India
India’s green hydrogen rush lures companies but hurdles remain
Hydrogen packs a lot more punch than lithium-based batteries. India’s federal minister Nitin Gadkari (second from left) seen here launching the country’s first green hydrogen-based advanced fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), Toyota Mirai, at his residence in March. Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images The sun’s searing heat can be punishing on summer […]
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India’s record-setting heat wave in pictures
People outside holding an umbrella during hot summer day in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on April 26. The temperature in Kolkata was around 40°c. Pacific Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images India has been suffering under record-breaking heat for the last couple months. Last month was the third-hottest April the country has seen over the […]
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Heat wave in India threatens residents and crucial wheat harvest
Farmers harvest wheat crop on April 14, 2022 in India. The country has just endured its hottest March since records began, according to the India Meteorological Department, and the heat wave is dragging well into harvest time. Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images A record-breaking heat wave in India exposing hundreds of millions […]
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Russia and India in talks to restart coking coal supplies: Reuters, citing sources
This photograph taken on April 6, 2022, shows coal stored outdoors at the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant in Dadri, India. Russian and Indian officials met last week in an effort to resolve an impasse over the shipping of coking coal to Indian steelmakers, which has dried up since March over payment methods, a […]
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Sri Lanka’s reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss
Protesters in Colombo on Easter, April 17, 2022. The Rajapaksa government has leaned heavily on its foreign exchange reserves, eroding them by more than 70% in two years. Jewel Samad | AFP | Getty Images Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis has triggered an unprecedented wave of spontaneous protests as the island nation of 22 million […]
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Ties with U.S., India may improve under Pakistan’s new government
Pakistan’s parliament picked Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister, just days after his predecessor Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote. Aamir Qureshi | AFP | Getty Images Pakistan has a new prime minister — and this could augur well for the South Asian country’s return to a healthier economy and its […]
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India’s northwest reels under unusual early heat wave
Commuters out in the scorching heat in India on March 30, 2022 in Gurugram, India. An unusually early heat wave brought more extreme temperatures Monday to a large swath of India’s northwest. Parveen Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images An unusually early heat wave brought more extreme temperatures Monday to a large swath of […]
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India’s central bank keeps rates steady as growth risks re-emerge
Reserve Bank Of India sign can be seen in Kolkata, India, 08 February, 2022. Indranil Aditya | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee kept the bank’s key lending rate at a record low on Friday, as expected, as it sought to support economic growth even as inflation edged higher […]
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Asia faces growing threats from climate change. Here’s what can be done
A boy searches for remaining food in polythene packets at roadside in Allahabad, India, on May 11, 2018. In 2021, over 57 million people were affected by climate disasters in Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported. Sanjay Kanojia | Afp | Getty Images Asia, one of the regions most […]
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Methane emissions surged by a record amount in 2021, NOAA says
A broken oil well pipeline gauge near Depew, Oklahoma J Pat Carter/Getty Images Global emissions of methane, the second-biggest contributor to human-caused climate change after carbon dioxide, surged by a record amount in 2021, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday. Methane, a key component of natural gas, is 84 times more potent than […]
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