Energy Strategy
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Fracking or food: A water-heavy way to extract shale could threaten crop growth in parts of India
A study predicts the ‘occurrence of future competition’ between water for shale resource extraction and food production in some regions.
Sahana Ghosh
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India’s new energy policy draft projects coal-fired capacity will double by 2040. Is that feasible?
National Energy Policy projects that coal-based generation capacity will rise from almost 195 GW (as on June 2017) to anywhere between 330 to 441 GW by 2040.
Mukta Patil, Indiaspend.com
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As China and India move away from coal, whose power plans are greener?
In the years ahead, China looks set to lead on renewable energy, but India’s power sector will be greener overall.
Chinadialogue
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Nepal finally starts tapping into its rich renewable energy resources
Trapped in the hope of harnessing its abundant hydropower potential with no investment, Nepal is now branching out into solar and alternative energy.
Ramesh Bhushal
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With its continued investments in power plants, India may soon produce more coal than it consumes
Despite its proactive stance on climate action, India continues to invest in increasing electricity capacity fired by coal.
Darryl D’Monte
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China is building a massive solar plant in the Gobi desert
Policymakers in Beijing want 20% of the country’s energy to from renewable sources by 2030.
Svati Kirsten Narula, qz.com
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Power and peace: how nations can go nuclear without weapons
Through history, nuclear power has gone hand in hand with the nuclear arms race. But does it have to be this way? Closer international cooperation can help nations embrace nuclear power peacefully.
Saleem Ali, The Conversation
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India is building oil reserves in underground rock caverns and concrete tanks
Taking advantage of weak global crude prices, the government is spending about Rs 4,948 crore to shore up strategic oil reserves.
Abheet Singh Sethi, IndiaSpend.com