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India scaling renewable energy capacity but challenges remain: ADB
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
India has scaled up its renewable energy capacity by 250 per cent between 2014 and 2021. It now ranks fourth in renewable energy capacity in the world but attempting a clean energy transition at the scale that India requires faces many challenges, according to Asian Development Bank
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Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics 2023: Ankita breaches Asian Games qualificati
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In memory of the late Mikio Oda, a great Japanese track and field athlete who won the triple jump gold medal in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics meet is an annual competition conducted in Japan
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Pakistan: Decline in textile export hurts livelihoods, economy
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan's ongoing power crisis just added to the problem. Frequent and longer outages and higher energy costs have driven many out of business. This has rendered losses of USD 70 billion to the textile industry alone, reported Asian Lite International.
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Benefits of global net-zero transition can be 5 times the costs in develop
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The benefits--including avoided economic losses from climate change, as well as improved health thanks to cleaner air--are achievable through targeted policy reforms, according to the Asian Development Outlook Thematic Report: Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero, released today.
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India U17 Women beat Myanmar to qualify for AFC U17 Asian Cup Qualifiers R
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With this victory, India qualified from Group F for Round 2 of the tournament scheduled for September later this year. In the three-team group, India won both their matches against the Kyrgyz Republic and Myanmar and finished with six points.
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Olympian Aditi Ashok to lead Indian golf team in Asian games 2023
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the Indian Golf Union's Asian Games 2023 selection trials, Pranavi Urs and Avani Prashanth also topped the selection for women at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Kolkata on Thursday as per olympics.com.
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"We came here to Kozhikode with a set objective," says Odisha FC head caoc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"And that objective kept evolving game by game, from March 16th when we got here, to today. Yes, we won the Super Cup, but that was in the past. The players recognise that. I recognise that. We start again, from zero. What happened over the past few weeks won't matter once we step on to the
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India U-17 men's team beat Atletico Madrileno U-16s 2-1
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The India U-17 Men's National Team registered a 2-1 victory over Atletico de Madrileno U-16s in a practice game at the Alcala de Henares, in Madrid, on Thursday.
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Mirabai Chanu returns to lead Indian contingent for Asian Weightlifting Ch
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Indian weightlifters' second qualifying competition for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 will be the continental championship. In her most recent competition, Mirabai Chanu placed second in the women's 49kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022 in Colombia in December.
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11 Asian members identified EUR20.1 billion in additional revenue: Tax Tra
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Tax Transparency in Asia 2023 report, released on Thursday, is the first progress report of the Asia Initiative. It provides an overview of the progress achieved in Asia between 2009 and 2022, the year of the establishment of the Asia Initiative. Asia Initiative is a regional programme l
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Kaur Singh, the only Indian boxer to have fought legendary Muhammad Ali, d
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kaur Singh was from a humble background and began his career as a farmer in Punjab's Malwa region. In 1971, he enlisted in the Indian Army, and in 1977, he discovered boxing, as per Olympics.com.
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Bridging Civilisations: Buddhism in Southeast Asia and its Indian link
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Buddhism in Southeast Asia from India underscores a complex interaction between different histories, cultures and identities. Such a complex interaction involved multiple factors, including the influence of Indian merchants and traders, the patronage of Southeast Asian kings and rulers, and
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