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Coal in electric mix hits peak in 2 years

The share of coal in India’s electricity generation reached the highest level in at least 9 quarters during the first three months of 2021.

The share of renewable energy increased in 2020 when the total electricity demand was reduced by lockdowns to limit the epidemic. This year, seasonal factors have limited production of renewables, which are weather-dependent, helping to reverse the coal share. Coal and lignite share increased to 78.9% for the quarter ended March 31, up from 75.9% a year earlier, an analysis of daily load dispatch data by regulator POSOCO showed.

Coal’s contribution to India’s annual electricity generation fell for the second straight year in 2020, the data show, marking a departure from decades of growth in coal-fired electricity.

The steady increase in the share of renewables made it part of a decline of less than 60% in electricity generation for the first time in decades on 12 August.

Five months later, coal’s contribution to Delipower production exceeded 80% for the first time, for at least 750 days on 20 January, a feat that was repeated on 9 March to 31 March, data showed.

Data from POSOCO showed that coal-fired power recovery increased with incoming electricity demand in India: demand and share of coal-fired power rose for seven months in early September.

India’s annual electricity demand declined for the first time in the fiscal year in March, with a decline of at least 35 years, with power consumption declining by the end of six months.

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April 8, 2021
COVID-19 | New infections make a fresh peak

77.7% of new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ‘Janata Curfew’ after a year, which ended on March 25 last year due to a national lockdown, with new daily cases reaching 43,846 – a new high for this year. This brought the number of confirmed infections in India to around 11.6 million.

77.7% of new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra reported 27,126 cases, while 2,578 cases were reported in Punjab and 2,078 in Kerala.

Also read: Center warns of ‘possible upheaval’ in cases at Kumbh Mela

More than 80% of the new cases were from six states.

The districts reporting the most cases were Maharashtra, Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Thane and Nashik.

Till now, 7 million vaccine doses have been given till 7 am on Sunday. These include 7.7 million healthcare workers who have received at least one dose and 4.8 million who have received both. About 8 million frontline workers received the first dose as 2.6 million who received both doses. Approximately 17 million seniors have been vaccinated with at least one dose as specific infections, with 45 above 3.6 million.

Also read: How Safe is AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine?

India’s total active case load was three lakhs, an increase of 20,639 cases in the last 24 hours. There were 197 deaths in the last 24 hours. In six states, Maharashtra accounted for 7% of the deaths, followed by 3% in Punjab and 15% in Kerala.

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March 21, 2021
DC gives a second COVID-19 peak warning

As COVID-19 cases are seen to rise once again every week, the Mysuru district administration has taken steps to prevent the epidemic from spreading like it did last year, urging people to fight this proxy war successfully. Cooperate for

Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri said that more cases are coming from rural areas especially, there is a demand to make it mandatory to wear face masks and maintain social distance so as to arrest the prevalence in both rural and urban areas.

The people of the villages need to be cautious and follow the guidelines. He said that the symptoms should not be neglected and should immediately undergo the test if suffering from fever, cold, cough and headache.

He said that while urging citizens over 60 years of age and people between 45 and 59 years of age to vaccinate with co-ethics, he said that the new guidelines issued by the government to the tourism importance All locations will report strict compliance with reported increase in visitors.

COVID-19 can spread rapidly to “super spreader” events such as jatra, weddings and festivals and places where public density is high. Therefore, people should stay away from the crowd to keep the epidemic at bay.

The number of COVID-19 cases increased to 60 between the last week of February and the second week of March. If there were 127 cases between 26 February and 4 March, the number rose to 185 between 5 and 11 March. This number is increasing with each passing day, to drive awareness and the need for testing, Ms. Sindhuri said.

He said, ‘We need to take full care to avoid the kind of situation that is happening in Bengaluru, Kalaburagi and Bidar after the latest surge. The public must cooperate in taking all precautions before the situation worsens.

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March 18, 2021
There is a need to take quick, decisive steps to stop the emerging second peak of coronavirus: PM to CM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases in some parts of the country and called for “swift and decisive” steps to be taken to investigate the “second emerging peak”.

In a virtual conversation with the state chief ministers on the state of the epidemic and the ongoing vaccination campaign, Mr. Modi said that the number of COVID cases has increased in states like Maharashtra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, while seen in about 70 districts in the country. There has been a delay of more than 150 percent in the positivity rate.

“If we don’t stop it here, a condition could emerge for a nationwide outbreak,” he said and called for quick and decisive steps to stop it.

The trust brought in India’s fight against the epidemic should not lead to negligence, he said, and asked the chief ministers to take measures, including more testing, enforcement of preventive measures as well as to curb the virus. Includes an increase in the number of immunization centers.

He said that people should not be put on panic mode, but rather it is necessary to ensure that they get rid of this problem.

He said “Test, Track and Treat” should be taken seriously as it has been for more than a year since the outbreak.

The Prime Minister reiterated that RT PCR testing should account for more than 70 percent of the total coronavirus testing, while noting that states prefer Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha have mostly relied on antigen tests.

Mr. Modi also spoke against wastage of vaccines and called for more vaccination centers.

India has so far fought a strong fight against coronoviruses, and is being cited as an example in the world, he said, adding that the country’s recovery rate is over 96 percent and the lowest mortality rate.

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March 17, 2021