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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: coal

India has a new energy headache — coal studded with rocks and mud

Electricity producers have complained to govt about increasing instances of impurities in coal. Coal laced with rubble can damage power plant equipment, causing supply delays.

Coal India warns of ‘inevitable’ price hike to combat higher costs

The state-run company is facing pressure from high diesel prices and an increase in salaries of employees due retroactively from July.

India’s transition from coal will be ‘messy & complicated, affect 2 crore people’, says study

Socio-Economic Impacts of Coal Transition in India report by National Foundation for India researchers comes days after India's commitment to phasedown of the resource at COP26.

Why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26

The financial aid that rich countries promised yet failed to deliver was supposed to help developing countries dump coal for cleaner sources of energy.

Climate experts support India’s stand on ‘phase down’ over ‘phase out’ of coal at COP26

Experts referred to the distinction as an important indication of energy transformation underway, and criticised developed nations for failing to deliver promised climate finance.

If there’s one Gujarat model we must replicate, it’s the power sector reforms one

Crisis in coal? The real problem is in the power sector.

Why global energy drought could herald a future of excess

Surging costs of Chinese coal, European gas and global crude are symptoms of an energy system using high prices to incentivise additional supply when and where most needed.

Coal mining revival in India, China & Indonesia doesn’t mean the energy crisis is over

Miners are finally starting to catch up. But major industries in Asia are expected to continue to face power disruptions through the winter as fuel supply remains tight.

Coal supply will improve but it’s time India transitions to options like natural gas for power

As the monsoon recedes, the supply of coal is likely to improve. Better planning and improvement in supply will help improve logistics in future.

Closure of some mines, inundation due to monsoon led to crisis, Coal Minister Joshi says

The union minister said that the coal crisis in the country is 'improving', and assured the power plants will continue to receive the required amount of coal.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.