Moscow On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and Japan still struggling to contain the crisis at Fukushima nuclear plant, Russia is set to propose a plan to boost safety at the world

The recent catastrophe in Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant after a devastating earthquake has declined Bangladesh's and global support in favour of nuclear energy, a recent survey report said.

WIN-Gallop International, a network of independent opinion pollsters, carried out the survey in 47 countries, says a press release.

ORG Quest Research Limited, as a local partner of the network, c

As protestors in Ratnagiri are being lathi-charged for opposing the idea of a nuclear power plant at Jaitapur, down south in Kudankulam, the villagers are stoically eyeing an uneasy future.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that BRICS nations should combine their potential strengths to continue enhancing coordination on major issues of common concern.

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Manmohan, Medvedev express satisfaction at the development in the relationship
India and Russia will review safety issues with regard to their ongoing nuclear cooperation programme in the light of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan.

If necessary, additional features would be incorporated in the two Russian-origin nuclear plants under construction at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu a

This new report provides basic quantitative and qualitative facts about nuclear power plants in operation, under construction, and in planning phases throughout the world.It finds that nearly three-quarters of reactors under construction are located in China, India, Russia & S.Korea but none of these nations have historically been transparent about the status of their construction sites.

Everyone knows about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and, now, Fukushima. But what about Semipalatinsk, Palomares and Kyshtym? The world is full of nuclear disaster zones -- showing just how dangerous the technology really is.

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Russia has lifted the ban on polar bear hunting for the first time since the erstwhile Soviet Union banned the practice in 1957, a move which has drawn flak from wildlife campaigners, a media report said.

New Delhi: Despite the potential nuclear catastrophe in Japan, Russia has ruled out any delay in Moscow

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