India plans five indigenous small modular reactors by 2033: Jitendra Singh

Dr Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh, informed Parliament Wednesday that the Government is aiming to bring at least five indigenous small modular nuclear reactors into operation by 2033 as the country heads towards its goal of achieving 100 GWe nuclear power generation capacity by 2047. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is developing a 220-megawatt Bharat Small Modular Reactor, a 55-MW reactor and a...

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Rahul interested in politics, not students’ welfare: Nadda

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New Delhi: Union minister J P Nadda Wednesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of playing politics over the NEET paper leak and urged the Opposition to allow an "intensive discussion" on the issue in Parliament to find a "permanent solution" to the problem, instead of indulging in a blame game. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, Nadda said the BJP-NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership is...

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Student protest: Pradhan unlikely to go, but govt keen to favourably consider relief for kin of suicide victims

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New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is facing demands for his resignation from protesters and the opposition over the NEET issue, is likely to remain in the Cabinet as the top hierarchy of the government is convinced that he cannot be blamed for the leak of the examination papers, a senior government functionary said. The government is also ready for serious engagement with the protesters led by the Cockroach...

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Sonam Wangchuk to end fast if Centre assures no action against protesting students

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New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk Wednesday said he would end his indefinite hunger strike if the Centre gives an unequivocal assurance that no punitive or retaliatory action would be taken against students and youth who participated in the protest against alleged examination irregularities. He also said that Union ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh had already assured him that the government would positively consider his two other key demands. In...

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Stone-pelting near Jantar Mantar injures two ACPs, four police personnel

New Delhi: At least two assistant commissioners of police (ACPs) and four personnel were injured in a stone-pelting incident by protesters near Jantar Mantar Wednesday evening, police sources said. They said that many anti-social elements have entered the protest site. They are not even listening to the organisers (CJP) and are pelting stones at personnel, they added....

Nepal scraps 3% equity tax on private education, health sectors

Kathmandu: Nepal government Wednesday formally approved the withdrawal of the 3 per cent equity tax imposed on private education and health sectors following widespread public criticism. The Council of Ministers approved the proposal submitted by Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle to waive the 3 per cent Education and Health Equity Fee under Section 18(1) of the Finance Act,...

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Ukraine reshuffles military leadership as war with Russia continues

Kyiv: Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia's invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief. Ukraine has made significant progress in the war this year, and a rift between the country's outgoing army chief and its defence minister threatened to derail its efforts. Both men...

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India plans five indigenous small modular reactors by 2033: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh, informed Parliament Wednesday that the Government is aiming to bring at least five indigenous small modular nuclear reactors into operation by 2033 as the country heads towards its goal of achieving 100 GWe nuclear power generation capacity by 2047. The Bhabha Atomic Research...

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Rahul interested in politics, not students’ welfare: Nadda

New Delhi: Union minister J P Nadda Wednesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of playing politics over the NEET paper leak and urged the Opposition to allow an "intensive discussion" on the issue in Parliament to find a "permanent solution" to the problem, instead of indulging in a blame game. Addressing a press conference at the BJP...

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BJD alleges fertiliser shortage in Odisha; BJP govt rejects charge

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Wednesday strongly criticised the Odisha BJP government over alleged scarcity of fertiliser during the ongoing Kharif season, which has pushed lakhs of farmers into severe distress. The BJD also alleged that there was rampant black marketing of fertiliser in the state and complete administrative failure. However, the state government rejected the allegations and claimed...

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DRDO signs pact to develop AEW&C Mk-II aircraft programme

New Delhi: The DRDO Wednesday signed an agreement with a firm for conversion of six A321 aircraft from commercial to green configuration, further leading to the development and production of the Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Mk-II programme, the defence ministry said. A separate contract was signed with another company to engage with it as development-cum-production...

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Instagram suffers widespread outage, thousands of users affected

New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram suffered a widespread service disruption Wednesday evening, leaving thousands of users unable to access key features of the social media platform, including messaging, profile loading and content updates. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, reports of issues rose sharply during the evening. Complaints increased to 1,993 at around 7:13 p.m., up from 436...

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BJP defends Centre’s handling of CJP protest, says govt open to talks

New Delhi: The BJP Wednesday defended the Centre's handling of the Cockroach Janta Party-led agitation, saying the government remained sensitive to what has been projected as a student movement and was always open to dialogue. The ruling party also accused LoP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition parties of trying to derive political mileage from the protests and...

 

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