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Economic Survey: National Solar Mission scaled up 5-fold to 100,000 MW

Economic Survey: National Solar Mission scaled up 5-fold to 100,000 MW

Rediff.com27 Feb 2015

2015 is going to witness new agreements on climate change.

Chinese now plan to grow vegetables on Moon

Chinese now plan to grow vegetables on Moon

Rediff.com4 Dec 2012

Gardening in space! Chinese astronauts may grow fresh vegetables in extraterrestrial bases on Moon or Mars in the future to provide food and oxygen supplies to astronauts, an official said after a successful lab experiment.

Why is Coca-Cola doing this?

Why is Coca-Cola doing this?

Rediff.com1 Jan 2019

Twenty-five years on, Coca-Cola is involved in a new search. Arnab Dutta reports.

Anand Mahindra's mantras for a post-coronavirus world

Anand Mahindra's mantras for a post-coronavirus world

Rediff.com2 Apr 2020

Terming the coronavirus pandemic as a "crisis of a magnitude that we have never faced before", Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra on Thursday asked employees of the conglomerate to use the lockdown period to relook at their personal and professional way of life to prepare for the future and to serve the "post corona world". In a letter to the over two lakh employees of the group, Mahindra reiterated what he had suggested during the last global recession on how to use the "down time to Reboot, Reinvent and Reignite" through introspection of the way things are currently done and then doing them better.

Industrialist Rama Prasad Goenka is no more

Industrialist Rama Prasad Goenka is no more

Rediff.com14 Apr 2013

He was 83. Goenka is survived by his wife Sushila and sons Harsh Vardhan and Sanjiv.

Mumbai could be submerged by 2050: Study

Mumbai could be submerged by 2050: Study

Rediff.com30 Oct 2019

"Built on what was a series of islands, the city's historic downtown core is particularly vulnerable," the NYT said.

Oscar Pistorius suffers injuries in jail, rushed to hospital

Oscar Pistorius suffers injuries in jail, rushed to hospital

Rediff.com7 Aug 2016

South African track star Oscar Pistorius, serving six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend, was treated in hospital for minor wrist injuries on Saturday before being returned to custody, a prison service spokesman said.

The ugly truth of dying in a sewer

The ugly truth of dying in a sewer

Rediff.com16 Feb 2020

It's impossible to get the actual number of people dying and not getting compensation but the number is obviously much more than stingy official estimates. In any case, nowhere in the world are people sent inside gas chambers without oxygen cylinders and masks. Unofficial estimates suggest that on an average, one sanitation worker dies every five days all over the country, writes Shyamal Majumdar.

'We get scared, but how long will we sit at home?'

'We get scared, but how long will we sit at home?'

Rediff.com8 Jul 2020

'We have fewer actors in every scene.' 'We don't have family scenes or scenes that involve a lot of people.' 'We are not doing scenes which are intimate or require closeness.'

New technology can produce 'petrol from air'

New technology can produce 'petrol from air'

Rediff.com22 Oct 2012

A small British firm claimed to have developed a revolutionary new technology that can produce petrol using just air and electricity.

Buying an AC? What you must know

Buying an AC? What you must know

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

Go for a unit with higher star rating.

Hike customs duty on ferro alloys

Hike customs duty on ferro alloys

Rediff.com25 Feb 2013

The Ferro Alloy industry has a capacity of 5.15 million tonnes.

5 exercises that are good for your heart

5 exercises that are good for your heart

Rediff.com1 Oct 2018

These simple exercises will keep your heart healthy.

Real Madrid, Arsenal through; Manchester City out

Real Madrid, Arsenal through; Manchester City out

Rediff.com22 Nov 2012

Real Madrid and AC Milan led a procession of six teams into the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday while big-spending Manchester City failed again on the European stage to further dent English soccer's standing.

India to meet goal of reducing emissions by 2020: PM

India to meet goal of reducing emissions by 2020: PM

Rediff.com31 Jan 2013

'Now is the time for the richer industrialised countries to show that they too are willing to move decisively along this path'

New Lamborghini Aventador @ Rs 4.7 crore

New Lamborghini Aventador @ Rs 4.7 crore

Rediff.com25 Jan 2013

The launch of Aventador Roadster is a perfect beginning to this year in India.

Rain CII to acquire Belgium's Rutgers

Rain CII to acquire Belgium's Rutgers

Rediff.com23 Oct 2012

Rain CII has signed an agreement with Triton Partners, a European private equity fund that owns Rutgers.

Govt to develop two 'smart' cities in each state

Govt to develop two 'smart' cities in each state

Rediff.com2 Oct 2012

The government is planning to develop two 'smart' cities with a host of modern features like intelligent transport and carbon neutral status in each of the states in the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal mission.

Top medical officer NOT murdered: CBI on NRHM scam

Top medical officer NOT murdered: CBI on NRHM scam

Rediff.com28 Sep 2012

Submitting its closure report before a special court in Lucknow, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday stunned all and sundry by concluding that Lucknow Deputy Chief Medical Officer Y S Sachan had "committed suicide" in the Lucknow district jail on June 22, 2011. His body had been discovered in an abandoned toilet of the prison.

India's renewable energy market in trouble

India's renewable energy market in trouble

Rediff.com6 Dec 2012

Lack of clarity over long-term commitments by states for buying RE acting as a dampener.

PIX: What are Kareena, Malaika, Ranveer up to?

PIX: What are Kareena, Malaika, Ranveer up to?

Rediff.com23 Nov 2017

Just what do actors *do* the whole day? We find out.

Cities can lead. Cities want to lead. Let them!

Cities can lead. Cities want to lead. Let them!

Rediff.com24 Nov 2015

'If every city had the strongest tools that are currently available only to a few, the world's climate prospects would glow far more brightly.'

Meghalaya: Navy, NDRF personnel enter mine shaft to know water level

Meghalaya: Navy, NDRF personnel enter mine shaft to know water level

Rediff.com30 Dec 2018

The Navy wanted to ascertain the water level as their divers can operate up to 100 feet in a closed container-type situation, a district official said.

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