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India surges ahead in global solar race Indian solar energy story marked a new milestone after India topped the Asia Pacific Region (APAC) for solar photovoltaic (PV) tenders in December 2019. According to analytics company GlobalData, with 49 percent tenders announced and a 75.4 percent share, India was No. 1 among all other countries in the region, followed by the Philippines (with six tenders and a 9.2 percent share) and Pakistan (with five tenders and a 7.7 percent share), according to a Saur Energy International report. Globally, though, the renewable scene was gloomy. Also on rt.com BRICS bank greenlights new projects in India, Russia & South Africa worth $1.4bn Only 291 power plant tenders were a...

Oil prices plummet over fears of coronavirus outbreak spreading The price of crude continued to plunge on Monday, dragged down by fears of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, raising concerns about the global economic growth. International benchmark Brent crude was down 2.95 percent to $58.90 a barrel, after hitting $58.68 earlier, the lowest level since late October. US West Texas Intermediate crude nosedived more than three percent to $55.52, after falling to a four-month low of $52.1 a barrel. The coronavirus could cut into demand by around 260,000 bpd and reduce oil prices by about $3 per barrel, according to a report from Goldman Sachs. Also on rt.com Why the coronavirus is a real threat to China's economy ...

Last days of hell: 75 years on, death camp survivors recall the Red Army liberation of Auschwitz Evgeny Kovalev was captured by the Nazis during a partisan scouting mission in 1943. Loaded onto a freight train cattle cart, he had no idea he was being taken to Auschwitz and was oblivious as to the hell that awaited him there. Now, 75 years after the Red Army liberated the notorious death camp in January 1945, Kovalev recalls his days of horror for RT. “We were crammed into these trains and sent somewhere. It was a very long road — at least a day and a night,” he says. The train carrying Kovalev and other Soviet prisoners eventually arrived at Oswiecim Station, just a few minutes away from the Auschwitz camp — but still they had no way to know where t...

UFOpen for business: Britain’s Royal Air Force to declassify X-Files kept in secret for years After decades of secrecy, the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) will now publish its entire record of UFO sightings above British territory, in an unprecedented move which is sure to spark even more conspiracy theories. The RAF closed down its ‘UFO desk’ in 2009 after 50 years of reports in which no serious threat was identified. Records from this RAF unit were traditionally sent to the National Archives, where they were kept as classified documents. Now, however, the most recent reports will be placed in an online archive on a dedicated gov.uk page, according to a Freedom of Information request submitted by the PA news agency. Also on ...

Australian Open 2020: Stanislas Wawrinka battles back to eliminate Daniil Medvedev in five-set epic (VIDEO) Russian No. 1 Daniil Medvedev has been knocked out of the Australian Open after former champion Stanislas Wawrinka staged a dramatic mid-match comeback to win a five-set thriller. Wawrinka took the opening set, then appeared to lose his composure as Medvedev came back into the contest in the second set, then took the third to move ahead. But Wawrinka came storming back and won the fourth set via tiebreak before wrapping up the victory for a dramatic rollercoaster victory, 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. Also on rt.com Australian Open 2020: Roger Federer full of jokes after reaching quarter-finals Medvedev lo...

Mongolia closes border with China, shuts down ALL universities & training centers to stop coronavirus spread China’s northern neighbor Mongolia has decided to close border crossings and all universities across the country, in a bid to stop the rapid spread of the previously-unknown coronavirus that has killed more than 80 people. All border crossings with China will remain closed for vehicles and pedestrians from Monday until March 2, the state-run Montsame News Agency reported, citing a government meeting. No restrictions were placed on railways and air travel. All universities, vocational training centers and the popular Nairamdal international youth camp will also be closed during this time period. The government of the landlocked country to ...

China & India to take control of one-third of global economy The developing markets of China and India will make up 35 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2060, nearing the US and European nations' combined share, according to the Japan Center for Economic Research. The Tokyo-based think tank says China's share of the world's economy will be about 20 percent and India's nearly 16 percent, up from 17 percent and four percent in 2019, respectively. Also on rt.com China’s smart supercities powered by 5G to become new growth engine China is forecast to keep its current number-two position in the world GDP ranking until surpassing the United States around 2030. India will be the world's third-l...

Stock finally ran out? France ‘bans’ protester-maiming grenade not manufactured since 2014 France is finally joining the rest of Europe by withdrawing explosives from its arsenal of crowd control tools. The announced retirement of the protester-maiming GLI-F4 grenade however may be due to stocks running out. The GLI-F4 is a controversial device that the French police and gendarmes consider a weapon of last resort before using live bullets. The 190-gram projectile, which can be thrown by hand or fired from a launcher, contains about 30 grams of the high explosive TNT. When it explodes, it produces a powerful blast, a deafening bang and a cloud of the tear gas CS. La grenade GLI-F4 a un triple effet: lacrymogène, sonore (forte détonation)...

Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building A small bomb prompted evacuation and temporarily disrupted work at a hospital in Hong Kong. Masked protesters had earlier firebombed a proposed quarantine area for possible coronavirus victims. The explosive device was hidden in a bathroom stall inside the Caritas Medical Center and went off at around 2:30am on Monday. About 20 patients were evacuated, after which a bomb squad examined the scene. The hospital's emergency department had to limit its work until services were fully restored later in the morning. No one was injured in the blast. "After the explosion, there was a lot of white smoke, and a small fire," Chief Inspector Kevin Chong Kiu-w...