Five key challenges posed by China were taken up at the chief secretaries conference that discussed ‘global geopolitical challenges’ and India’s possible response to the same across economic, educational and energy sectors. ET gathers that military aggression as seen in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, water-related issues like implications of China’s mega hydel power plants, economic […]
Plant-based fuels commercially viable: Study
Sustainable plant-based bio-jet fuels could provide a competitive alternative to conventional petroleum fuels if current development and scale-up initiatives continue to push ahead successfully, scientists say. With an estimated daily fuel demand of more than five million barrels per day, the global aviation sector is incredibly energy-intensive and almost entirely reliant on petroleum-based fuels. Unlike […]
