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What’s the N- deal?
Why is everyone talking about the 123 Act? What is so important about nuclear energy? And what is India’s role as a nuclear power?


Alternate energy sources
If the country has to sustain an economic growth rate of eight per cent for a quarter of a century as projected by the Planning Commission it will have to address its growing energy demands. At present coal accounts for 55 per cent and hydel ...

More nuclear reactors
Under the 123 Act, India will be obliged to separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities. It will accordingly permit inspection of its existing 14 civil nuclear reactors by the International Atomic Energy Agency while the remaining will ...

Nandankanan magic
The Nandankanan Biological Park is an extension of the Chandaka forests. So, animals get to live in their natural surroundings.

Some facts about snakes
Snakes hear with their lungs and smell with their tongues…

Call of the fish
Grunting fish have helped scientists to date the origins of vocal sounds to about 400 million years ago. Toadfish and midshipman fish use a variety of different sounds to attract mates and scare off rivals. Now U.S. researchers have found that ...

‘He’s my best friend…’
August 3 is International Friendship Day. This is a story of best friends Mutava and Braise…

Think to win
The Future Scientist Programme and the Science Outreach Quarter helped students innovate and think differently.

Tram train
On November 20, 2006, France released a stamp showing a tram train. While capable of winding through the streets like a tram it is also able to link towns using normal train tracks. The tram-train concept first appeared in France in 2006. The ...
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