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New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Two people died and four others were injured after a fire broke out at a house in east Delhi's Old Govindpura area on Tuesday evening, an official said. Police have identified the deceased as Tanveer (28) and Nusrat. A call was received at Jagatpuri police station at 8.46 pm regarding a fire incident at Band Gali, Old Govindpura, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said. When a police team reached the spot, it found that 10 people were trapped insi ...Read More >
Mumbai: India's renewable energy sector reported a 420% year-on-year growth in capacity addition in June 2025, rising from 1.4 GW last year to 7.3 GW this year, said Prahlad Joshi, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy. Joshi was speaking at the IVCA Renewable Energy Summit in Mumbai on Tuesday. The minister highlighted that India has witnessed an astonishing 4,000% increase in solar energy capacity, growing from 2.82 GW to 117 GW by 2025. Wind energy capacity also rose from 21 GW to 51.7 ...Read More >
Mumbai, 15 July 2025: The inaugural edition of the IVCA Renewable Energy Summit featured a power-packed address by Shri Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. Speaking to a global and domestic audience of investors, regulators, cleantech developers, and fund managers, the Minister drew attention to the Government of India's forward-looking policies on renewable energy and how the country is leading the global energy transition. "This is not just an energy ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday directed that one-third of the land reclaimed from Delhi's three major landfill sites should be used for public welfare projects such as hospitals, schools and sports complexes, while the remaining area be developed into advanced waste processing facilities. The directive was issued during a meeting held here to review the city's solid waste management progress, as the government aims to eliminate legacy waste dumps by 2026. The ch ...Read More >
New Delhi: July 3 is International Plastic Bag Free Day. However, across Delhi, single-use plastic (SUP) bags, including those prohibited since 2018, are being used by shopkeepers and customers. Disposable cutlery and drinking straws made of plastic have also resurfaced in the marketplace.Despite restrictions imposed three years ago in July on single-use plastic, plastic items, particularly low-quality polythene bags below 50-micron thickness banned in 2018, continue to be extensively used witho ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Eco-friendly paper manufacturer Sillverton Industries has filed draft papers with markets regulator Sebi seeking its approval to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO is a combination of fresh issuance of shares worth Rs 300 crore, and an offer-for-sale of 3.22 crore equity shares by promoters and promoter group entities, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed on Friday. At present, promoters and promoter group entiti ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued revised guidelines for the biomass programme to promote cleaner energy solutions, ease of doing business, and accelerate the adoption of biomass technologies across India. The norms are revised under Phase-I of National Bioenergy Programme, applicable for the period FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. These amendments aim to promote cleaner energy solutions, ease of doing business, and accelerate the adoption of biomass tech ...Read More >
Mumbai: Popular actress and dancer Shefali Jariwala, widely known for her appearance in the iconic music video 'Kanta Laga', has passed away at the age of 42. The shocking news has sent a wave of grief through the entertainment industry. Her husband, actor Parag Tyagi, rushed her to Bellevue Hospital after she reportedly collapsed at home. Unfortunately, doctors declared her dead on arrival.The body has been moved to Cooper Hospital for a postmortem examination. Initial reports suggest that Shef ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre on Saturday said it has released revised guidelines for the waste-to-energy programme under the National Bioenergy Programme., which aims to foster a more efficient, transparent, and performance-oriented ecosystem for bio-waste to energy deployment in India. By simplifying procedures, expediting financial assistance, and aligning support with plant performance, the updated guidelines are designed to significantly enhance the ease of doing business ...Read More >
Patna: Despite being declared a garbage-free city with clean roads, well-maintained streets and the removal of garbage-vulnerable points, Patna continues to wrestle with a far less visible but far more stubborn problem - disposal of legacy and fresh waste at the Ramachak Bairiya landfill site. The absence of a waste-to-energy plant and other essential waste processing infrastructure has left the site struggling under the weight of over 12 lakh metric tonnes of accumulated garbage.A drone survey ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): India and Italy will strengthen cooperation in agriculture and food processing, and set up Joint Working Groups in the automobile and space sectors, the Minister of Commerce & Industry said in a release. The decision was reached during a high-level meeting held between Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, and Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, in Brescia--Italy's manufactur ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): India and Italy will strengthen cooperation in agriculture and food processing, and set up Joint Working Groups in the automobile and space sectors, the Minister of Commerce & Industry said in a release. The decision was reached during a high-level meeting held between Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, and Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, in Brescia--Italy's manufactur ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: Stating that it was time to decide whether the next generation will "have a plastic-free or plastic-laden environment," chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday said that the campaign against single-use plastic should become a mass movement in Gujarat. Presiding over the state-level programme in Gandhinagar to mark World Environment Day, the chief minister also unveiled several projects aimed at environment protection. "The Prime Minister has envisioned environment-friendly develo ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said Andhra Pradesh aims to plant one billion trees in a single day and targets planting five crore trees this year. Participating in a Vana Mahotsavam programme at the ADCL Park in Ananthavaram, Amaravati, on Thursday, Naidu and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan planted saplings in the ADCL Park. They took a round of the pollution control stalls near the venue. Announcing that AP's target is 50 per cent green cover by 2047, Naidu said, "It ...Read More >
Vijayawada, June 5 (UNI) The Andhra Pradesh Government has aimed to plant 5.58 crore saplings in the year. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh has 37,421 sq. km of forest area, which is 23 per cent of the total state area. The Chief Minister, along with Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan, participated in the Van Mahotsav programme organized on the occasion of World Environment Day at Ananthavaram village near here and planted saplings. Speaking on the occasion, the C ...Read More >
Ludhiana: The municipal corporation, which has prepared a roadmap for establishment of the "waste to energy" plant for proper management of fresh waste generated in the city, invited three major firms with expertise in the field on Friday. MC commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal said that they wanted to get suggestions and inputs from the firms so that proper planning could be done for establishment of the plant. Firms invited on Friday include SFC Environmental Technologies Ltd, Re Sustainability Li ...Read More >
New Delhi: NTPC Group achieved fastest ever 350 Billion Units (BU) generation on 20th January 2025 in FY 2024-25. This milestone is achieved in just 295 days, which is 11 days earlier as compared to the last financial year. In FY 2023-24, the company had crossed 350 BU generation on 31st January 2024. This accomplishment reinforces NTPC's commitment to delivering reliable and affordable power to the Nation. While NTPC has an installed capacity of 76.5 GW, 29.5 GW capacity including 9.6 GW Rene ...Read More >
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