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Record breaking energy prices in Europe are threatening the global solar and battery industry, with manufacturing capacity facing a serious risk. The energy intensive nature of these manufacturing processes is leading some operators to temporarily close or abandon production facilities as the cost of doing business escalates. Unless prices turn around soon, Europe’s plans to cut dependence on imported fossil fuels by boosting installed renewable generation capacity and electric vehicle (EV) usage could be derailed.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh under the stewardship of Mohan Bhagwat has completely transformed; from an NGO claiming to undertake social work to a political outfit. Obviously with this modification the basic approach of the RSS to the prevailing issues and ideas have also undergone significant variation. The first such variation is witnessed in RSS making a surreptitious shift on the issue of deification of an individual.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cassandras have ended up with egg on their faces. The prophets of doom have been embarrassed beyond mention. Belying all dire predictions, Kanam Rajendran has been re-elected unanimously as the Communist Party of India (CPI)’s Kerala state secretary for a third term.

“One of the most striking results of the path of capitalist development is the concentration of Capital with economic power in the hands of big monopolies who enrich themselves at the expense of people and even other broad sections of the Indian bourgeoisie…"

The Election Commission of India wants political parties to provide detailed information about the financial implications of the promises made in their election manifestos as well as the effects of these promises on the fiscal sustainability of the state or central government’s finances. For this, the Election Commission proposes to amend the model code of conduct to include a two-part proforma to be filled up by political parties for disclosure of the promises made and the financial implications of these.

Panchkula: Bangladesh's Badal Hossain returned 7-under 65, the day's best joint score and with an overall total of 16-under 200 emerged sole leader at the end of the third and penultimate round of the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship here Thrusday.

Surat: Top Seed B Sai Praneeth (Telengana) and second-seeded Aakarshi Kashyap (Chhattisgarh) produced dominating performances to win Men and Women's Badninton titles respectively while Services continued their medal winning spree in the 36th National Games on Thursday.

As India celebrates its 75th year of independence this year, several roadmaps are being laid for it to become a developed economy in the next 25 years when India would celebrate its 100th year of independence in 2047. Some of us might not be alive to witness it but ever optimist Veteran banker K V Kamath, who is chairman of National Bank for Financing Infrastructure, said recently that he expects India to be a $25 trillion economy in 25 years. Presently India is around $3.7 trillion economy and recently overtook Britain, India’s colonial masters, to become a fifth largest economy in the World. But India is far behind topmost economic power United States, which is now a $26 trillion economy followed by China a $21 trillion economy.

National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), an initiative of Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry with the approval of the Supreme Court of India, is a data base of orders, judgments and case details of 18,735 District and Subordinate Courts and High Courts created as online platforms under eCourts Project. Official sources reveal that a decision has been taken to include the Supreme Court of India (SCI) in the NJDG to complete the process. Process of completing the formalities by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) is over, for launching on eCourts App.

Rajkot: With 89 medals including 40 gold, in their kitty so far, Services domination continues to be at the top of the medal charts. Haryana are second with 25 gold, barely ahead of Maharashtra’s 24. in the in the 36th National Games here.