The mineral once mocked as “fool’s gold” may hold the future of energyFool's gold, or pyrite, may hold a new secret. Scientists found lithium within this common mineral. This discovery could change how we sour...
08 May, 2026, 11.32 AM IST
In 1956, Wilson Greatbatch Made a Simple Wiring Mistake at His Workbench: That Unexpected Pulse Led to the Modern PacemakerA chance mistake in 1956 by Wilson Greatbatch led to a groundbreaking discovery. He accidentally created a consistent electrical signal res...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
India EV Boom 2026: Electric cars race ahead – until price, policy and reality hit the brakesIndia’s electric vehicle (EV) market 2026: India's electric vehicle sales are surging, driven by new models and growing acceptance. However...
26 Apr, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
Prolonged West Asia conflict to impact India's automobile sector, says FADA PresidentThe Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations warns of potential challenges for India's auto sector. A prolonged conflict in West Asia ...
18 Apr, 2026, 11.43 AM IST
Tata Steel's T V Narendran says India's energy, critical minerals diversification pose new challengesIndia is diversifying its energy and critical mineral sources. This move offers significant economic opportunities as the world seeks trust...
09 Apr, 2026, 02.31 PM IST
43 million tons of lithium discovered in Germany could transform European EV battery supply chainNeptune Energy confirmed Germany holds 43 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent in the Altmark Region, one of the world's largest li...
29 Sep, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
Alzheimer's symptoms and memory loss reverses by lithium supplement, offering new hope for cureA Harvard Medical School study reveals that lithium orotate supplementation effectively reverses Alzheimer's-like memory loss and brain pat...
07 Aug, 2025, 01.27 PM IST
Billion-year treasure or environmental bombshell? $1.5 trillion lithium find inside supervolcano sparks global frenzyDeep within a 16-million-year-old supervolcano on the Nevada-Oregon border lies the world’s largest known lithium deposit. As the U.S. eyes...
17 May, 2025, 06.01 PM IST
Premature celebration: Jairam Ramesh slams Centre over delay in auction of lithium reserves in Jammu-KashmirCongress leader Jairam Ramesh criticizes the Central government for delaying lithium reserve auctions in J&K due to insufficient exploratio...
30 Nov, 2024, 05.30 PM IST
Game-changing Lithium deposit unearthed in Nevada-Oregon border regionGeologists have discovered a massive lithium deposit within the McDermitt Caldera along the Nevada-Oregon border, potentially revolutionizi...
15 Sep, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
GSI terms reports on large lithium reserves found in Rajasthan as 'baseless'"Media reports published in various newspapers regarding the finding of large lithium reserves by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), in ...
09 May, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
Lithium reserves found in Rajasthan's Nagaur, higher capacity than J&K reservesLithium is a non-ferrous metal, which is used to make mobile-laptop, electric vehicle and other chargeable batteries. GSI and mining offici...
09 May, 2023, 11.10 AM IST
Local lithium could cut EV production cost by 8-15%: Bharat New-Energy CEAt scale, my belief is that today there is no better option than lithium batteries. While there is talk of other battery technologies (like...
25 Feb, 2023, 06.53 PM IST
How Rs 34 trillion lithium find could shape India's EV storyThe recent lithium discovery is classified as G3. Further exploration, a detailed mapping including geochemical and geophysical surveys and...
13 Feb, 2023, 01.13 PM IST
Lithium: A welcome energy lodestoneThe J&K resource is the second find. In 2021, preliminary surveys on surface and limited sub-surface by the Atomic Minerals Directorate for...
13 Feb, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Rare good news from a rare metal: Reserves of lithium, critical for EV batteries, found near BengaluruIndia needs lithium for its energy needs, but there has been no comprehensive effort to map local reserves.
19 Feb, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
New battery for safer gadgets developedScientists have designed a new lithium battery component that is far less likely to catch fire and promises effective performance, paving t...
15 May, 2014, 06.17 PM IST