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Adani Group founder Gautam Adani have highlighted the growing problem India's renewable energy developers face in finding buyers for the power they generate. While India's central government wants to shift away from polluting coal-fired generation towards solar and wind, officials say state government-owned power distribution companies responsible for keeping the lights on have dragged their heels over striking renewable purchase deals. U.S. authorities allege that Indian billionaire Adani conspired to devise a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian state government officials to secure solar power supply deals, after one of his companies was unable to secure buyers for a $6 billion project for several years.

Defence Ministry said on Wednesday its forces had taken control of the settlement of Nova Illinka, close to the embattled Donetsk region town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine's military made no mention of Nova Illinka in its daily dispatches. The town lies on the opposite bank of a reservoir from Kurakhove, one of the focal points of a steady advance through Donetsk region by Russian forces. But Deep State, a popular Ukrainian blog tracking the movements of the armed forces, said more than a week ago that Nova Illinka had fallen into Russian hands.

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) decline by up to 6.5 percentage points in rural areas and 3.4 percentage points in urban areas, going by the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23, experts said. A government panel is looking into changes to the CPI basket and base year revision of the inflation series. The CPI was last revised in 2011-12 as the HCES held in 2017-18 was junked due to inaccuracies.

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Moody's Ratings said Wednesday. The agency expects power demand here to rise by 5-6% annually during this period. The utilisation rate for coal-based power capacity is likely to be high at 65-70% despite additions. Although Asia Pacific power markets are undergoing carbon transition, current thermal generation, including coal, oil and gas, remains the key supplier of power, and this trend will continue for at least the next three years to support increasing power demand in the region, it said.

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Ukraine at their fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion while they have already captured approximately 235 square kilometers (91 square miles) in just the past week, reported Reuters. This actually marks a record for the year 2024, with eminent analysts noting that Russian troops have taken control of near about 600 square kilometers (232 square miles) throughout the month of November. According to Reuters, the front line which had been largely static for two years is now seeing renewed activity, specifically in the Donetsk region where Russian forces are pushing towards key towns such as Kurakhove and Pokrovsk. The situation is becoming increasingly precarious while reports are claiming that North Korean troops are being deployed to support the Russian operations. Reuters asserted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has indicated that Russia's main objectives include occupying the entire Donbas region and pushing Ukrainian forces out of areas they have controlled since the month of August.

mall developers plan to shrink multiplex spaces in their future projects as cinemas no longer attract big crowds and generate enough revenues throughout the year. Multiplexes used to generate 10% of the footfall of a mall, which has reduced to 6-7%, forcing the developers to rethink the strategy, industry executives said. «With alternate forms of entertainment, we are looking for rationalising cinema space in the mall,» said Sriram Khattar, vice chairman and managing director, rental business, at DLF.

The number of deals and their value are both below pre-pandemic levels. In the U.S. deal values fell 23 per cent in 2023 from just before the pandemic, while the number of deals slumped 20 per cent. The current year is on track for and even deeper slump, according to Dealogic, as per a report on AP. That could change thanks to the Federal Reserve loosening its interest rate policy and returning President Donald Trump vowing to slash regulations. Trump's planned cuts to the Federal Trade Commission could also mean less staff scrutinizing antitrust concerns.

Nitin Gadkari stated. The Indian automobile industry's market size is approximately Rs22 lakh crore. China leads with Rs47 lakh crore, followed by the US at Rs78 lakh crore. Speaking at the 'Times Green Drive Conclave and Awards 2024,' the minister highlighted India's potential and growth. India is currently the fastest-growing major economy in the world.