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Fukushima/Tokyo, Radiation levels rose today in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant where a new fire broke out, forcing the government to withdraw emergency workers engaged in efforts to cool overheating reactors at the quake-stricken site as authorities scrambled hard to contain the spiralling atomic crisis. Some 50 employees were believed to be working at the [...]
Tokyo, March 16: Thousands of people have been fleeing nuclear-stricken Fukushima Daiichi due to radiation fears, reports the British daily The Telegraph, whose corerspondent Andrew Gilligan has filed this report from Nasushiobara: “The railway station at Nasushiobara, the last one still operating near Japan’s nuclear crisis area, was jammed with frightened people. In this ghost [...]
Tokyo, A large number of Indians stood in queues at the Narita International airport here on Wednesday in their desperate move to return home, reports Nishant Chaturvedi, India TV correspondent from Tokyo. The exodus of foreign nationals from Japan has been trigerred by the series of fires and explosions at the trouble-ridden Fukushima nuclear power [...]
According to The Telegraph Science correspondent, Radiation smashes up the DNA of cells. It can have both short-term and long-term effects on health, depending on the dose. At very high levels it can cause radiation sickness, symptoms of which include burns, vomiting, diarrhoea and destruction of the immune system. This often leads to death within [...]
Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 16: Japan’s nuclear nightmare worsened today with radiation levels surging at a quake-crippled reactor at Fukushima plant, forcing authorities to briefly pull out emergency workers even as another fire erupted slowing desperate efforts to avert a meltdown. With the crisis appearing to be going beyond control, Japan’s Emperor Akihito in a rare address [...]
Chennai, The suicide note of Sadiq Batcha, who died under mysterious circumstances, was found today in which the close aide of former telecom minister A Raja said he was embarrassed by CBI raids at his premises in connection with the 2G spectrum scam but blamed none for his taking the extreme step, police said. “In [...]
Chennai, Sadiq Batcha, businessman and a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja, died in mysterious circumstances here today and his wife claimed that he committed suicide “unable to cope with the pressure” of the probe in the case. As the news of his death spread giving a dramatic twist to the spectrum probe, [...]
Tokyo, March 15 : Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant north of the city, causing some to leave the capital and others to stock up on food and supplies. Several embassies advised staff and citizens to leave affected areas, tourists cut short vacations and [...]
Tokyo, March 15: Japan’s nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday after an explosion damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core at one reactor and a fire at another spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to the statements of Japanese government and industry officials, reports The New York Times. In a [...]
Tokyo, March 16: A fire broke out again early Wednesday at the troubled No. 4 reactor of the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, which was already posing the risk of leaks of high-level radioactive materials, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Flames were no longer visible after about 30 minutes, however, said TEPCO, the plant [...]
