In the period of July to September, EV accounted for 7% of the total number of vehicles registered with the Delhi government's transport department, while CNG vehicles accounted for 6%, official figures showed
🇮🇳 Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari said that the cost of electric vehicles (EV) in India will drop to the level of petrol vehicles in the next two years
"The government has already framed a policy allowing petrol pumps to set up EV charging stations. In two years there will be a lot charging points across India as well,”
"two-wheeler space is much quicker to adopt to electric vehicles as opposed to passenger car, to passenger kind that passenger increasing slowly however"
#SonaComstar rose 2.19% to Rs 775.15 after the company said that India Ratings and Research has upgraded its long-term issuer rating to 'IND AA' from 'IND AA-' with 'Stable' outlook
🇨🇳China has the largest food reserves: Beijing accelerated food purchases during the pandemic, when the first signs of a disruption in food supplies and rapid rise in world prices appeared
As a result, China, which is home to 20% of the world's population, managed to accumulate more than half of the world's reserves of corn and other grain crops. This has accelerated the rise in the cost of food in the world, said Nikkei Asia.
China is maintaining its food stocks at "historically high levels," Qin Yuyun, head of the grain reserves division at the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, told reporters in November.
European Commission drawing up green investment rules
Draft proposal labels nuclear, some gas plants as green
Countries disagree on the fuels' green credentials
EU advisors said gas not compatible with climate goals
Gas and nuclear power generation would be labelled green on the grounds that they are "transitional" activities - defined as those that are not fully sustainable, but which have emissions below industry average and do not lock in polluting assets.
"To understand what’s going on you need to understand that China is a state capitalist system which means that the state runs capitalism to serve the interests of most people and...
...that policy makers won’t let the sensitivities of those in the capital markets and rich capitalists stand in the way of doing what they believe is best for the most people of the country."
Union 1 of Minera Escondida rejects 18 million bond and starts strike
Minera Escondida workers block route 5.
99.5% of the workers approved the stoppage. Within their petition they demand to distribute profits from the mining company.
Workers from union 1 of Minera Escondida rejected the latest offer presented by mining company BHP Billiton and approved the strike. With 2,164 votes in favor and only 11 against, the option to go on strike was accepted this Saturday night.
"This overwhelming result demonstrates once again the high union awareness of our bases, which have been able to appreciate that this offer does not contain any progress in the legitimate demands of the workers," the union said in a statement.