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India needs to explore the need for a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to improve its renewable energy transmission capacity, power secretary Pankaj Agarwal said at an event on Monday. “We need to think about how we should localise supply chain for transmission equipment,” Agarwal said, adding that 1,650 gigawatts (GW) of global renewable energy capacity is waiting to be connected to the grid. India has rolled out multiple PLI schemes for manufacturing to reduce dependency on global supply chains and to spur domestic production. There are constraints in India’s transmission capacity, which include augmenting capacity for certain types of equipment, while global supply chains are under strain due to surging power demand, Agarwal said at… Read More »India Needs Improved Renewables Transmission Capacity, Says Power Secretary

India has strongly rejected Canada’s allegations linking top Indian diplomats to an investigation in their country, calling it a “political agenda of the Trudeau government”. India-Canada ties have been strained since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed last year that “Indian agents” were involved in terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing. India has rejected the claim multiple times in the past. In a statement today, the central government said Canada has not shared a “shred of evidence” with India and that the charges were centered around the Trudeau government’s “vote bank politics”. Read the full statement here: “India’s response to diplomatic communication from Canada October 14, 2024 We have received a diplomatic communication from Canada yesterday suggesting… Read More »“Political Agenda Of Trudeau Government”: India’s Full Statement Slamming Canada

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing over a year ago, has died in Russian detention, CNN reported. The 27-year-old disappeared in August 2022 during a reporting mission from a Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine. The Office of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General said that Moscow informed Ms Roshchyna’s family of her detention in April this year, long after her capture. The family was left in the dark for months about her fate. “I have official documentation from the Russian side confirming the death of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who was illegally deprived of her liberty by Russia,” Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said in a statement. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the… Read More »Ukrainian Journalist Who Went Missing A Year Ago Dies In Russian Detention, Kyiv Confirms

China deployed fighter jets and warships to encircle Taiwan on Monday in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the self-ruled island. Beijing has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control and Monday’s drills represent its fourth round of large-scale war games in just over two years. The United States said China’s actions were “unwarranted” and risk “escalation” as it called on Beijing to act with restraint. President Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, has been more outspoken than his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen in defending Taiwan’s sovereignty, angering Beijing, which calls him a “separatist”. Lai vowed on Monday to “protect democratic Taiwan and… Read More »China’s Military Encircles Taiwan, US Calls It “Unwarranted”

After the resounding defeat in the recent Haryana Assembly elections, Congress’ General Secretary and Haryana in-charge, Deepak Babaria, has offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the party’s dismal showing. The offer comes amid internal party deliberations on the reasons behind the disastrous poll performance, which shattered Congress’s hopes of making a comeback after a decade in the Opposition and allowed the BJP to achieve a hat-trick of Assembly elections victory.  The BJP managed to defy anti-incumbency, securing a third consecutive term in Haryana, while the Congress was left scrambling for answers. The BJP’s electoral victory, their best-ever in the state, saw them win 48 seats – 11 more than the Congress – leaving little… Read More »Congress’ Haryana In-Charge Deepak Babaria Offers To Quit Over Disastrous Poll Performance