The decline in imports is attributed to the government’s initiatives to reduce reliance on foreign coal, particularly for coking coal and high-grade thermal coal.
The country's coal-based power sector has witnessed a growth of 10.18% in power generation from April 2024 to July 2024 compared to the same period last year.
Global media also explores India's continued reliance on coal, despite growing renewable energy capacity and story of Gauri Lankesh through the prism of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
11 of 15 major river basins in India to experience water stress by 2025. India’s major power grids depend on 14 major river basins, all of which are under ‘high water stress’.
CAG had in 2018 report pointed to ‘excess payments of 813 cr’ by TANGEDCO to coal suppliers & alleged irregularities in imported coal procured by PSU between 2013 and 2016.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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