Nikhil Singh

Nikhil Singh is a Senior Correspondent at The ESG India, covering ESG, CSR, sustainability and government policy across India. He reports on corporate accountability, climate action and social impact.
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AI data centres need power all night, and Indian solar stops at sunset

Mumbai - Indian data centre electricity consumption is forecast to rise from…

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New waste rules put every obligated entity on a central portal by October

New Delhi - India generates roughly 620 lakh tonnes of municipal solid…

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NFRA moves to continuous audit supervision after orders citing ignored fraud reports

New Delhi - An auditor resignation in India used to be an…

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India lost 247 billion labour hours to heat, and records none of it as workplace injury

New Delhi - Heat exposure cost India 247 billion potential labour hours…

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Discoms turn a profit, and the customers who fund the subsidy are leaving

New Delhi - India power distribution companies recorded a profit of roughly…

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A third of new renewable capacity is being curtailed for want of wires

New Delhi - About a third of India recently commissioned renewable capacity…

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Every listed company has a whistleblower channel, and almost none of them work

Mumbai - Every listed Indian company has a whistleblower mechanism. IL&FS had…

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Mining districts have billions to spend, and affected households still cannot find it

New Delhi - Keonjhar district in Odisha has spent 3,000 crore rupees…

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Record coal output alongside record renewables, and what that says about the transition

New Delhi - India expects record coal production of about 1,095 million…

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India has sold 2.66 million EVs and built 2.8 per cent of its battery cell target

New Delhi - India has sold 2.66 million electric vehicles in a…

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