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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicClean fuels

Topic: clean fuels

50% rural, 93% urban households in India use clean fuel for cooking, shows latest govt survey

Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey 2022-23, conducted by NSSO, covered 3.02 lakh Indian households in urban and rural areas between July 2022 and June 2023.

India has ambitious targets to blend ethanol with petrol. But supply remains a major constraint

At G20 Summit, PM Modi called for a global initiative to take ethanol blending in petrol to 20%. But for this, India will need twice the amount of ethanol it produces currently.

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America’s Venezuela playbook won’t work in Iran

Napoleon famously told his generals they should never interfere while an opponent was making a mistake. It was good advice then; it still holds true today.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.