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Coal will remain an important part of India’s energy needs: Foreign Secretary

NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Coal will remain India’s main source of energy for years to come, a top government official said on Thursday, underscoring its commitment to the use of the fossil fuel as the U.N.’s COP28 climate summit opens in Dubai. “Coal is, and would, remain an important part of India’s energy needs,” Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told reporters ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Dubai. Reuters reported that India, which depends on coal for 73% of its energy needs, is scrambling to add 17 gigawatts of coal-based power generation capacity at its fastest

7 bodies recovered from fire-hit chemical unit in Surat

Surat, Nov 30 (PTI) A day after a major fire engulfed a chemical manufacturing facility in Gujarat’s Surat city, bodies of seven missing workers were recovered from the premises in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. Out of the seven persons found dead at the chemical manufacturing unit of Aether Industries Ltd in Sachin industrial area of the city, one was an employee of the company while six others were working on contract, Surat Collector Ayush Oak said. “During a search operation in the factory premises, officials found bodies of seven workers who went missing after the fire which

Coronary heart disease in middle-aged people at risk of dementia in later life

LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) – People diagnosed with coronary heart disease in early middle age are at much higher risk of developing dementia in later life than people with healthy hearts, according to a Chinese study of more than 400,000 Britons published Wednesday. Men and women who develop heart disease early, particularly those under 45, have a 36% increased risk of developing dementia, a 13% increased risk of Alzheimer’s and are 78% more likely to develop vascular dementia — brain impairment caused by oxygen and nutrient deprivation, according to the research published in Journal of the American Heart Association. By

Indian economy expected to sustain strong growth amid global gloom

NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Indian economy is likely to continue its strong growth in the quarter to end of September, helped by a solid urban consumption and government spending, outpacing a slowing global economy squeezed by elevated interest rates and higher energy prices. Asia’s third-largest economy is expected to grow at 6.8% in the July-September quarter compared with a year earlier, according to a Reuters poll. India will release the quarterly gross domestic product figures at 1200 GMT on Thursday. India’s is seen as the bright spot globally as some Western countries are flirting with the possibility of

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