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India, Russia ink deal on Unit 1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
India has signed a joint statement with Russia takeover full operational control of Unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP). It formally marks the full transition. The agreement was signed between representatives of Nuclear Power Corporation of India ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Unit I of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project dedicated to nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin dedicated the first unit of the ambitious Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu to the nation. KKNPP was dedicated by the leaders through video conferencing from Delhi and Moscow. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2016
Second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant gets operational
The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), India’s largest nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu became operational. The 1,000 Megawatt (MW) capacity plant attained criticality after the second unit became operational. Now the power generation of Unit 2 ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016
Commercial power generation begins at Kudankulam Nuclear power plant
India’s largest nuclear reactor at Kudankulam has started generating electricity on a commercial basis after it received green signal from Nuclear Power Corporation(NPC). This 1000 MW reactor made with Russia’s help is generating electricity only on an experimental basis after ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
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 ..