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Vedanta Aluminium Marks Pride Month with Boost in LGBTQI+ Hiring

Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, is redefining inclusivity in manufacturing by actively recruiting and empowering transgender individuals across its operations. As part of the Pride Month celebrations, the company has announced that it will hire 15 transgender employees in 2026, increasing the total strength to 44 across its operations in Jharsuguda, Odisha and Korba, Chhattisgarh. Vedanta Aluminium has introduced a comprehensive framework of progressive policies to support the assimilation and well-being of transgender employees. These include sensitization worksh..

Reactor Containment Successfully Tested at Rooppur NPP Unit 1

At power unit No.1 of the Rooppur NPP, which is being built in the People's Republic of Bangladesh by the Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division, tightness and strength tests have been successfully conducted at the containment of the reactor compartment. The tests confirmed full compliance with the design requirements and the highest safety standards of the reactor containment.During the tests, a compressor was used to increase the pressure inside the containment to the design value of 4.6 kgf/cm² (which corresponds to approximately 0.45 MPa) and a series of tests were conducted to co..

Russia and Burkina Faso Ink Deal on Peaceful Nuclear Energy Use

On June 19, 2025, in Saint Petersburg, during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), an Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy was signed between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Burkina Faso.The document was signed on behalf of Russia by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the State Corporation Rosatom, and on behalf of Burkina Faso by Yacouba Zabré Gouba, Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries.The Agreement establishes a legal framework for comprehensive collaboration between the two countries in the field of nuc..