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The Department of Energy (DOE) opened up billions of dollars in funding today to build up domestic supply chains for batteries. Batteries will be crucial in the Biden administration’s plans to transition the nation to electric vehicles and clean energy. The DOE says in its announcement that it will give $3.1 billion to companies to boost “the creation of new, retrofitted, and expanded commercial facilities” to process materials, make batteries, and recycle them at the end of their lives. Another $60 million in grants…

Twitter handles of the Uttar Pradesh government and the state information department were hacked briefly on Monday, officials said.Both the accounts have been restored.The verified Twitter handle of the Government of Uttar Pradesh (@UPGovt), which has 2.7 million followers, was hacked for around 10 minutes, a senior official told PTI.A fact check Twitter handle operated by the information department - @InfoUPFactCheck - was also hacked.The @InfoUPFactCheck handle is followed by over 24,000 people.In the early hours of…