear risk of all: the inherently dangerous nature of fast breeder reactors (FBRs). India'...
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