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TopicNuclear leak

Topic: Nuclear leak

What happens when nuclear site is struck & can Israel-Iran conflict lead to next Chernobyl or Fukushima

Amid Israel-Iran conflict, concerns over a possible nuclear disaster at Iran's four nuclear facilities, including Fordow.

Close shave at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia evokes Chernobyl, highlights risk of nuclear meltdown

Fire caused by Russian shelling now doused, normal radiation levels confirmed. Though plant is more secure than Chernobyl in 1986, fire in reactors would have caused major disaster.

China’s nuclear leak is no Chernobyl, but how it was handled is troubling

The leak at China's Taishan plant isn't overly concerning. It is the silence of the regulatory body and careful choice of words that is the real problem.

Chernobyl lessons unlearned: Russia hides another nuclear leak

On 26 July, a large group of experts published a paper attributing a radiation cloud that spread over Europe in 2017 to an undeclared accident in Russia.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.