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Bihar-Made Locomotive To Haul Iron Ore In Guinea’s Simandou Project

Wabtec’s Marhowra plant supplies first Evolution Series engine for the African mining corridor A diesel-electric locomotive manufactured at Wabtec’s facility in Marhowra, Bihar, will soon be deployed in West Africa’s Simandou iron ore mining corridor in Guinea. This is part of an ongoing supply agreement between Wabtec and Rio Tinto SimFer, one of the key […]

Andhra Pradesh Backs Circular Economy Push With Multi-stakeholder Workshop

State partners with Paripatram to craft waste-to-resource strategy for a zero-waste future In a significant step towards embedding circularity in its developmental agenda, the Government of Andhra Pradesh hosted a two-day Circular Economy Workshop in Vijayawada on May 22–23, bringing together over 200 participants from central and state government departments, industry, and the informal sector. […]

Oil Demand Slows Even As Supply Surges, IEA Warns Of Looming Global Glut

Growth slumps to 650 kb/d for remainder of 2025; record EV sales, OECD contraction drive down demand The global oil market may be heading into oversupply territory as demand growth weakens and producers ramp up output, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest May Oil Market Report. The agency forecasts that global oil demand […]

Asiatic Lion Population In Gujarat Rises to 891, Marks 32% Growth In Five Years

Lions now roam across 11 districts, far beyond Gir National Park, says CM Bhupendra Patel In a major conservation milestone, Gujarat’s Asiatic lion population has surged to 891, up from 674 recorded five years ago – a 32 per cent increase, as per the 2025 lion census released on 21 May. Announcing the results, Chief […]

Europe’s Farmers Face Mounting Climate Losses With Little Insurance Cover

EIB-EC report urges new risk tools as Rs 2.55 lakh crore in annual losses go mostly uninsured As climate extremes become the new norm, farmers across Europe are shouldering the brunt of rising losses — with up to 70 per cent of climate-related agricultural damages left uninsured, according to a new joint report by the […]

Asian Civil Society Urges Rejection Of Plant Treaty Amendments

Concerns rise over benefit-sharing gaps, digital sequence data loopholes As Asian delegates convene in Malaysia for key preparatory talks under the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), civil society organisations from across the region have voiced strong opposition to proposed changes that would expand the scope of the Treaty’s Multilateral […]

Nepal ‘On Thin Ice’, UN Chief Warns At Everest Dialogue

Glacier melt accelerating across the Himalayas, threatening two billion lives downstream “Nepal is on thin ice,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a powerful video address to the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad – or Everest Dialogue – held in Kathmandu, as climate-induced glacier loss across the Himalayas reaches alarming levels. The event, hosted by the Government […]

Think Gas Expands LNG Network To Power India’s Green Freight Revolution

New stations in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to support low-emission long-haul trucking In a move that underscores India’s transition to cleaner logistics, Think Gas has announced the rollout of six new LNG dispensing hubs to boost long-haul green mobility. The expansion marks a critical step in building scalable infrastructure for low-emission trucking, a segment […]

India’s First Multi-Distribution CBG Plant Begins Commercial Gas Supply In Haryana

Kaithal-based facility to inject biogas into city gas grid, sets new benchmark for waste-to-energy projects India’s first compressed biogas (CBG) plant with multi-distribution capabilities has begun commercial gas offtake and injection into the city gas distribution (CGD) grid in Kaithal, Haryana, marking a key milestone in the country’s clean energy journey. The 10-tonne-per-day (TPD) plant, […]

Waaree Renewable Secures Rs 114 Cr Solar Project Under Maharashtra’s Farmer-centric Scheme

94 MW solar PV capacity to be built under Mukhyamantri Saur Krishi Vahini Yojana 2.0 Waaree Renewable Technologies (WRTL) has won a Rs 114.22 crore Letter of Award (LOA) for the design and construction of 94 MW (AC) of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants across multiple locations under Maharashtra’s Mukhyamantri Saur Krishi Vahini Yojana (MSKVY) 2.0. […]