The financing will help India promote low-carbon energy by scaling up renewable energy, developing green hydrogen and stimulating climate finance for low-carbon energy investments.
Norwegian police Wednesday briefly detained the environmental campaigner while she demanded the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures on Indigenous land in central Norway.
The economist also spoke of need for a carbon tax at seminar organised by Centre for Social and Economic Progress. BJP ex-general secretary Ram Madhav was in attendance.
The billionaire, who has pledged to invest $70 billion in the green energy supply chain by 2030, said that a more pragmatic transition to green energy may now be conceptualised.
China connected 55 gigawatts of solar power & 48 gigawatts of wind last year. But the country's electricity consumption in 2021 grew at 10% & will increase again by 5-6% this year.
Karnataka could create history this fiscal by trumping Maharashtra, Gujarat & Delhi as India's No. 1 investment destination. It was in 2008-09 that a state last accounted for 45% of total FDI.
Delaying the switch to zero-carbon power isn’t giving developing countries a chance to catch up with richer nations — it’s retarding their development.
An IMF official said India's debt is at a ratio of about 90%, and it is important to signal to investors to that the ratio will decline in the medium term.
The acquisitions are part of a string of deals Ambani has announced as he pledges to invest $10 bn in alternative energy over 3 yrs, putting him squarely in competition with Adani Group.
India must dedicate its efforts to solidify Quad as a serious security alliance and signal to the world that it values its values-based relationship with US above transactional ties.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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