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Topic: Solar cells

Why do bats not collide while emerging from caves? German, Israeli researchers have an answer

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

India slams the brakes on surge in Chinese solar imports, but domestic industry still needs them

After India removed curbs on using imported solar modules last year, imports of Chinese solar components rose 400% in less than a year. Govt is trying to curb this, to limited effect.

Curious case of India’s solar cell industry: Exports up 12x, but domestic power producers still import

New Delhi: Actions taken by the US on curbing solar cell imports from China have meant Indian exports of these items jumped 12-fold in...

This link between kumkum & solar cells could be the next big science breakthrough

IIT-Hyderabad researchers say dye used to convert turmeric to traditional vermillion kumkum could make solar cell manufacture cleaner, greener, cheaper.

India solar duty fails domestic producers as demand languishes

In 2018, India imposed a 25 per cent tariff on solar cells and modules imported from China and Malaysia for two years. 

Import duties on solar equipment will delay Modi govt’s renewable goals

A 25 per cent duty on solar equipment imported from China and Malaysia has been imposed.

India’s new solar safeguard duty may threaten PM Modi’s ambitious renewable energy plans

The development follows a decision earlier this week by India’s Supreme Court that overturned a lower court stay on the tariff.

With safeguard tariff set to kick in, Indian firms hoarding China solar cells

India has proposed a 25% two-year safeguard duty on solar cells from China, Malaysia to protect domestic manufacturing.

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.