At Mumbai Climate Week, Stephen Byrd says AI boom likely to add 2-3 bt of carbon emissions while helping cut them, flags power shortages in West from AI growth & calls for smarter grids.
A three-member committee led by a retired SC judge will probe the dispute over the Rs 2.94-per-unit deal of 2008 and suggest possible ways for a settlement.
Aimed at balancing GIB conservation and renewable energy needs, the recommended measures include habitat restoration, predator control, GPS monitoring & power line management.
In its report, Central Electricity Authority estimates an expenditure of Rs 6.42 lakh crore to put in place the required transmission system in the region.
Historian Sohail Hashmi called the wires a colonial curse. While Europeans had started undergrounding wires fairly early, the same focus was not reserved for the colonies.
Independent regulators were established in the hope that decision-making would be depoliticised. The ambiguities of the Electricity Act make this difficult.
The volume of major arms transfers has risen by 9.2% compared to 2016-2020. The increase is driven overwhelmingly by Europe’s rearming, followed by the Middle East.
Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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