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The Dirty Secret Of Electric Vehicles That No One Talks About

April 13, 2024

As the world pushes for electric vehicles to contain global warming, the demand for metals like lithium, nickel and cobalt that will power the transition have exploded over the past decade. But of late serious doubts have begun to creep in about

Is A Double Engine Government Pulling UP At The Pace Required To Achieve A $1 Trillion Economy By 2027-28 ?

Vivian Fernandes

October 23, 2023

In Focus

Can Uttar Pradesh (UP) become a trillion-dollar economy by 2027-28, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath proclaimed in June? UP’s gross domestic product was $250 billion in 2021-22 at current prices. To meet the goal, the state’s economic output will have to grow

Net Zero Challenge: India Lacks A Policy Framework For Decommissioning Thermal Power Plants

Kalyan Chatterjee

October 20, 2023

Sustainability

India’s push towards net zero emissions by 2070 appears to have saddled it with a king-size dilemma. To start with, it must drastically reduce the use of coal for power generation. Yet, shutting down thermal power plants is easier said than done

Food For Thought: Can Conservation Agriculture Mitigate Climate Change Impact?

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 18, 2023

Commentary

Food security no longer remains simply a matter of increasing productivity and growing more grains. High-yielding varieties, extensive use of fertilisers and more irrigation worked like magic for the past few decades to pull India out of its dependence on imports to

Heatwaves: Chilling Facts Portend Hot Future

Jayanta Bhattacharya

July 27, 2023

Sustainability

Extreme weather events are here to stay. As India experienced, summers have become more intense, followed by monsoon deluge that triggered flash floods in the North. This year’s high average summer temperatures in the plains and extreme rainfall in the Himalaya offer

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Vivek Mukherji

June 16, 2023

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Four Indian Airports Recognized For Being Single Use Plastic Free

Girja Shankar Kaura

May 18, 2023

India’s G20 Presidency An Opportunity For Offshore Wind Countries

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May 17, 2023

Coal On Fire: The Rising Demand For The Most Environmentally Damaging Fuel

Girja Shankar Kaura

May 3, 2023

In Focus

As the government works towards adding 50 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity annually for the next five years in a bid to achieve the target of 500 GW by 2030, it emerges that transitioning away from coal is not going to

Eight Projects ₹638 Crore Under National Mission For Clean Ganga Cleared