Nuclear Disaster
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What the cherry trees at Fukushima tell us about Japan’s response to the 2011 nuclear disaster
While Chernobyl accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union, Fukushima Daiichi has become a showcase for the Japanese government.
Sébastien Travadel, The Conversation, Franck Guarnieri, The Conversation & Aurélien Portelli, The Conversation
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Japanese government liable to pay damages for Fukushima nuclear disaster, says court
The company that ran the Fukushima nuclear plant will also have to pay damages, the court ruled.
Scroll Staff
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Watch Trevor Noah’s game on ‘The Daily Show’ to predict where World War III might begin
Syria? Afghanistan? Somewhere else?
Scroll Staff
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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YouTuber, booked for posting ‘fake videos’ of ‘attacks’ on Bihari migrants in Tamil Nadu, joins BJP
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Watch: Japanese citizens displaced by the Fukushima disaster return home as anti-nuclear activists
A disquieting journey to nuclear exclusion zones.
Scroll Staff
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Bikini islanders still deal with fallout of US nuclear tests, 70 years later
In 1946, the US detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years later, residents are still fighting for justice.
Timothy J. Jorgensen, The Conversation
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From fiction to gallows humour: How Chernobyl survivors are coping with trauma 30 years later
Chernobyl's liquidators have come up with some intriguing ways of dealing with what they've gone through – without directly confronting painful memories.
Richard Sambrook, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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We still don’t really know the health hazards of a nuclear accident
Estimating health impacts after a nuclear accident is more complicated than you might think.
Claire Corkhill, The Conversation
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Five years of Fukushima: It's not an anniversary but a still unfolding accident
Even as the world continues to watch with horror the events at the Japanese nuclear power plant, India has still not learnt its lessons.
Kumar Sundaram