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India can save almost Rs 9,000 cr a year by shutting old thermal power plants, study says

According to New Delhi-based CEEW, closing down old plants, which consume more coal than new ones, can help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, clean up air and reduce soil & water pollution.

India’s coal conundrum: how to loosen its grip while not abandoning millions who depend on it

New research by Queensland university and Princeton faculty involved visits to the Angul district in Odisha in 2018 and 2019, which is home to 11 coal mines.

Adani is boosting coal assets despite pledge to turn his group carbon neutral

Adani Group is doubling its coal-fired power capacity to 24 GW, and plans to own, develop or operate new coal mines with a combined capacity of 132 million tons a year.

Ambani and Adani. Two billionaires, one green ambition

Mukesh Ambani has leaned toward data-driven consumer businesses like retail & telecom, while Gautam Adani has focused on infrastructure & utilities. Clean energy would see them overlap.

SBI is caught between Modi & Larry Fink and is trying to please both

SBI needs to finance coal projects to meet Modi's push to electrify more homes, yet it wants to back renewable projects to appease investors restricting support to firms involved in coal.

Banishing coal for power is the key to Modi govt’s net-zero goal

According to a report, the share of renewables in the power mix needs to climb to 90%, a more than eight-fold increase from now, for India to meet its net-zero goal.

India’s use of coal power may have peaked in 2018, report says

According to UK-based clean energy group Ember, there is a chance coal power never has to breach 2018 levels again if the Indian govt meets its renewable energy goals.

Stranded coal ships become latest casualty of China-Australia spat

At least 20 ships are anchored off the Chinese port of Jingtang and unable to offload millions of tons of Australian coal. Fifteen of them have been waiting since June.

NASA discovers 240-year-old ‘newborn’ neutron star that’s twice the sun’s mass

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Everyone around the world is ditching coal – except India, China

Appetite for coal is roaring back in Asia, which makes up three-fourths of global consumption & is expected to continue growing after Covid disruption.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.