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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Topic: coal

Coal India’s stranglehold will deter investors from commercial mining opened up by govt

Swansy Afonso -
Foreign companies may not rush to bid in auctions as state clearances take time & costs will have to be lowered to compete with Coal India.

West should get China to drop veto rather than lecture India on cutting emissions

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Modi govt formulating National Coal Index to bring in more FDI, open up sector

PTI -
With the index, the govt will be able to benchmark coal price, cost of production and efficiency of operations, Coal India said.

India is coal’s brightest star but it’s facing a burning question

David Fickling -
Coal-fired power has long failed in terms of health & climate impacts, but now its raw economics are collapsing too. Even the govt can’t keep it going for long.

India, world’s no. 2 coal buyer, plans to cut imports by a third

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
India plans to meet its coal demand by increasing domestic production and from a jump in renewables output over the next 5 years.

Adani doubles down on controversial Australian coal mine, says India needs thermal power

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
Adani says Australia’s Carmichael coal mine is viable for his group and renewable energy is good but can’t meet India’s power needs.

Coal will still meet nearly 50% of India’s energy needs in 2030 despite focus on renewables

Anindya Upadhyay -
A mismatch between peak periods of demand and output from renewables means coal will remain the primary energy producer, a report by the Central Energy Agency states.

World’s dirtiest air presents challenge for Modi in second term

Debjit Chakraborty -
Modi government will have to take a series of steps starting with strengthening power distribution firms to ensure clean air.

Adani expects India’s coal imports to break records this year as demand stays robust

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
Imports will climb almost 11% to 184 million metric tons in 2019-20, & rise further to average about 200 million annually through following decade.

Indians are addicted to cheap coal power and it’s killing them

Iain Marlow -
Coal provides roughly 70% of India’s power needs, even as 1.24 million citizens die annually as a result of choking smog, according to The Lancet.
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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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