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Azman Usmani
Azman Usmani
Azman writes on climate change, ESG, and how a warming world impacts businesses and people alike. Prior to The Morning Context, he led climate coverage at BloombergQuint, where he started his career as a desk writer.
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Business
Can Adani pull off the 100% green AI promise?
The group’s $100 billion data centre push rests on solving clean energy’s toughest constraint: consistent, real-time renewable supply at scale.
Recent Editions
The smart meter business gets real
Q3 disclosures show that India’s smart meter rollout has crossed a key threshold—moving from promise to shaping revenues, margins and strategy.
10 Feb 2026
Budget 2026: Green targets, grey solutions
India is betting big on carbon capture and coal gas despite global failures. With a new entrant, the race for Shell’s renewable platform in the country is hotting up. Plus, why the solar relief rally might be premature.
03 Feb 2026
JSW Energy’s acquisition engine is working—and that is a worry
Rapid asset purchases are driving generation growth, but rising debt and weaker cash flows are testing investor confidence.
27 Jan 2026
Tata Steel’s climate reckoning
Tata Steel battles protests and litigation in the Netherlands. Separately, India’s solar market powers ahead and ESG investing redraws its boundaries.
23 Jan 2026
Older Editions
Reliance’s battery plans run into a China wall
Mukesh Ambani’s $10-billion bet faces a harsh reality: much of the clean-energy stack still sits overwhelmingly in Chinese hands.
13 Jan 2026
Growth alone isn’t enough, Waaree needs to do more
The solar module maker’s investors want proof of its durability in the face of a leadership change and a costly push into energy storage.
06 Jan 2026
The SHANTI Act and the quiet transfer of nuclear liability
India’s new nuclear law caps corporate liability, weakens oversight and leaves taxpayers to foot the bill when things go wrong.
23 Dec 2025
Gaslighting a nation on toxic air
The Indian government is no longer denying pollution. Rather, it is perfecting a system that measures it extensively, displays it publicly and then teaches the nation to live with it.
16 Dec 2025
Adani circles nuclear power as India rethinks the rules
As India prepares to throw open its nuclear sector to private players, the conglomerate is taking position. But the technology, economics and risks look far tougher than anything it has scaled so far.
09 Dec 2025