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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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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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
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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