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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicEnergy sector

Topic: Energy sector

F-35, P8i, Stryker & Javelin to nuclear, AI & pharma—big strategic takeaways from Modi-Trump meet

Both leaders have vowed to realise the US-India 123 Civil Nuclear Agreement, work to build US-designed nuclear reactors in India through localisation & possible tech transfer.

Economic survey outlines how Chinese dependence may impact India’s energy transition & EV incentives

While India’s green energy transition plans to combat climate change are ‘ambitious’, reliance on China makes these plans complex & challenging, says Economic Survey 2024-25.

‘We’re a strong voice on energy transition,’ Modi urges global investors to explore sector

At the Energy Week inauguration, PM outlined India’s focus areas such as National Green Hydrogen Mission, expanding India’s gas pipeline network, and blending ethanol with petrol.

How India-Australia FTA is set to boost trade that’s already at a record high

While the bulk of the trade between India and Australia is so far in the energy sector, the FTA is expected to broaden this to include other goods and services.

India’s power sector must brace for trouble as climate worsens. Govt can’t sit back

India can no longer label extreme climate events as ‘unforeseeable’. The Union govt must prepare for them with alternate approaches.

Modi govt’s coal reforms go beyond the current crisis. It transforms India’s energy security

Land acquisition for coal mines has had a complicated history in India. But Modi govt's reforms pave the way for a paradigm shift in energy security.

Clean energy, tech in focus as France looks beyond defence to boost business with India

France is a significant source of FDI in India with more than 1,000 French establishments already present in the country.

India, China are opening their energy sectors to foreign investors at the wrong time

The best path to energy security for India and China is to encourage their own renewable energy and electrified transport industries.

Energy is PM’s big focus in Houston ahead of ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event with Trump

Modi’s meeting with CEOs comes as India looks for new energy sources in the light of US-Iran crisis, Saudi drone attack & rising crude prices.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

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.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.