India and Russia step up cyber security cooperation

India and Russia have stepped up their cyber security cooperation in the backdrop of cyber-attack on Kudankulam nuclear power plant built by global nuclear major Rosatom.  Indian authorities have appraised Russia that necessary steps have been taken to prevent similar incidents in future on the Indo-Russian joint venture. On the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia, ..

Topics: A. Gopalakrishnan • BRICS • Foreign relations • Foreign relations of India • International Relations • Koodankulam • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant • Politics by country • Rosatom • Tirunelveli

FCRA license to 4,139 NGOs cancelled

4,139 NGOs, most of them located in Tamil Nadu, will now be prohibited from receiving contributions from foreign sources. These NGOs have lost their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration as they violated the FCRA. 19% of the total NGOs blocked are based in Tamil Nadu, state witnessing protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012

Topics: FCRA • Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act • India • Koodankulam • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant • Non-governmental organization • Organizations • Tamil Nadu

Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Tamil Nadu: What is happening at Kudankulam? Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is currently under construction in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The original agreement was signed between former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on November 20, 1988. The project remained in suspension for a decade due to political ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Topics: Anti-nuclear protests • Koodankulam • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant • Nuclear Power in India • Nuclear power stations • Nuclear technology • Rosatom • Tirunelveli • VVER