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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Govt push seesplayerslining NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT up to make solarequipment KamalaDeviHarris: D Gurgaon-basedRenewPower, PRABHARAGHAVAN E Boostfor Kolkata-basedVikram Solarand &ANILSASI home the Delhi-headquartered Biden’shistoricpick NEWDELHI,AUGUST12 PLAIN E Waaree Energies. ● industry EX This surge in interest in the IN AN indication that the domesticmanufactureofsolar Reflectsresponse Centre's ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ INDIA AIMS to setup100 equipment coincides with push could be yieldingearly re- GW of solarcapacity by measures initiated by the gov- to changing US sultsinthe solar energy space, 2022, up from 34.6GWcur- ernment to slap additional du- the Renewable Energy Ministry rently. Giventhat the costof ties on imports across sectors, in- society,politics Themob setfiretovehicles; 145people have been arrested . PTI has receivedproposals from a modules producedinChina cluding solar power. rangeofplayers forover10GW is up to 10%cheaperthan Powerand Renewable (gigawatts) of fresh solar equip- theones manufactured in Energy Minister RKSinghtold JONATHANMARTIN mentmanufacturing. India, the push forinput The Indian Express that the gov- &ASTEADWHERNDON Bengaluru mob violence The proposalsoverthe last manufacturing domesti- ernment's move toshiftfromthe WASHINGTON,AUGUST12 couple of months to domesti- callycould improvecost use of short-term 'safeguarddu- over social media post, callymanufacturesolar equip- competitiveness and reduce ties' to protect domestic manu- IN NAMINGKamala Harris as his ment in India include those from the dependency on imports. facturers to the imposition of running mate, Democratic Biden with HarrisinSept2019. 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SUSHANTSINGH and makeheadway in talkson Group on vaccine administration lation. Specifically, sources said, NirmalSingh, and his family Sources said the agency is track- NEWDELHI,AUGUST12 resolving the crisis along the Line forCovid-19held detaileddelib- therewas adiscussion on up- movedintotheir newlycon- ing the trail of these withdrawals. of ActualControl in Ladakh erations on modifying existing grading the existing eVIN structed bungalowatBan village, This account, sources said, INDIA’S AMBASSADOR to Beijing, where the standoffbetween technology platforms to track (Electronic VaccineIntelligence near the Army’sammunition had about Rs 15 croreatthe Vikram Misri, reachedout troops of the twocountries potential vaccines from procure- Network) —anindigenously sub-depot(ASD) on July23, Singh’s houseinNagrota CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Wednesdaytoakey interlocutor CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ment to last-mile delivery. 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