News for 'Cobalt'

'This cycle will only break if a few high-profile issues 'bomb''

'This cycle will only break if a few high-profile issues 'bomb''

Rediff.com14 Sep 2021

'It really doesn't matter that investors getting allotments sell their IPO stock holdings on listing day because a new set of investors are entering.' 'This explains the continued rise in stock prices even after the first day of listing.'

Medical devices: Budget unveils moves to drive growth

Medical devices: Budget unveils moves to drive growth

Rediff.com19 Mar 2012

The reduction in excise duty and basic customs duty on parts of blood pressure monitors and blood glucose monitoring systems (Glucometers) on actual user basis helps the industry significantly.

Ambani's Target: China, not Adani

Ambani's Target: China, not Adani

Rediff.com9 Jul 2021

Reliance's big-bang entry across the solar ecosystem will cut dependence on Chinese imports drastically. And Ambani's repeated emphasis that RIL's new energy foray will be 'a truly global business' points that his group is playing not just for a share of the Indian pie but to be the OEM in the larger 5,000 GW global market by 2030, points out Shailesh Dobhal.

Revealed: Afghanistan, the mineral goldmine

Revealed: Afghanistan, the mineral goldmine

Rediff.com14 Jun 2010

According to a New York Times report, senior American government officials said the discovery include huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium.

LFW: Learning the alphabet on the catwalk!

LFW: Learning the alphabet on the catwalk!

Rediff.com13 Mar 2011

Presenting a glimpse of designer duo Aparna and Norden Wangdi at the LFW.

Radiation: Atomic agencies seek Greenpeace's help

Radiation: Atomic agencies seek Greenpeace's help

Rediff.com17 May 2010

Environmental organisation Greenpeace claimed that its recent findings -- about sources of radiation existing in the scrap market in Delhi's Mayapuri area -- has forced the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, the National Disaster Response Force and the Narora Atomic Power Plant team to re-start their decontamination procedures in Mayapuri.Exposure to radioactive material Cobalt-60 had claimed one life and caused injuries to 11 people in April.

India targeted by 5 Chinese hackers charged in US

India targeted by 5 Chinese hackers charged in US

Rediff.com17 Sep 2020

Deputy US Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced that three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking and charge two Malaysian nationals with helping some of those hackers target victims and sell the fruits of their crime.

UN atomic body seeks details about DU incident

UN atomic body seeks details about DU incident

Rediff.com2 May 2010

The UN atomic watchdog sought more information from India about mishandling of radioactive material by Delhi University on Friday, as the country's nuclear regulator conducted inspections at the varsity campus.

Afghanistan welcomes Indian cos to tap resources

Afghanistan welcomes Indian cos to tap resources

Rediff.com20 Jul 2010

Afghanistan, sitting on vast reserves of iron, copper, cobalt and gold, has invited Indian companies to tap the nearly $1 trillion worth of minerals discovered in the country as the two nations try to enhance and diversify their trade ties.

$1 trillion mineral riches in Afghanistan

$1 trillion mineral riches in Afghanistan

Rediff.com14 Jun 2010

The discovery includes huge deposits of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium.

Mayapuri's radiation levels pose no health hazard

Mayapuri's radiation levels pose no health hazard

Rediff.com18 May 2010

The country's nuclear regulator virtually junked the findings of an international advocacy group on high levels of radiation in Mayapuri scrap market in New Delhi. In a statement, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board admitted there was some contamination in local spots but it could not pose any health detriment.

What the radiation leak in Delhi means

What the radiation leak in Delhi means

Rediff.com7 May 2010

'The DAE is easily the worst-functioning department of the Indian government, says Praful Bidwai.

Foreign link to radioactive scrap in Delhi?

Foreign link to radioactive scrap in Delhi?

Rediff.com20 Apr 2010

Government on Tuesday said radioactive material found among scrap in Mayapuri in West Delhi, which triggered panic early this month, apparently came from abroad.

Delhi: State of 5 exposed to radiation critical

Delhi: State of 5 exposed to radiation critical

Rediff.com9 Apr 2010

Admitted to Apollo Hospital on April 4, which informed the government that he had suffered radiation, doctors said, the scrap dealer Deepak Jain's bone marrow is significantly suppressed and his condition continues to be serious.

Delhi: 'More people were exposed to radiation'

Delhi: 'More people were exposed to radiation'

Rediff.com9 Apr 2010

Experts on Friday identified the material -- which led to a 'very powerful' radiation in an industrial area in Delhi -- as Cobalt-60, the exposure to which left five persons injured. Scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Narora Atomic Power Station also scanned Mayapuri industrial area on Friday morning to examine whether there was any other source of a similar emission in the vicinity. Panic was triggered in the locality on Thursday night after the news broke

Scrap dealers to take legal action for radiation

Scrap dealers to take legal action for radiation

Rediff.com18 May 2010

Two victims of exposure to cobalt-60 radioactive material are all set to be discharged from the Army hospital and are planning to take legal action against those responsible for their condition. Scrap dealers Ajay Jain and Deepak Jain who have been undergoing treatment at the Army hospital for over a month will be discharged on Wednesday.

The threat of radio-active rays looms large

The threat of radio-active rays looms large

Rediff.com10 Apr 2010

Why the recent incident of a radiation leak in New Delhi should not be taken lightly. Gopal Krishna tracks the vicious cycle.

Time for mobile users to ring in recycling

Time for mobile users to ring in recycling

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

Mobile phone and PC makers gobble up three per cent of the world's entire gold and silver supply each year, not to mention 13 per cent of palladium, 15 per cent of cobalt, and plenty of copper, steel, nickel and aluminum.

Radioactive steel dulls engineering exports

Radioactive steel dulls engineering exports

Rediff.com25 Feb 2009

The issue has assumed serious proportions now. Suranjan Gupta, senior joint director, Engineering Export Promotion Council, said, many containers were being detained in Europe, to the extent that the steel ministry convened a meeting last week to discuss the matter. Europe accounts for 70 per cent of India's annual engineering exports of $33 billion.

Photos: Floating in a giant salt lake in the Middle-East

Photos: Floating in a giant salt lake in the Middle-East

Rediff.com24 Mar 2018

With its shores being devoured by sinkholes, the Dead Sea would soon disappear right before your eyes.

Apple unveils recycling robot to take apart iPhones

Apple unveils recycling robot to take apart iPhones

Rediff.com21 Mar 2016

It can take apart one iPhone 6 every 11 seconds to recover aluminum, copper, tin, tungsten, cobalt, gold and silver parts

A yacht for the price of a car

A yacht for the price of a car

Rediff.com23 Feb 2008

With a fast-expanding pool of billionaires and millionaires, India is now an important market for pleasure-craft peddlers.

When Priyanka was Michael Kors' arm candy!

When Priyanka was Michael Kors' arm candy!

Rediff.com6 Jun 2017

The actor hung out with the ace designer at a fashion event in New York.

PHOTOS: Inside the stunning, yet controversial Dholpur Palace

PHOTOS: Inside the stunning, yet controversial Dholpur Palace

Rediff.com1 Jul 2015

Here's a sneak peek into the grand Dholpur palace.

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India

Rediff.com31 Mar 2021

'If the almost literally heart-stopping Suez block has any positive outcome, it is to be hoped that it will accelerate the setting up of a fab (perhaps Taiwanese) in India,' asserts Rajeev Srinivasan.

25 WOW Frames of Dil Chahta Hai

25 WOW Frames of Dil Chahta Hai

Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

Dil Chahta Hai revolutionised the language of Hindi films. Sukanya Verma shows us how.

StyleDiaries: Sonam is fashion's IT girl

StyleDiaries: Sonam is fashion's IT girl

Rediff.com17 Mar 2017

The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.

Soon, cheaper, lighter electric car battery

Soon, cheaper, lighter electric car battery

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

The discovery of a material that maintains a rechargeable sulphur cathode helps to overcome a primary hurdle to building a lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery.

What is the biggest threat to India's e-vehicle dream?

What is the biggest threat to India's e-vehicle dream?

Rediff.com10 Jan 2018

E-vehicles may face pollution hurdle with hazardous batteries. One lithium-ion battery has a potential to poison the whole water aquifer of Delhi.

LaLit plans to spin off Baluchi, take it to US, elsewhere

LaLit plans to spin off Baluchi, take it to US, elsewhere

Rediff.com5 Apr 2017

The LaLit plans to market its Indian food restuarant Baluchi separately and take it abroad too.

Hands up! Quirky, funky designs at LFW

Hands up! Quirky, funky designs at LFW

Rediff.com22 Mar 2015

Day Three of Lakme Fashion Week began with a bang, literally. With this line! :-)

NDRF base equipped to respond to bio, nuke attacks comes up

NDRF base equipped to respond to bio, nuke attacks comes up

Rediff.com11 Jun 2017

A third team to combat chemical or radiological leakage or attack incidents has also been based at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

'India's nuclear assets are very well protected'

'India's nuclear assets are very well protected'

Rediff.com17 Aug 2016

India's breakthrough in countering a 'dirty bomb'.

EVs will change many things, not just fuel consumption

EVs will change many things, not just fuel consumption

Rediff.com17 Nov 2017

India's planned transition to electric vehicles will drastically affect the commodities market, says Aditya Gandhi

#BeWithBeti: Celebs turn showstoppers for a cause

#BeWithBeti: Celebs turn showstoppers for a cause

Rediff.com19 Feb 2016

The charity fashion show was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Beti

Kalki, Sonam, Deepika: BEST red carpet fashion? VOTE!

Kalki, Sonam, Deepika: BEST red carpet fashion? VOTE!

Rediff.com2 Feb 2015

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Yamaha's Vespa?

Yamaha's Vespa?

Rediff.com8 Jun 2015

The Yamaha Fascino is a cheaper option for those who want to buy a stylish scooter like Vespa, says Naveen Soni

Ash, Katrina, Sonam: YOUR fave Cannes turn? VOTE!

Ash, Katrina, Sonam: YOUR fave Cannes turn? VOTE!

Rediff.com25 May 2015

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'India needs to highlight its world-class nuclear security'

'India needs to highlight its world-class nuclear security'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

With the spectre of nuclear terrorism growing, the international community is concerned about the security of India's nuclear facilities. The worry has grown since 2010, when radioactive Cobalt-60 surfaced in a New Delhi scrapyard, killing one person and hospitalising eight others.