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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Clean energy

Clean fuels, road safety, EVs…but also snazzy cars: Auto Expo wraps up with ‘highest ever turnout’

This year's Auto Expo saw turnout of over 6.63 lakh despite it being a less star-studded affair than usual. Missing in action were the 3 luxury car makers, Mercedes Benz, BMW, and Audi.

India’s subsidies for renewable energy nearly doubled in 2021 fiscal after 4-yr lull, report finds

Data from International Institute for Sustainable Development highlights higher subsidy allocation to renewables comes despite 3% drop in subsidies to energy sector as a whole in FY 2021-22. 

Climate change could jeopardise energy security if renewables not doubled by 2030, says UN body

World Meteorological Organization report says heatwaves, droughts & rising sea levels are putting existing energy generation under stress.

Nuclear fusion reactor reaches 100 Million C for 30 secs. Here’s what it means for the future

The study achieved simultaneous sustainability of heat & plasma stability for 30 seconds of the reaction. This promises a viable fusion reactor that can be scaled up in the future.

Rich-poor divide on clean power is getting wider and hurting the climate fight

Investment in clean energy has accelerated since Covid struck, hitting $1.4 trillion based on IEA's annual report. Yet, in developing countries, the picture looks very different.

Clean energy and net-zero emissions are possible only if we act now. Here’s a roadmap

The SDG7 Global Roadmap outlines how the world can move to clean energy by 2030, to eventually reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

US senator introduces bill to boost India-US cooperation in clean energy & climate change

Introduced by Senator Robert Menendez, the legislation will bolster the US-India Climate & Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership, which aims to help India achieve its climate targets.

Clean energy investments rise after Covid-induced dip, can still support green goals: study

Investments in the sector tanked 24% in FY20 to Rs 45,000 crore. In the first four months of FY21, this figure rose to around Rs 46,000 crore.

Electric scooters are becoming a rage and Bengaluru’s Ather has quietly raced ahead

Nearly three years since it launched its first scooter in 2018, Ather Energy’s revenues have increased from Rs 11.7 crore in FY19 to Rs 48.8 crore in FY20.   

Welcome PM Modi’s focus on clean energy in India despite Covid crisis— US official

Testifying before a Congressional committee Thursday, Jonathan Pershing, senior advisor to Special Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry, said US and India are committed partners on climate.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

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.