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It is surprising that the blogger prefers to ignore what all has been done on the economic front than what not - Indian Economy is a much better shape than it was under UPA-II. The results are evident - 1. GDP growth estimated to be 8% in 2015-16: India is considered to be a bright spot in...

The unfurlable S-Band Antenna will be deployed on August 30 after the orbit raising maneuvers.

India currently has 3 types of nuclear weapons in it's arsenal . These are : (1) Thermonuclear Device (2) Fusion boosted Fission Bomb ( 2 types - Weapon grade plutonium & Reactor grade Plutonium) (3) Fission Plutonium Bomb (2 types - Low Yield & High Yield ) After the 45 kiloton Pokhran-II...

The trouble with the dispute around the yield of Pokhran-II is that it can only be settled by subject-matter-experts and there are still 2 groups among those. The skeptics and the supporters (in the Indian scientific community) both use extensive scientific analysis to support their claims and...

India's First Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility (FRFCF) / FBR Fuel Reprocessing Plant Coming up in TN India's 500 MWe fast breeder reactor under construction The foundation for India's first fast reactor fuel reprocessing plant to be built at a cost of Rs 9,600 crore is expected to be laid in...

Actually it was the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) a 500MWe fast breeder nuclear reactor at Kalpakkam, TN which was to be completed / commissioned and it will be by year end. This fuel reprocessing facility will reprocess the spent fuel of the same PFBR and also other two fast reactors...

India to get first fast reactor fuel reprocessing plant in TN for Rs 9,600 crore India's 500 MWe fast breeder reactor under construction The foundation for India's first fast reactor fuel reprocessing plant to be built at a cost of Rs 9,600 crore is expected to be laid in two months' time...

Notable Points(s):- India has registered a record production of over 1,252 MT of uranium bundles this year, manufacturing close to double the annual fuel requirement of atomic reactors in the country. The production has also exceeded country’s annual fuel requirement of 650 MT for the...

This photograph speaks for itself about the fierce yet silent rivalry between these two Chess legends: Vishwanathan Anand Vs Magnus Carlsen (The King of Chess Vs The Chess Prodigy) (The person touching his hair is Anand and the one looking at him is Carlsen) Look at the image carefully: Both...

First ever flight of the PSLV back in 1993.

Estimates of Pakistan's rate of growth of nuclear warheads are often exaggerated in the West and blindly quoted by some by Indian analysts as well. The main thing to understand about estimates of the number of nuclear bombs is that no one outside the respective governments will really know how...

Estimates of Pakistan's rate of growth of nuclear warheads are often exaggerated in the West and blindly quoted by some by Indian analysts as well. The main thing to understand about estimates of the number of nuclear bombs is that no one outside the respective governments will really know how...

India declared maternal and neonatal tetanus free: PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: The WHO has declared that mothers and newborns are free from tetanus at the time of birth in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday. He was inaugurating the Call to Action Summit 2015 - an...

The uranium in yellowcake is very less radioactive and has an extremely long half-life, meaning that it emits it's already low radiation at a even slower rate. The uranium in yellowcake has the same radioactivity as it did in nature when it was underground. It is practically harmless.

India registers record production of nuclear fuel Yellow cake, made from natural uranium, being processed at the massive mill at Jaduguda in Jharkhand State. This yellow cake is sent to the Nuclear Fuel Complex at Hyderabad to be made into fuel bundles. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish Nuclear...

India increases its uranium enrichment programme Brian Cloughley and Robert Kelley The removal of various structures related to construction support activities in February 2014 suggests that facility expansion is nearing completion. (PLEIADES © CNES 2014, Distribution Astrium Services / Spot...

India’s Mounting Uranium Stash The nuclear relations between India and Pakistan have always been a victim of historical enmity as both countries share a history of conflicts and border disputes. In these circumstances, the Indo-U.S nuclear deal has been a topic of hot debate in Pakistan as...