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Bangalore : Karnataka , 16/10/2013 . K. Radhakrishnan , Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ) at his office in Bangalore on 15th , October 2013. Photo : K . Bhagya Prakash

‘The challenge starts now’

Interview with K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation.

T. S. Subramanian R. Ramachandran

KALPAKKAM: 02/08/2009: The picture shows the 80 MWe indigenous Light Water Reactor (LWR), also called the Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR), that has been operating at Kalpakkam for the past three years. In the foreground is the pressure hull and behind is the shield tank containing water. An identical reactor of the same size powers India’s indigenous nuclear-powered submarine called INS Arihant launched on July 26, 2009. Photo: Special Arrangement

Critical feat

INS Arihant’s reactor, which has gone into operation, propels India into the exclusive club of countries that are able to build nuclear-powered submar

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Bangalore: Karnataka: 06/06/2013: Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Chairman of Space Commission interacting with Frontline at Antariksh Bhavan on New BEL Road (The Indian Space Research Organization-ISRO) on 05/06/2013. Photo: V Sreenivasa Murthy

In mission mode

ISRO has 12 missions lined up over the next eight months. K. Radhakrishnan, its Chairman, speaks on two major ones coming up: the GSLV launch with an

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Demonstrators stand in their boats in the Bay of Bengal during a protest near the Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu October 8, 2012. Demonstrators are protesting against the country's largest nuclear power project, over fears about the plant's safety. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY)

Shadow of fear

The agitating fishing community near the Kudankulam nuclear plant fears that the hot condenser water released into the sea will kill fish and other ma

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For Frontline : 16/07/2013. PUDUCHERRY, (Picture to go with T.S.S, sir) (NLC) Neyveli Trade Union numbers marching towards the Thermal Power Station I on Tuesday . : Photo: T_Singaravelou

A twist in the sale

The Centre’s decision to sell 5 per cent of its stake in the NLC faces stiff opposition, but the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister steps in and saves the day

T.S. SUBRAMANIAN in Neyveli

Nothing left to chance

Nuclear reactors at Kudankulam will not harm marine life or displace any more people, say experts. The plant is also designed to withstand disasters,

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CAPTION : FOR DAILY : TIRUNELVELI : JULY : 16/07/2013 : FOR FRONTLINE : Anti Kudankulam Nucliar Power Project Struggle Committee Conveener S.P. Udayakumar. Photo: A_SHAIKMOHIDEEN;CAPTION : FOR DAILY : TIRUNELVELI : JULY : 16/07/2013 : FOR FRONTLINE : Anti Kudankulam Nucliar Power Project Struggle Committee Conveener S.P. Udayakumar. Photo: A_SHAIKMOHIDEEN

‘There is no openness’

Interview with S.P. Udayakumar, coordinator of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy.

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The Harappan hub

The finds in Dholavira in Gujarat's Kutch district, unlike elsewhere, throw light on the rise and fall of the Indus civilisation in its entirety and i

T.S. SUBRAMANIAN recently in Dholavira. Photographs by D. KRISHNAN.

The Harappan hub

The finds in Dholavira in Gujarat's Kutch district, unlike elsewhere, throw light on the rise and fall of the Indus civilisation in its entirety and i

T.S. SUBRAMANIAN recently in Dholavira. Photographs by D. KRISHNAN.

Khirsara's Harappan Glory

Excavations in Khirsara village in western Kutch reveal a "major industrial hub" and trading centre of the mature Harappan phase.

T. S. SUBRAMANIAN. Photographs by D. KRISHNAN,Photo Editor,The Hindu.

Drawing the locals in

The entire village is involved in one or other aspect of the excavation, which began in 2009.

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For Frontline : 02/05/2013. PUDUCHERRY : (Picture for TSS sir Story) Scenes from Kattayantheru in Marakkanam, where the riots took place on April 25 ( Angalaammam seen in the picture) Photo: T_Singaravelou

Stoking caste flames

Hostilities between Dalits and Vanniyars erupt again in Tamil Nadu after the Pattali Makkal Katchi’s attack on a Dalit village.

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