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Sunday, August 31, 2025
TopicClean energy

Topic: Clean energy

Chicago firm’s thorium nuclear fuel leap & export nod could ‘give new life to US-India 123 Agreement’

Clean Core Thorium Energy was granted an export licence last week to commercialise the fuel based in thorium, of which India has vast reserves. Firm is now looking for regulatory approvals.

Deep-water exploration to clean energy targets, what Modi said about India’s energy security

The PM launched a National Deep Water Exploration Mission aimed at exploring the seabed for gas and energy resources.

India hits green milestone early but still coal-reliant & Diljit Dosanjh film ‘Sardaar Ji 3’ faces blocks

Global media also questions findings of the Air India crash investigation and reports on a Russian woman found living in a cave in Gokarna with her 2 daughters.

Africa’s mineral wealth meets India’s energy goals. Here’s how New Delhi can pursue trade

India is acquiring critical mineral assets in Congo, Tanzania, and Mozambique and has secured 9,000 sq km in Zambia for copper and cobalt exploration, adding a new dimension to its resource diplomacy.

India’s clean energy manufacturing strategy must move beyond ‘China+1’ to ‘India+ Many’

By leveraging the initiatives proposed under the 2025 Union Budget, India can begin to embed itself more strategically and widely in the global clean energy market.

India to focus on climate adaptation, centre development goals around fossil fuels: Economic Survey

Survey says India’s efforts to attain ‘developed nation’ status by 2047 will have motto of ‘sustainable, overall development’, highlights funding shortfall & lack of global cooperation.

Water-energy security is crucial for India’s climate goals. Three key strategies will help

Water is crucial for energy security and plays a key role in clean climate solutions, including solar power, green hydrogen, green buildings, ethanol, batteries, and electric transportation.

UK invests in Philippines’ quest for clean energy

The UK will support a solar energy project and the development of four new wind farms in the country.

UK pledges £74 million for clean cooking

The initiative aims to reach 10 million people worldwide.

Biden meets Slovenian PM, discuss clean energy and advanced technologies

The US President thanked his counterpart for facilitating the release of Americans detained in Russia.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.