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Cheap funding, govt sops power Indian firms' big bets on renewable energy

India is heavily dependent on imports, and local manufacturing capacities are inadequate. Several Indian companies are planning to plug this loophole

Goenka, CVC Capital's bids for IPL teams point to profitable opportunities

So, clearly, the two new players have a lot of options to be the winners

Statsguru: Six charts show India's infrastructure projects in a slow lane

Among sectors, water, telecom and Railways faced the highest cost overruns

Newsmaker: Kolkata's Big Brother Sanjiv Goenka back at the IPL crease

The genesis of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka group lies in a family settlement that formalised a division of assets between brothers Harsh and Sanjiv Goenka in 2010

In the dark: Stress test for the coal economy in India to meet demand

The mechanics of production and supply logistics suggest that power producers will struggle in the coming year too

India falling behind on near-term renewables goal, says ReNew Energy Global

India recently reached 100 Gw of renewable power capacity

TVS takes slow and steady route for its newly created subsidiary for EVs

Last week, TVS' board also clear­ed a proposal to establish a separate subsidiary for the electric vehicle business (the name is yet to be announced)

COP26 summit: India's climate destiny depends upon negotiations in Glasgow

The country's climate negotiators at Glasgow will have to strike a balance between development needs and global pressures to do more

We entered an otherwise hard market with Suburban deal: Dr Lal Pathlabs MD

In a Q&A, Om Manchanda says the firm is now growing organically in the Southern market, but is open to inorganic opportunities there

A mammoth project to help endangered species and planet

US bio-startup Colossal says it could "help reverse climate change", "help endangered species", and "upset existing ecosystems"

TCS reconfigures for the future with new growth, transformation strategy

The company started to talk about its G&T-led strategy more openly about three quarters back

Indian restaurant industry shrank 53% in pandemic year: NRAI report

The contraction in the food services industry led to the permanent closure of over 25 per cent of food business operators, which resulted in job losses of nearly 2.4 million in India

Statsguru: Four charts explain how gender-equal are India's elections

As against their nearly equal share in population (48.6 per cent), women have not yet crossed the 10 per cent barrier among candidates to the parliamentary election

Alternate reality? Facebook plans to launch massive rebranding exercise

Under fire for its business practices and handling of hate speech, Facebook is planning to rebrand itself. The question is whether this can salvage its image

ECGC's listing could transform it into a cost-effective credit guarantor

A listing for the state-owned institution could transform it into a more meaningful and cost-effective credit guarantor for more Indian exporters

Metaverse exceeds current virtual reality simulations tenfold: Sinha, Kumar

The metaverse is yet to become a reality but many industry leaders are obsessed with the idea

Morgan Stanley's robots saved 50,000 hours of work, says report

Morgan Stanley figures it has saved legal staffers 50,000 hours of work and $10 million in attorney fees by using robot Libor lawyers instead of only the human kind

Recent coal crisis opens doors for govts to micro-manage the market

Union power ministry in August decided to limit the stock holding to 15 days, which implied it wanted power plants to stock the bare minimum of what CEA advises

Predictable climate finance in focus for India at COP26 summit

"Since 2017, we have had more renewable energy in the energy mix in India than fossil fuels", says Harsh Shringla, Foreign Secretary

Fossil fuel plans evade Paris limits, says UNEP report

Over the next two decades, governments are collectively projecting an increase in oil and gas production, and only a modest decrease in coal production