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Topic: NPCIL

MP’s long-delayed Chutka nuclear project moves after PMO push. Panel to work on better rehab plan

Villagers affected are tribals, some of whom were displaced by Bargi Dam in 1980s. On 8 August, a panel was formed to resolve issues, including land acquisition, related to project.

Kakrapar’s 2nd indigenous 700 MW nuclear reactor has attained first criticality. What this means

This is the first step towards generation of power for commercial use. Nuclear energy is key to India's goal of generating 50% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

Modi in Vladivostok, India & Russia eye mega defence, civil nuclear & energy deals

PM Modi is in Russia to attend the 5th Eastern Economic Forum. Several pacts are expected to be signed during the visit.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.