Workers in unorganised sector lack social security

Mining accounts for more labour deaths

Chernobyl

Twenty years ago -- on April 26, 1986 -- the biggest nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union, when a chain …

'Assam officials widened Kaziranga highway instead of taking steps to protect wildlife from accidents'

Wildlife activist files affidavit before green tribunal saying he was forced by state government officials to sign site inspection report in …

Accidents cause maximum deaths among young population, says WHO

Road accidents and non-communicable diseases emerge as major killers according to the World Health Statistics 2017 report

We still have to reach the interiors

W Selvamurthy, senior scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), shrugs off the body’s responsibility towards …

Power that could bomb

The Bush administration unveils new energy policy with an intention to revive nuclear reactors and to build new plants. Joining hands with …

Punished for good

Guidelines to manage chemical disasters

Minimum nuclear liability

Why car-free days in Gurgaon must gather momentum

The vehicle ownership in the city is among the highest in the country, leading to air pollution

Roads are meant for walking

Sayonara to nuclear

Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous

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Ludhiana: Ineffective manhole cleanup, chemicals disposed in sewers emerge as theories for Giaspura tragedy

Steps to be taken in the event of an industrial accident or to gauge its environmental impact lacking, say experts

Assam struggles to protect wildlife from accidents on Kaziranga highway

Government has expressed its inability to adopt suggested technical measures to curb animal casualties

Japan restarts first nuclear plant after Fukushima disaster

Kyushu plant revived amidst heavy protests

Anti-nuke protests in Tamil Nadu

Gram sabhas call for closure of Koodankulam plant  

Nuclear shield for MNCs

The new Indo-US agreement protects American companies from being held liable for nuclear accidents

Long COVID, mental disorders among diseases to watch in 2023: IHME

Independent global research organisation brought out a list of 11 health issues that should be monitored closely in 2023

Leakage at Kakrapar could be large, warns expert

A Gopalakrishnan is the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board 

The slippery lifeline

The environmental footprint of oil

All our nuclear lies exposed

Book >> The Power Of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy In India • by M V Ramana • Penguin/Viking • Price Rs 699

Coal mining in India has a human cost

Communities living close to coal mines in India face the constant threat of fires and land subsidence forcing them to flee  

NPCIL pays compensation to workers injured at Kudankulam

The compensation was issued after the National Human Rights Commission intervened in the matter