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  Bengal: Man arrested with confidential DRDO documents, radioactive californium in Darjeeling

  November 30, 2024 7:47 IST

  A police officer said that the arrest was made from Belgachi village in Naxalbari block on November 26 in a joint raid by the Army and the West Bengal Police.

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  Radioactive material discovered at Lucknow Airport cargo area, disaster aid agency on spot

  Uttar Pradesh | August 17, 2024 15:00 IST

  Authorities at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport discovered radioactive material in the cargo area during a routine inspection. The material's presence sparked concerns and necessitated immediate action to secure the area and assess any potential risks.

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  Australia: Authorities engage over 100 people to find pea size radioactive capsule; here's why

  World | February 01, 2023 20:38 IST

  It contains the caesium 137 ceramic source, commonly used in radiation gauges, which emits dangerous amounts of radiation. It could cause skin burns and prolonged exposure could cause cancer.

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  Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches

  Science | May 09, 2019 14:07 IST

  Organisms at the ocean surface have incorporated this "bomb carbon" into the molecules that make up their bodies since the late 1950s. 

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  China launches massive search operation for missing radioactive isotopes

  World | September 24, 2016 18:23 IST

  In a massive search operation going in China, the country is putting hard efforts to locate a can containing radioactive isotopes. The can went missing during transportation in the country's northeastern Jilin province earlier

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  Ahead of nuclear summit, US says safeguarding loose radioactive materials top priority

  World | March 29, 2016 13:31 IST

  Washington:Safeguarding loose nuclear materials around the globe is a top priority for the US, the White House has said ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit here later this week, which among others would be attended

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  Sunanda Pushkar death: AIIMS doctors says FBI couldn't read radioactive intensity in her viscera

  India | January 15, 2016 19:16 IST

  New Delhi: Countering the claim of Delhi Police, the head of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic department, Dr Sudhir Gupta, has said that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report "did

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  Sunanda Pushkar death mystery: FBI report rules out radioactive poisoning

  India | November 11, 2015 14:09 IST

  New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, did not die of radioactive poisoning, a report by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has concluded.The FBI lab reports of Sunanda Pushkar's viscera sample ruled

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  Israel built, exploded 'dirty bomb' in nuclear test: Report

  World | June 09, 2015 7:32 IST

  Jerusalem: Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz

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  Coal secretary hid facts from Manmohan Singh; Know top 5 news headlines of today

  India | May 29, 2015 21:36 IST

  Delhi HC backs L-G but asks him to consider proposals sent by Delhi govt.Delhi High Court today backed L-G Najeeb Jung in his tussle with Kejriwal government.The High Court turned down the plea challenging the

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  Japan: Radioactive water likely leaking to Pacific

  World | July 11, 2013 8:49 IST

  Tokyo, Jul 11: Japan's nuclear regulator says radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant is probably leaking into the Pacific Ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by the plant's operator.Officials from

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  Two suffer radioactive exposure at Rawatbhata nuclear plant

  India | June 29, 2012 18:30 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 29: Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation.  The incident took place on June 23 at