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Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali to diversify into solar power business

Patanjali Ayurved plans to invest Rs100 crore for manufacturing solar power equipment, MD Acharya Balkrishna says move in line with the firm’s ‘swadeshi’ focus. New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, the consumer goods products upstart, is poised to diversify into solar power equipment manufacturing. “Getting into solar is in line with the […]

To improve their ratings, Mumbai colleges meet green criteria set by NAAC

Under NAAC’s revised framework, environmental consciousness and sustainability is the seventh criteria, with a score of 100 out of 1,000. For Changu Kana Thakur College in Panvel, installing solar panels, setting up a vermicompost pit and an effluent treatment plant began as a part of the mandate set-up under National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). […]

Sustainable housing needs to be affordable too

Investment in clean and efficient infrastructure can contribute to decarbonisation and rational resource usage Challenges to sustainability are aggravated by climate change, population growth, urbanisation, and aspirations to better living standards. Urbanisation offers countless opportunities to develop adaption and mitigation strategies to combat climate change through effective environmental governance. Buildings contribute to 30% of the […]

Silk route to success

Kharsawan: Amda, a nondescript hamlet in Seraikela-Kharsawan district and around 170km from capital Ranchi, is all set to find a place on the nation’s sartorial map. The state’s first green khadi park, where spinning wheels will operate entirely on solar energy, is inching closer to debut on two acres in this village. Trial run of […]

C’GARH AMONG 15 STATES SUPPORTING ROOFTOP SOLAR GRID SYSTEM

Chhattisgarh is among 15 States, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal which have come out with a solar policy supporting grid-connected rooftop systems, the Central Government has informed. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had included renewable energy […]

Green glow for towns

Ranchi: Solar-powered high mast lights are likely to debut in the state soon. To boost the use of renewable energy in public spaces, the Jharkhand Renewable Development Agency (JREDA) is planning to introduce solar high-mast lights in key towns on a pilot basis. JREDA director Niranjan Kumar on Thursday told The Telegraph that they were […]