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Elderly men idle away an evening by the backwaters in Kochi, Kerala state, India, March 10, 2023. In this coastal state in India's southern tip, the aging population provides a stark contrast to the young India of the north. The most literate state in India, Kerala is also the fastest aging part of the country. Declining fertility and increasing longevity have been contributing to the demographic shifts in the State. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer)

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In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India's booming population
By SIBI ARASU - Associated Press
Tue,04/11/23-11:31PM , 268 Reads
KOCHI, India (AP) — When 82-year-old Vasanthi Baby almost tripped while climbing down the stairs in her home in southern India’s Kerala state, she decided, along with her 84-year-old husband V. Baby, to move to an assisted living center.
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Tigers are visible at the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, India on April 12, 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday, April 9, 2023, to much applause that the country’s tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship conservation program began 50 years ago after concerns that numbers of the big cats were dwindling. (AP Photo/Satyajeet Singh Rathore, File)

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As tiger count grows, India's Indigenous demand land rights
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Sat,04/08/23-9:32PM , 416 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India's major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday to much applause that the country's tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship conservation progr
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CORRECTS STUDY FROM COAL USE GOING UP TO THE POTENTIAL GOING UP DUE TO MORE PLANTS - FILE - Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Germany, on Nov. 2, 2022. The potential to burn coal for electricity, cement, steel and other uses went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that's the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report late Wednesday, April 5, 2023, found. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

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Coal capacity climbs worldwide despite promises to slash it
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Wed,04/05/23-7:05PM , 235 Reads
The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that's the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found.
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A worker inspects solar panels at Premier Energies Solar on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Solar developers in India fear that a tax meant to encourage Indian manufacture of solar components will slow down the installation of solar power this year. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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Taxes slow India's solar power rollout but boost manufacture
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Sun,01/29/23-10:02PM , 307 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — In May last year Fortum India, a subsidiary of a Finnish solar developer, won the bid for a solar power project in the state of Gujarat. The project was due to be completed three months ago and would have generated enough electricity for 200,000 homes.
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