Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims that all villages in India now have access to electricity. But the facts tell us a completely different story. Recent World Bank figures say that around 200 million people in India still lack access to electricity. Our country is the world’s third largest producer and consumer of power, but poor …
Climate change has become one of the biggest talking points in the world at the moment. India is also doing its part to move ahead for a sustainable future. The Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), an international organisation that researches impacts of energy and renewables on finance and the economy, claims that India could meet …
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MUMBAI: Certified green buildings in Mumbai could soon get up to 20 per cent discount on property tax as per a proposal being considered by the municipal corporation to incentivise environment-friendly buildings. Officials said the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the civic body of the country’s most expensive property market, is discussing the proposal …
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Six years ago, six Australian entrepreneurs got together and decided to start a social enterprise called Pollinate Energy in the IT city of Bengaluru aimed at bringing social change in India’s urban slums and in the villages of Nepal. Today, the venture is all set to directly impact one million lives in the urban slums …
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Scientists at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai have developed world’s first low temperature thermal desalination plant, which could address drinking water problems in India’s ocean island territories and even offshore urban centres along the coastline. Low temperature thermal desalination (LTTD) is one process that uses the availability of a temperature gradient between …
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