China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expandChinese President Xi Jinping's 2021 pledge to halt overseas coal financing is being challenged by ongoing energy demands. While China has c...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with drought, potentially raising food prices globallyExperts warn that the current El Nino phenomenon could become one of the most intense in recorded history, raising alarms over possible dev...
23 Sep, 2026, 11.21 AM IST
What the closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline means for oil flowsSaudi Arabia closed a major oil pipeline after a drone attack, raising global energy shortage fears. This closure threatens to remove milli...
15 Sep, 2026, 07.18 AM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
EV-related stocks: Own the chain, not the guess; 13 stocks with upside potential of up to 28% and downside risk of -14%, according to analystsIn the stock market, when a big theme or sectoral trend takes off, most investors focus on the face of it. A brand with which they can rela...
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Tata Motors eyes supply chain debottlenecking, new markets to boost Q2 demandTata Motors will tackle supply chain challenges and tap new markets for growth. The automaker plans to increase demand generation from othe...
12 Aug, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Decades of farm gains, inventories strengthen food system against 'super' El NinoNear-record food inventories, improved farming technology and stronger exporters such as Brazil and Russia are expected to cushion the glob...
11 Aug, 2026, 02.07 PM IST
For over 100 years global plastic pollution became menace for environment, now forks created from sugar can be household alternativeBioplastics are biobased, meaning they are made completely or partially from a renewable resource, commonly corn or sugar cane; or they are...
11 Aug, 2026, 05.25 AM IST
Energy-hungry Asia is already drawing lessons from Iran crisisAsia is learning crucial lessons from the recent Persian Gulf conflict, emphasizing the need for larger energy reserves and a wider array o...
04 Jul, 2026, 10.09 AM IST
Oil price shock from West Asia conflict accelerating shift to renewables: UNFossil fuel advocates have unwillingly given a boost to renewable energy as the war in the Middle East has triggered an oil price shock, UN...
30 Apr, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
What are Asian countries doing to offset the oil-price riseGlobal oil prices surge and markets fall amid fears of inflation and slowed growth. Asian countries, heavily reliant on Gulf oil, are takin...
16 Mar, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
Sri Lanka to organise international donors conference of India, Japan & China: PMSpeaking in Parliament on Tuesday Wickremesinghe informed that Sri Lanka will organise a donor conference of friendly countries like India,...
05 Jul, 2022, 10.23 PM IST
Returning to coal amid energy crunch would be climate 'tragedy':EU18 Oct, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Gujarat writes to Centre over electricity crisisAdani Power has told the state that running its imported coal-based power project at Mundra is increasingly becoming unviable.
10 May, 2017, 02.06 AM IST
Drop in oil prices changing risk profile of Emerging MarketsReal GDP is now expected to be 5.4% in 2014 up from 4.7% expected in June. Indonesia is the only other Suspect Seven expected to grow by ov...
30 Nov, 2014, 03.40 PM IST
Indonesian tremors spark fears of coal crisis among power companiesA massive earthquake off Indonesia on Wednesday rattled investors and sparked fears of a fresh crisis in coal supplies to the beleaguered d...
12 Apr, 2012, 09.40 AM IST
- Indonesia raises fuel prices nearly 30 pc to avert crisis
Indonesia has raised prices at the pump by nearly 30 per cent because of the surging cost of oil and gas on the global market, the governme...
24 May, 2008, 08.31 AM IST