Analysis

Critical minerals are those minerals which are essential for economic development and national security, the lack of which, may lead to supply chain vulnerability and disruption. The November 2022 expert committee was initiated to fill the policy gap, identify and develop value chains for the minerals which are critical to...

Close on the heels of the discovery of lithium in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan government officials and the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have informed that substantial reserves of ‘white gold’ have been identified in the Degana municipality of Nagaur district in Rajasthan. The reserve found in Rajasthan is claimed to have significantly more lithium...

The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) president Uddhav Thackeray will visit Barsu village in Ratnagiri district in the first week of May to express solidarity with the ongoing protests by a section of local residents against the proposed oil refinery. The decision follows the detention of 111 protestors including women...

Airports are in the process of switching to green sources for their energy consumption needs which will reduce their carbon footprint and further propel the journey towards ‘net zero’ emissions. Twenty-five airports in the country are using 100 per cent green energy, while another 121 airports will be made carbon...

Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), on 19 April unveiled a condensed matter battery that it said could supply enough energy to power electric passenger aircraft for civil aviation use. The cutting-edge battery technology offers an energy density of up to 500 watt-hours per kilogram (Wh/kg), CATL's chief...