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Powering India’s Net Zero Goals with Renewable Energy

Three years ago at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, India declared a Net Zero emissions pathway goal by 2070.

Reaching this objective will require phasing down coal-based power generation and increasing reliance on renewable, non-fossil energy sources by more than 20 percent above the present level.

With growing cooling loads exacerbated by climate change-led urban heating, renewable energy supply will be imperative to meet peak electricity demand. This means solar and wind energy have to be backed up by energy storage options such as battery-operated energy systems to supply power.

India’s HIV/AIDS Strategy: Evaluating the National AIDS and STD Control Programme’s Performance and Addressing Key Challenges in Phase-V (2021–2026)

The National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP) is India’s flagship public health initiative aimed at combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Established in 1992 under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and implemented by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), the program has evolved into one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive AIDS control initiatives.

India Today: Shaped by the Visionary Ideas of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I have a vivid memory of a gleeful and beaming laugh of the great statesman and leader, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was born on this day in 1924 in Gwalior. An affable personality, Vajpayee would express his love for Mithila’s Rohu and his appreciation for Maithili language. As renowned he was for his eloquence and poetry, his presence would draw the masses as well as reassure those in high offices. His poem ‘Kadam mila ke chalna hoga’ symbolised his approach in life about collaborative endeavours for nation building. His poems would often describe India as a nation of cultural pluralism and synthesis.

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