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Why apex appellate body ordered Maharashtra power regulator to restore Tiroda plant relief for Adani

Operating under 4 power purchase agreements signed with Maharashtra discom between 2008 and 2013, Adani’s Tiroda plant had faced domestic coal supply shortages following shifts in national coal allocation policies.

India needs to prepare a strategy document that charts coal’s decline, year on year

India has the world’s third-largest renewable fleet, but we remain a coal-based economy. Coal still supplies close to three-quarters of the electricity we consume.

China’s coal-to-chemicals Hormuz workaround is making India jealous

In petrochemicals, China is unique. Unsurprisingly, India & other regional powers want to copy & paste the Chinese method. This won’t be easy—or climate friendly.

India needs nuclear to meet its energy ambitions. Thorium is the answer

An important scientific achievement for India in the past week was the ‘going critical’ of India’s indigenously designed nuclear reactor in Kalpakkam.

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

India’s energy paradox: Coal dominates at 79% of supply even as renewables surge, says MoSPI report

Renewable energy is surging and demand is rising, yet fossil fuels & import dependence continue to shape the country’s energy landscape, adds Energy Statistics India 2026 report.

A first in five decades, China and India both see rare slide in coal power output

China’s coal-fired generation fell 1.6% last year while India’s declined 3%, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

2025 marked key point in India’s power sector: Clean energy surge pushed coal power into rare decline

Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.

Govt weighs plan to expand coal power plants till 2047

The proposal, currently under discussion between the power ministry and NITI Aayog, marks a major shift from current projections that see net additions peaking by 2035.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.