Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
IT major Wipro on Friday said it has topped the carbon disclosure leadership index (CDLI) rankings for India. Wipro, which works on ecological sustainability and various climate change initiatives on energy efficiency and renewable energy, scored 87 points on a scale of 100. A total of 10 companies from diverse …
Small island states want U.N. climate talks in Mexico next week to set an end-2011 deadline for agreeing a new treaty as a step to slow the rise in sea levels, a spokeswoman said. Many other nations, including the United States, fear that setting a time limit may be counter-productive …
Close to two-thirds of the world's poorest people live in rural areas. Eradication of rural poverty depends on increased access to goods, services, and information, targets detailed in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, alleviating poverty is hindered by two interlinked phenomena: lack of access to improved energy services …
New Delhi: The UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group has called fora closer bilateral trade ties on clean technologies to pursue a private sector led pro-business, pro-green growth and pro-innovation approach to low-carbon growth. Releasing a report in London on Monday, the group emphasised the business case for tapping opportunities in …
The Haryana Pavilion at India International Trade Fair, 2010, here today presented various products, services and schemes keeping in view the theme of the fair: 'Clean & Energy Efficient Technology Products & Services'. Haryana chief secretary Urvashi Gulati said the utility of solar panels and technique of energy saving in …
Desi firms are gearing up for a new green regime called PAT. This will ensure that smoke-spewing units bring down their energy intensity. The scheme would also produce 75,000cr energy efficiency market by 2015 Namrata Singh | TNN Century Group, the Rs 5,000-crore diversified conglomerate owned by B K Birla, …
To reduce electricity losses due to outdated technology and theft, the power ministry has sanctioned more than Rs 10,000 crore to modernise grids. Power utilities in 1,400 towns will use the funds to install sophisticated electric meters that constantly monitor an individual’s power consumption; the utilities will also undertake energy …
Karnataka government has decided to introduce energy-efficient LED and CFL bulbs in offices and streets in seven city corporations, Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar said today. LED and CFL bulbs, besides being consuming significantly less electricity, generally last five years compared to the conventional, incandescent ones whose life was …
Educational institutions and social organisations may be generating a lot of awareness among the masses to save electricity but the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) has done a remarkable job to promote the cause. About 200 units of electricity (per day) are generated through the recently …
India and the United States signed an agreement on Monday to establish a virtual centre to promote research, development and deployment in the area of clean energy technologies. Under the pact, the two countries would each contribute $5 million every year for supporting collaborative R&D; projects involving academics and private …
THE US and India took a concrete step to actualise the Green Partnership that they agreed to nearly a year ago. On Monday, US President barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the setting up of Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre.
CLEAN energy initiatives are expected to figure in the meetings between President Obama and PM Manmohan Singh. India and the US are likely to announce the setting up of a centre for cooperating on developing clean energy, including solar power and biofuels. This is part of the green partnership that …
The first phase of the free distribution of energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) under 'Efficient Lighting Initiative for Bangladesh' programme has been completed in which more than 1 crore CFLs have been delivered to households. The government of Bangladesh with World Bank assistance initiated the programme under the 'Rural …
GLOW The electricity bill comes to ` 2.76 lakh per year. To conserve energy and protect the mother earth from global warming, as many as 635 LEDs are used to light the Palace premises, writes Shyam Sundar Vattam new: The Amba Vilas Palace is being decked up with the new …
Moving over from conventional methods, the brick manufacturers of Saurashtra and Kutch are preparing to tune into new technology. With the support of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) and the Central government, brick producers of the region are planning technological upgradation at their units. So far, the industry has been …
