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Govt approves plan to turn surplus rice into sanitizer

The government on Monday approved that surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India can be converted into ethanol in order to manufacture alcohol-based hand sanitisers and also for......

'India has increased its hard power'

'It is commendable that India is able to persuade all sides.''It shows that India counts and finally, we are reaching a position where we can find a place in the sun at the global level.' IMAGE:......

Time for talks is over, world needs to act: Modi at climate meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a clarion call for a "global people's movement" to bring about a behavioural change to deal with climate change as he made a path-breaking pledge to more......

'Only nuclear power can provide clean, abundant energy'

'We need abundant affordable clean energy to help lift out of poverty the remaining part of humanity that is still living in poverty. I don't see any other viable candidate on the scene for doing......

COVID-19 can reset wrongs done to invisible millions

'The Modi government must create conditions to integrate millions into the rural economy as many migrants are certainly not going to return to live an undignified life,' notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE:......

Hurdles in biofuel use: Few vehicles, weak ethanol-blended petrol rollout

The limited availability of flexible (flex)-fuel vehicles in the Indian market and the slow rollout of ethanol-blended petrol by oil-marketing companies (OMCs) remain major obstacles to achieving......

Why FCI Stopped Rice Supply For Ethanol

Rising prices of cereals and concerns over rice production in the 2023-2024 crop year due to insufficient rains followed by floods could be the possible causes. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has......

Why prices of petrol, diesel are likely to rise

A proposal in the Union Budget 2022-23 to raise excise duty on dirtier, unblended retail petrol and diesel has met with some resistance from the petroleum ministry. Illustration: Uttam......

Biofuels policy gets govt nod

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the implementation of the national policy on biofuels. It also approved setting up a national biofuel coordination committee, to be headed by the prime......

Ban diesel four-wheelers in cities with 10 lakh population: Panel

India should by 2027 ban the use of diesel-powered four-wheelers in cities with over 10 lakh population and switch to electric and gas-fuelled vehicles, according to a report commissioned by the......

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