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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa plans to launch three procurement rounds for 6,800 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy over the next year, as well as a combined 5,000 MW of new coal, gas and storage, a presentation by the governing African National Congress (ANC) showed.Africa's most industrialised nation is heavily dependent on coal-fired power but plans to move towards a more diversified mix of generation sources.It regularly suffers outages because of faults at ailing state-owned utility Eskom that have deterred investment in the country and hobbled economic growth.President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to fix Eskom and add generation capacity, but progress has been slow.The presentation, made at a three-day meeting of party officials and allies that ended on Sunday and shared with Reuters by two sources, showed the ANC planned to launch the first renewables round in January or February for 2,600 MW of wind and solar, with another 2,600 MW round in August and a third for 1,600 MW in … [Read more...] about South Africa plans three renewable energy rounds over coming year

"Only Dhoni is to be blamed. He should accept his responsibility and stop blaming rain (for India's ouster)," Sharma said about Dhoni's excuse following the heavy defeat against Australia in their first Super Eights game.  … [Read more...] about Dhoni to be blamed for India’s ouster: Chetan Sharma

Meanwhile, the US reported a 21 percent drop in new coronavirus cases last week, while the number of people hospitalized in the US due to COVID-19 also fell. The country reported more than 130,000 new cases for Monday, the eighth consecutive day the daily total was below 200,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data. … [Read more...] about Moderna aims to strengthen virus vaccine

Cambridge: Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine protects against worrisome emerging variants of the coronavirus but it's taking the precaution of testing a possible booster dose against the strain discovered in South Africa. In Monday's announcement, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the move was out of "an abundance of caution" after preliminary lab tests suggested its shot produced a weaker immune response to that variant. Vaccine manufacturers have been testing their shots against the mutated strains including two that first emerged in Britain and South Africa. In a study conducted with the National Institutes of Health, Moderna used blood samples from eight vaccine recipients, and some immunized monkeys, in laboratory tests against the mutated viruses. The vaccine was effective against both variants but researchers found a six-fold drop in levels of "neutralizing antibodies" against the strain from South Africa. Moderna said while the levels still were protective, it has begun … [Read more...] about Moderna says its vaccine works against variants, developing booster shot

Panic has gripped the valley residents who are yet to come out of the debilitating blow dealt by the September, 2014 floods which inundated swathes of summer capital Srinagar including its elitist areas, the civil secretariat, the seat of power and other parts of the valley taking a heavy toll of lives, infrastructure and homes. … [Read more...] about Heavy rains leaves Kashmir reeling, but no flood threat