NEW DELHI( Reuters)-India appointed two officials as election commissioners on Thursday, filling vacant spots in the three-person body ahead of an expected announcement of a date for a national election likely to be won by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The appointments come days after the unexplained resignation of one commissioner, which drew expressions of concern from several opposition parties. Another commissioner retired in February.... Both departures come at a time when India'

An engineer walks next to solar panels made by Indian manufacturer Vikram Solar at the National Thermal Power Corporation site at Bhadla Solar Park on Oct 8, 2021.... Now you don't see the ground anymore.... It's such a huge transformation," Mr Subodh Agarwal, Rajasthan's additional chief secretary for energy, told AFP. Authorities are incentivising renewables firms to set up in the region, known as the" desert state"....