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.
On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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