To ensure responsible handling of coal, companies like Tata Power and NTPC have committed to not building new coal plants while Adani Group in Goa has adopted several initiatives.
The Mines and Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill also removed the current end-use restrictions, thereby allowing for wider participation and competition in auction.
Siemens AG has come under fire for agreeing to supply rail infrastructure to the Adani Group’s controversial Carmichael coal project in Australia, which could potentially open up a new region to coal extraction.
Wealthy nations may be able to afford to wean themselves off the combustible carbon, but in Pakistan, that is already burdened by debt, coal remains the cheap fallback.
Adani will lose around $220 million a year if the Carmichael coal project goes through. Which raises the question, why is everyone adamant that it goes ahead?
5 days on, Meghalaya's effort to trace trapped miners fails to yield results 13 miners are reportedly trapped in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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