The three-month deadline for the finance ministry to take a decision on the recommendations of the commerce ministry has ended this week.
Solar energy will generate 75000 MW
Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College at Tilonia in Rajasthan, was awarded the Clinton Global Citizen Award at a ceremony in New York on September 25.
Fourteen Naxals including four women were arrested in two separate operations in the insurgency-hit regions of Chhattisgarh today, police said.
The group also plans to commission 500 MW of solar power projects
Import curbs on Chinese panels and modules may help, but low demand and capacity remain problem areas, says Shreya Jai.
The momentum created by the landslide victory of the ruling party should be utilised to carry forward reforms in the legal field, says M J Antony.
Modi is also scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Xi on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister expressed serious concern over the issue of call drops and asked officials as to what steps are being taken to address this problem.
This could be their last meeting as leaders of the two countries with Obama's second term as US President coming to an end in November.
Suresh Prabhu on the priority being given to safety and the need for more funds for railways to move ahead.
The Indian economy is expected to return to the pre-crisis growth trajectory of about 9 per cent in a couple of years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country needs to focus on imparting skills to its young population in order to compete with China, apart from bringing revolutionary changes in agriculture and energy sectors.
ISRO chairman K Sivan said the proposed soft-landing was going to be a 'terrifying' moment.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at pre-election promises to reduce power and water bills, saying he wondered how such promises could be made in states which were dependent on electricity from outside.
To mobilise private capital in the clean energy sector, the US has agreed to place a field investment officer in India apart from hosting a series of events to overcome strategic barriers in accelerating institutional and private financing.
'Being one of the 150 million upper middle class consumers, I can vouch that the average expenses on white goods or clothing are minimal. Indians are not consumerist by nature,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A minor fire followed by smoke at the venue of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's mass contact programme held here amid tight security gave tense moments to police and other officials on Friday.
India and US on Wednesday night signed a new strategically important 10-year defence framework agreement setting the stage for co-development and manufacture of defence equipment.
'The world needs India because it needs a voice that speaks of peace, non-violence and peaceful coexistence.' 'This vision and voice, this attitude and belief are what India has stood for over the last twenty millennia,' Vice President Venkaiah Naidu tells trainee diplomats.
Thousands of Left Democratic Front Opposition volunteers continued their siege of the secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram for the second day, demanding resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and a judicial probe into the solar scam.
Scientists at the University of Maryland in US tested the components in the battery which were a thousand times thinner than a piece of paper.
The two leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries at the end of the media briefing which was addressed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. China is the host and chair of the SCO.
Infrastructure ministries asked to quickly resolve issues.
Here's a look at the events that shaped the world last week.
'I am here to terminate climate change once and for all.'
The Rail Budget will announce introduction of AC suburban trains in Mumbai.
The reason for digital and IT interventions increasingly being adopted is not just the change in ways commuters move but also the mode on which this transport moves, says Jyoti Mukul.
Researchers found that fuel-based lighting today provides 150,000 jobs worldwide.
Experts are upbeat about developing smart cities in India.
'Urbanisation results in heavy rainfall events.'
The world, he said, needs to move towards a transparent and flexible market for both oil and gas.
The World Environment Day 2015 logo has an Indian touch.
From Varanasi. it will fly to Mandalay in Myanmar.
As India reels from a severe water shortage, startups have begun offering innovative ways to help people access safe drinking water.
Prince of Qatar, Hamad Bin Nasser A A Al-Thani, is looking at investing Rs one trillion in India.
The ambitious dream of flying the solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse around the world faced a major setback on Wednesday.
Spread over three acres, the project will house the new office of the Grid Corporation of Odisha Ltd, under the Odisha government's energy department.
Each port will construct one smart city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday apologises to Banaras Hindu University authorities for declininig an honorary doctorate degree from the institution.
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