INDIA should focus on the need to create the next generation of alternative fuels, which are economical, fast to produce and safe to use in achieving energy independence, said former president A P J Abul Kalam, while addressing the scientists of the National Institute of Ocean Technology on Wednesday.

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CM JUGGLING WITH STATS; IT IS GOVT OFFICIALS WHO ARE PROVIDING ME ALL THE INFORMATION, SAYS JAYALALITHAA Officials are extremely upset with the way his government is functioning

It will not take much time to expose those officials and tear their masks
FIRMLY denying the charge Leader of OppsoitionJ Jaya lithaa that the TNEB had incurred losses by importing coal at higher costs, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday handed out a warning to officials providing false statistics to the AIADMK leader.

REGULAR black outs in the southern suburbs of Chen- nai for the last two weeks have left the residents fum- ing, while the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board gropes in the dark to figure out what caused the power cut.

When will the power crisis end in Tamil Nadu? This year?
Next year? You will end up scratching your head if you were to go by the sound bytes of people holding responsible positions in the government. Express does a reality check

Bharat Jhunjhunwala

Research institutions should strive for commercial productions of carbon nano tubes (CNT). These will bear a huge impact in ensuring energy independence for the country
INDIA has to go for nuclear power gen- eration in a big way using thorium- based reactors, former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam said.

DIVERSIFIED energy resource base is essential to meet electricity requirements and ensure long-term energy security, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) chair man B Prasada Rao has said.

IT is possible to generate energy from every form of waste -- industrial, domestic and livestock -- and that too, on a large scale. This was the recurring theme at the international conference on "Waste to Energy" organised by the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) on Monday.