Clean Energy
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In Jharkhand’s Gumla district, solar mini-grids are fuelling women-led enterprises
Several women have started small-scale machine-based rural enterprises that run on solar energy.
Manish Kumar
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India ready to move to clean energy according to ‘national circumstances’: Environment minister
Bhupender Yadav also said that more funds were needed to achieve the global target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Scroll Staff
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COP26 summit: India, UK launch global solar grid project
The initiative will help countries limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius while also providing an impetus to green investment, the British government said.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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How have some people managed to avoid Covid-19 for so long? It could be more than just luck
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Feeding divine guests and eating of children: Wendy Doniger on the horrors of hospitality in myths
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Ranajit Guha, India’s oldest living historian, starts his 100th year with a dazzling legacy
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WHO confirms 92 cases of monkeypox across 12 countries
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No, NASA did not find a mysterious doorway on Mars. But that’s no reason to stop looking
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The world can move to 100% renewable electricity with these three energy storage technologies
If successfully implemented, the payoff of these technologies will be enormous.
Kerry Rippy, The Conversation
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After experimenting with jatropha, Chhattisgarh is planning to make biofuel from paddy
The question is whether it can impact food security in India, where rice is the staple food for a huge population.
Deepanwita Gita Niyogi
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India, China and Brazil can teach the rest of the world how to transition to clean energy
Each of the three countries has achieved some success in adopting cleaner energy.
Radhika Khosla, The Conversation, Ajinkya Shrish Kamat, The Conversation & Venkatesh Narayanamurti, The Conversation
Video
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Caught on camera: Scenes of destruction caused by tornado in Michigan, US
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Watch: Sudden heavy rain and winds create chaos in Delhi and Gurugram, provide relief from heatwave
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Watch: Women TV news presenters in Afghanistan cover their face on air following Taliban orders
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Watch: Dancers perform Bharatnatyam to hip-hop and rap music
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Watch: Congress MLA feeds Dalit priest, asks priest to spit it out, eats the same morsel of food
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India, other G20 nations should transition to clean energy as they recover from pandemic: UN chief
Antonio Guterres said subsidies for fossil fuel in India were around seven times more than that for clean energy.
Scroll Staff
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India needs $10 billion and higher tariffs to clean up its polluting thermal power plants
Thermal power accounts for 80% of India’s industrial emissions of particulate matter and sulphur and nitrous oxides, which often create lung diseases.
Kuwar Singh, qz.com
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Making money while the sun shines: Farmers in a Gujarat village are selling solar energy
Surplus energy is bought by Gujarat’s power distribution company.
Athar Parvaiz
The Reel
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks
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‘Jugjugg Jeeyo’ trailer: Varun Dhawan and Kiara Advani star in Patiala-set comedy
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When a 50-minute film feels just right
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International Solar Alliance can be OPEC of the future, says Narendra Modi
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries at present supplies about half the world’s energy requirements.
Scroll Staff
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India diverts Rs 56,700 crore from the fight against climate change to Goods and Service Tax regime
Unused money in the National Clean Energy and Environment Fund has been diverted to compensate states for loss of tax revenue.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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How the Ganga and GST are hijacking India’s clean energy fund
The National Clean Energy and Environment Fund is being used to finance the government’s pet projects even as mining-hit Adivasi communities are neglected.
Aruna Chandrasekhar
The Field
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French Open: Defending champion Krejcikova after first round loss – 'I just collapsed physically’
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Hockey, Asia Cup: In a game with wasted chances, Pakistan’s last minute goal holds India to 1-1 draw
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Indian Athletics: Jyothi Yarraji breaks 100m hurdles national record for the second time in 2 weeks
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Tennis: After French Open first-round exit, Naomi Osaka says she may skip Wimbledon
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Women’s T20 Challenge 2022, Trailblazers vs Supernovas as it happened: Harmanpreet Kaur & Co win big