Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Power & New and Renewable Energy has said that with India witnessing the most rapid renewable energy capacity addition globally, the country will remain the fastest-growing market for such investments.

India climbed four spots to rank 48th by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in the Global Innovation Index 2020 rankings.

Industry chamber, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Friday announced the formation of a new forum on artificial intelligence (AI).

Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s flagship initiative, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), in collaboration with Dell Technologies on Wednesday launched the Student Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0 (SEP 2.0) for young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs).

With the demand for steel expected to be on the higher side both domestically and globally, it was imperative for India to build and effective mechanism to facilitate capacity addition as well as reduce import dependency for coal, a member of the government think-tank has said.

The Ministry of Railways had invited 12 requests for qualifications (RFQs) for private participation in the operation of passenger train services to over 109 origin-destination route pairs through the introduction of 151 modern trains or rakes, which shall be in addition to the existing trains operated on the network.

In an important development that is likely to have long-term ramifications for the world’s fifth-largest economy and the South Asian region, India and the US have announced new areas of research on transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, including carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel has assured the industry that the government was taking all necessary steps to reduce the logistics cost in India help the end users.

Government think tank NITI Aayog and US-based research organisation Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) on Tuesday released Towards a Clean Energy Economy: Post-COVID-19 Opportunities for India’s Energy and Mobility Sectors report , which advocates for stimulus and recovery efforts that work towards building a clean, resilient, and least-cost energy future for India.