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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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Why the Opposition is alleging that a WhatsApp forward from Modi is a poll code violation
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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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‘Time to forget about it’: Miriam Margolyes, who acted in ‘Harry Potter’ films, tells adult fans
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Watch: Protestors lie on the ground together along the seashore in Spain to represent Gaza victims
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Watch: From Sonu Nigam to Shilpa Rao, prominent singers sing ‘Yaaron Dosti’ in a tribute to KK
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Watch: Pilot makes a special announcement with baby daughter to celebrate her first flight with him
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Watch: Musicians Shantanu Moitra and Papon collaborate for this year’s Earth Hour India anthem
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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