Department of Atomic Energy: News

25 Aug 2024

Nirmala Sitharaman

India deploying modular nuclear reactors to hit net-zero by 2070

India will deploy between 40 and 50 small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), as part of its strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.

16 Apr 2022

Social Media

Avoid posting anti-government content on social media: TIFR to employees

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), one of India's top research institutes, has instructed its employees to avoid posting "anti-government" content on social media platforms.

05 Aug 2018

Andhra Pradesh

IIT-H should remain relevant to 4th industrial revolution: President Kovind

IIT Hyderabad should remain relevant to the fourth industrial revolution which will "write the script of the 21st century," President Ram Nath Kovind today said at the premier institute.

27 Apr 2018

India

Central armed forces to have 50% lighter, stronger bulletproof jacket

The Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) will soon have lighter, more resilient bullet-proof jackets developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

14 Nov 2017

India

Jawaharlal Nehru: Visionary, charismatic statesman with his own quirks

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first PM, was a man of contradictions. Though democratic in approach, he had an authoritarian hold over his government.

29 May 2017

India

With GSLV Mk III, India to begin manned space missions?

With the launch of the GSLV Mk III, ISRO's heaviest launch vehicle, India may soon enter the elite club of nations capable of manned-space missions.

06 Dec 2016

India

The suspicious deaths of India's nuclear scientists

Since 2008, 70 scientists and engineers with various establishments and research centres of the Department of Atomic energy have died due to unnatural causes.