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IIT-Kanpur & CSIS, USA signs to create a global ‘just transition’ network

IIT-Kanpur & CSIS, USA signs to create a global ‘just transition’ network

Just Transition Research Centre (JTRC) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has signed an agreement with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., to work on just energy transition globally including in India. Among Indian states, IIT- CSIS collaboration will engage with Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Madhya […]

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Indian Commonwealth Day 2022

Indian Commonwealth Day 2022

Commonwealth Day is celebrated on May 24 in India and a couple of other countries. Commonwealth Day is also commonly known as Empire Day. It marks the development of the British Empire in India and other colonies of Britain. The theme for Commonwealth Day 2022 is ‘Delivering a Common Future’ – which highlights how the fifty-four member

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Indian Railways and IIT Madras Partner To Develop India’s First Indigenous Hyperloop

Indian Railways and IIT Madras Partner To Develop India’s First Indigenous Hyperloop

The Ministry of Railways has announced that it’s going to collaborate with IIT Madras for the development of a made-in-India Hyperloop system. It has also announced that it’ll be setting up a Centre for Excellence for Hyperloop technologies at the aforementioned institution. India has shown interest in Hyperloop tech since 2017, by then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. In fact, the

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Jose Ramos-Horta sworn in as president of East Timor

Jose Ramos-Horta sworn in as president of East Timor

Former independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as president of East Timor ahead of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of independence for Asia’s youngest country. He defeated incumbent Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres, his fellow independence fighter, in the election. Ramos-Horta was prime minister from 2006 to 2007 and president from 2007

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