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New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): NTPC Limited has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Électricite de France (EDF) to jointly explore opportunities for developing nuclear power projects in India. This follows approval from the concerned ministries & departments of the Government of India. Also Read | Is Adam Back the Real Bitcoin Founder Satoshi Nakamoto?. The MoU was signed by Arnada Prasad Samal, CGM (Nuclear Cell), on behalf of NTPC, and Vakisasi Ramany, Senio ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): NTPC Limited has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Électricite de France (EDF) to jointly explore opportunities for developing nuclear power projects in India. This follows approval from the concerned ministries & departments of the Government of India. The MoU was signed by Arnada Prasad Samal, CGM (Nuclear Cell), on behalf of NTPC, and Vakisasi Ramany, Senior Vice President, International Nuclear Development, on behalf of EDF. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a significant step towards waste-to-energy initiatives and sustainable urban management, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nexband Renewables to process vegetable and organic waste into Compressed Biogas (CBG or CNG). The agreement focuses on utilising segregated organic waste, particularly vegetable waste from markets and households, along with Napier grass, to produce renewable energy at Nexband Renewables' upcoming ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) NTPC on Thursday said it generated 432.2 billion units of electricity and achieved highest every capacity addition of 9,619 MW in fiscal year 2025-26. NTPC added 5,488 MW of renewable capacity in FY26 across solar, wind, and Pumped Storage Projects (PSP), a company statement said. In FY26, NTPC achieved coal production of 48.65 million tonne, registering a steady 6.22 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth. The company also recorded a strong growth in power trading, with 46.52 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana is way behind other southern states in adopting renewable energy, ranks last in capacity addition over the past five years.According to data from the ministry of new and renewable energy tabled in the Rajya Sabha, the state added only 1,200 megawatt (MW) of renewable energy, , including solar, wind and biomass, between 2020-21 and 2024-25. This is significantly lower compared with Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.The pace of addition has also slowed sharply. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Experts have flagged the leniency of the central government's new plastic waste management rule, questioning its effectiveness. The rule, notified today, promotes the burning of plastic to produce energy and allow carry forward the target of recycling and reuse. The new Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026, will replace the 10-year-old regulation and will come into effect at the start of the new financial year. The draft amendment of the rule was issued in June 2025 to ga ...Read More >
MUMBAI: At a time when rising fuel prices and possible LPG shortages are a growing cause for concern, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is unperturbed. Reason: it is in possession of a solution that allows its campus kitchens to continue functioning even during a gas crisis. Using its own patented biomass gasification technology, the institute has successfully converted fallen leaves into a reliable cooking fuel. According to a post on the official social media handle of IIT Bomba ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31: Amid rising global energy costs, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has developed an innovative waste-to-energy solution that converts fallen leaves into cooking fuel, significantly reducing dependence on LPG across its campus. Decade-long research leads to innovation The initiative, which began in 2014, is the result of a decade-long research effort led by Prof. Sanjay Mahajani from the Department of Chemical Engineering. With large quantities of dry leaf waste ...Read More >
NTPC, India's largest integrated power utility, has proposed setting up a nuclear power plant in Uttar Pradesh, identifying three potential sites as part of its push to expand non-fossil fuel capacity, officials said on Monday. Diwakar Kaushik, regional executive director (North), NTPC Limited, said at a press conference that the final decision on the site will rest with the state government after feasibility assessments and clearances. The three sites identified are in Prayagraj, Lalitpur and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday visited Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)'s Bhalswa landfill to review the ongoing bioremediation work aimed at flattening the mountain of garbage.While inspecting the site, Sandhu told officials to address the issue of not only legacy waste but also the continuous inflow of fresh waste.He noted that while significant progress has been made since PM Modi, on Swachhata Diwas 2021, flagged the three landfill sites in Delhi -- Bhalswa, Ghazipur and O ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, which mandate four-stream segregation of waste into wet, dry, sanitary and special care waste, will come into effect from April 1, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, in response to a written question. Notified on January 27, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, supersede the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has barely begun, but it has already delivered its first major controversy. Following Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) six-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium, a pointed remark from captain Ajinkya Rahane has triggered a wider debate - forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to step in with a clarification. At the centre of the storm is Cameron Green, KKR's high-profile signing worth INR 25.20 crore, who did not bowl a single over despite ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Integrating the principles of circular economy and extended producer responsibility, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 shall come into effect from April 1 with a specific focus on efficient waste segregation and management, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, mandate four-stream segregation of solid waste at source into ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): State-owned power generation company NTPC on Wednesday declared commercial capacity addition of 359.58 MW through its various solar projects of its subsidiaries in the states of Gujarat & Rajasthan, taking the Group commercial capacity of over 85.5 GW. NTPC has declared commercial operation date (COD) of part capacity of 243.66 MW out of 1255 MW Khavda -1 Solar PV project in Gujarat of NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, a stepdown subsidiary of NTPC through its sub ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The country has added 2,361 megawatt of biomass and 228 MW of waste-to-energy capacity in the last 10 years under various programmes of the government, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Besides, 2.88 lakh biogas plants were installed at various locations in the country, Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Shripad Yesso Naik said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha. In November 2022, the government, with an aim to support the installation of bioener ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's waste processing facilities in municipality areas have been increased from 16 to 80.17 percent in over a decade by setting up services such as material recovery facilities (MRFs), transfer stations, composting plants, construction and demolition (C&D) waste plants and waste to energy plants including waste to electricity, bio-methanation plants and others, data available from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) states. "As reported by States and UTs on Swachhatt ...Read More >
New Delhi: As garbage piled up in the open spaces of Gurugram makes hashtags like #Kudagram trend on social media, a group of frustrated residents, including expats, of posh gated communities, have taken it upon themselves to remove trash from the streets every weekend. In Bengaluru, India's IT hub, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of Biocon and a city resident, renewed the debate about garbage mismanagement with her viral post on X. This March, villagers blocked the garbage trucks from accessi ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced a plan to install solar power plants in 1,002 government buildings by January,... New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced a plan to install solar power plants in 1,002 government buildings by January, accusing the previous AAP regime of disrupting the city's development by limiting itself to ads and publicity. Addressing a gathering in Rithala, CM Gupta said, "Within seven months, our government has taken c ...Read More >
Vijayawada, Spt 16 (UNI) The Government of Andhra Pradesh has embarked on an ambitious plan to tackle legacy waste by clearing 85.90 lakh metric tonnes of old dumps by October 2, 2025. Furthermore, the Government has also targeted to clear an additional 30 lakh metric tonnes of garbage by December 2025. The reclaimed land will be reused productively, with recovered soil processed into compost and Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) supplied to cement factories. The second day of the District Collectors' ...Read More >
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday chaired a high-level review meeting on the state's cleanliness campaign and announced that three waste-to-energy plants will be set up in Faridabad, Gurugram, and Manesar, said officials, adding that these plants will convert thousands of tonnes of daily waste into electricity, reducing the dependence on traditional fuel sources. The projects will begin in the coming months and are expected to become fully operational within 24 months, said o ...Read More >
New Delhi : SAEL Industries Ltd. (SIL), an integrated renewable energy company, has signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects with a combined capacity of 880 MW (AC), including 400 MW in Punjab and 480 MW in Gujarat. These projects will add to SAEL's solar Individual Power Production portfolio. In Gujarat, SAEL, through its subsidiaries SAEL Solar P Sixteen Private Limited and SAEL Solar P Seventeen Private Limited, has signed a Power Purchase Agreem ...Read More >
Thane, Aug 14 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cafe located in a multi-storey residential building in Maharashtra's Thane city early Thursday morning, following which 35 persons were evacuated from the structure, officials said. No casualty has been reported as of now, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. The blaze erupted in the Parsik Cafe located on the ground floor of the six-storey building at Kharegaon in Kalwa (West), he said. The disaster managemen ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd (AWHCL), India's leading integrated solid waste management company, on Wednesday announced that its material subsidiary, Antony Lara Enviro Solutions Private Limited, has been awarded two significant 15-MW waste-to-energy (WTE) projects each in Andhra Pradesh. The projects have been awarded by New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (NREDCO), with a total project value of Rs3,200 crore. These projects mark a significant ent ...Read More >
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited Tirupati to inspect the Integrated Waste Processing Plant at Tukivakam in Renigunta Mandal as part of the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra initiative. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited Tirupati to inspect the Integrated Waste Processing Plant at Tukivakam in Renigunta Mandal as part of the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra initiative. During the visit, he inquired about the utilisation of treated water and suggested that solid waste earmarked for recycling s ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is expediting the development of its sixth waste-to-energy facility at Ghazipur, designed to process 2,000 tonnes of waste daily. Proposals from specialised agencies have been invited for project implementation. Apart from the current agency biomining the legacy waste at the landfill, MCD will also hire a separate agency to clear 15 acres there to make space for the new WTE facility. This initiative coincides with MCD receiving environmental clearanc ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Aiming complete reclamation of the capital's three major landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Bhalswa, and Okhla -- the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has ramped up operations by adding two additional trommels at each dumpsite, an official said on Friday. As part of its ongoing biomining operations, the civic body of Delhi (MCD) noted that a massive extraction of legacy waste occurred over three years, from July 2022 to July 9, 2025. The civic body is targeting complete re ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Res ...Read More >
Mumbai: Continuing its streak in national cleanliness rankings, Navi Mumbai has emerged as Maharashtra's only representative in the newly launched 'Super Swachh League' of the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 for cities with 10 lakh plus population. It secured the third position in the overall cleanest cities ranking after Indore and Surat.This elite classification, positioned above regular rankings, acknowledges the fact that Navi Mumbai has maintained top-three positions in the annual cleanliness dri ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad has been rated as the sixth cleanest city out of the 40 cities in India with a population of over 10 lakh, according to the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 conducted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs. The city was ranked 9th in 2023-24, and stood at 10th place the year before. The top two cleanest cities this year are Ahmedabad and Bhopal. In Telangana, no other city featured in the top 10 list this year. However, from Andhra Pradesh, the Greater Visakhapatnam Mu ...Read More >
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