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Isfahan nuclear facility, Iran (PTI file photo) Iran a week away from producing bomb-grade uranium? Rising tensions in Tehran once again worry Uncle Sam, as President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the region, Steve Witkoff, expressed concerns amid escalating strains between the Trump administration and Ayatollah Khamenei’s establishment. He also pointed out the domestic pressure…
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney is expected to visit India in the first week of March, India’s high commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, told Reuters in an interview. During the trip, the Canadian PM is set to sign key deals on uranium, energy, minerals, artificial intelligence, education, and culture. “I have a feeling in the…
NEW DELHI: Uranium contamination in Delhi’s groundwater has emerged as an alarming concern. The capital is now third in the country, after Punjab and Haryana, in percentage of samples breaching the permissible limit. According to the latest Annual Ground Water Quality Report 2025 submitted by Central Ground Water Board, 13-15% of the analysed samples in…
बिहार के 6 जिलों में मां के दूध में यूरेनियम मिला है। There’s a worrying study from Bihar that’s been making headlines, researchers have found traces of uranium in the breast milk of mothers from several districts. The study looked at 40 mothers from six districts: Bhojpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Katihar and Nalanda. Every single…
The latest and groundbreaking research published in Scientific Reports from October 2021 to July 2024, and finally published in 2025-pointed out the development of uranium contamination in the breast milk of lactating mothers living in Bihar. The investigation by a team of researchers at Patna-based Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre and the Hajipur-based National…
NEW DELHI: The study was carried out by Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, under the leadership of Dr Arun Kumar and Prof Ashok Ghosh, in collaboration with AIIMS, New Delhi, led by Dr Ashok Sharma from the department of biochemistry.Conducted between October 2021 and July 2024, the research analysed breast milk from 40 mothers aged 17-35…
Chandigarh: In an alarming revelation, a pilot study found high levels of lead and uranium in the blood of children and in groundwater samples from Bathinda, Ropar and Chandigarh, posing a grave public health crisis.The study, carried out by Panjab University’s Geo-Environmental Research Laboratory in collaboration with Baba Farid NGO among children in the age…
