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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicElectricity

Topic: electricity

India’s first indigenous fuel cell a silent, green alternative to noisy diesel generators

The fuel cell has been developed by the CSIR in partnership with Thermax Ltd, a Pune-based engineering firm.

Power Finance Corp. looks to offset risks by funding new sectors, like electric vehicles

India's distributors are saddled with huge debts from selling power below cost or from poor billing and collection.

Why demand for power is surging amid India’s growth slowdown

Overall jump in demand came mostly because of rise in demand from states that added large number of households to electricity network for the first time.

Delhi consumers using less than 200 units of power need not pay electricity bills: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also said that Delhi govt will continue to give 50% subsidy to those consuming between 200-401 units of electricity.

Delhi power regulator slashes fixed charges, new tariffs to apply from 1 August

As per the new rates, the fixed charges up to 2 kW has been reduced from Rs 125 to Rs 20, while charges above 2 kW but less than 5 kW has been slashed from Rs 140 to Rs 50.

Half of world’s electricity will come from the sun and the wind by 2050: Bloomberg research

Coal will be the biggest loser in the power sector, with its share of global generation plunging from 37% today to 12% in 2050.

Modi govt electrified India with poles & wires, but challenge is to keep electrons flowing

A major barrier to electricity access in India remains the concurrence between economic poverty and energy poverty.

IISc team ‘confirms’ superconductivity at room temperature, backed by 8 more experts now

When it first came out, the IISc study created quite a stir because superconductivity at room temperature is seen as the holy grail of physics.

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

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

Odisha death toll in Cyclone Fani rises to 37, govt seeks Centre’s help in relief works

The state has been struggling to restore power, drinking water & telecom infrastructure to the cyclone-affected areas due to shortage of skilled manpower.

On Camera

Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

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.