Karnataka believes shift to EVs necessary due to high energy costs Updated Apr 07, 2021 | 18:53 IST
The shift to electric mobility for instance has become necessary now more than ever due to the fast depletion of fossil fuels, increase in energy costs, the impact of transportation on the environment, etc. Karnataka believes shift to EVs necessary due to high energy costs
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana on Tuesday said the shift to electric mobility has become necessary due to the fast depletion of fossil fuels, increase in energy costs.
Narayana who also holds the electronics, IT/Bt portfolio, was speaking as a panellist by participating virtually on Governing Goods on the Move organized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Technology Governance Summit 2021 .
The way we see it, this has to be a suite of measures. Vaccinations are essential but they are not silver bullets, he said. We need that to be complemented by a strong, robust testing regime, as well as effective safe management measures.
He said such solutions will be important going forward, whether it is opening up the economy further or enabling cross-border activity or travels, said Iswaran.
The minister said vaccines are a national priority and will help Singapore get back to pre-Covid levels of economic activity, but that process would involve small steps over time, rather than a big and sudden change.
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Every minute, 500 hours of video are posted to YouTube and 243,000 photos are uploaded onto Facebook, according to the World Economic Forum. On Facebook alone, 11.6 million pieces of content on child nudity and sexual exploitation of children were removed in the third quarter of 2019, a substantial increase on the previous quarter. Bullying, fake accounts to spam or defraud and terrorist propaganda is also spreading rapidly.
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