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Pakistan will witness a huge rise in electric vehicles adoption

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Pakistan will witness a huge rise in electric vehicles adoption. The government of Pakistan is preparing for a new shift in the local automotive industry. After the introduction of the EV policy for two-wheelers and three-wheelers, electric bikes, rickshaws, and small commercial vehicles are becoming a norm in Pakistan.

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Opinion: China To Continue Expanding Its Influence In The Oil And Gas Sector

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China also made large investments in Saudi Arabia’s oil refining industry as well. When it comes to Chinese energy industry, there are three major state owned companies. Lately though, China’s large investments are being made in the mid-stream sector of the oil and gas industry, the one sector China doesn’t have a national company for.

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AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades

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Nearly a quarter of the global population lives in four countries in South Asia that are among the world’s most polluted: Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The most severe pollution, however, is found in parts of India, especially northern India, including the megacities of Delhi and Kolkata.

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Russia’s KAMAZ to create artificial city as autonomous driving testing ground

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According to director of Alexey Mikheev, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade’s director of the Department of Metallurgy, Machine Tools, and Heavy Machinery, a safe system of autonomous driving will for the most part prevent numerous accidents and fatalities. It has assemblers in Vietnam, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains are distributing energy-intensive industries and their CO 2 emissions throughout the global South. —Prof Guan. Gt in 2004 and 2.2 Gt in 2011, growing by an average of 2.9%

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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The overall increase in the world’s nuclear net capacity last year was the highest since 1993, with new reactors coming online in China, the United States, South Korea, India, Russia and Pakistan. Coal demand fell worldwide but the drop was particularly sharp in the United States, where demand was down 11% in 2016.

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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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The tourism industry in the Bahamas contributes around 70 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to the U.S. Many parts of the world are under Level 2 advisory, for reasons ranging from street crime to concerns over terrorism. Department of Commerce, and employs half the country’s work force.

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