Bringing to bear his political weight amid, so far, unsuccessful efforts at the official level to bridge differences on a range of critical issues, US President Barack Obama is learnt to have written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveying America
For the moment, the government does not want to allow private companies to develop and operate nuclear power plants independently, but it surely wants private players to jump on the bandwagon to gain experience in the sector.
Sources say the Centre, having got the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill ratified by Parliament, is now preparing a road map for institution building.
New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee examining the civil liability for nuclear damage bill on Tuesday heard representatives of the Department of Atomic Energy offer their views on the Convention of Supplementary Compensation.
Giving in to pressure from Opposition members, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday postponed deliberations on the Nuclear Liability Bill. The committee, which had earlier decided to hold clause by clause deliberations on the Bill on Thursday and then bring it before the Lok Sabha, has now decided to hold two more meetings on July 27 and August 2.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to take over the management of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust running super-speciality treatment centres for the 1984 gas victims.
The apex court also accepted the resignation of former Chief Justice A M Ahmadi as the chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust.
PALIYA tribes living in and around Kodaikanal a re a l l e g e d ly f a c i n g health problems attributable to mercury pollution, according to an NGO working with tribals in the region. However, no study has been conducted till date to validate these claims as the tribal group continues to stay away from modern healthcare facilities.
