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Amid acute energy shortages in Pakistan, the first national body on alternative energy resources was formed on Monday with an objective to reduce the nation

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India

New Delhi: As part of efforts to combat climate change, PM Manmohan Singh advocated creation of Solar Valleys in India on the lines of Silicon Valleys and asked industrial houses to view the Solar Mission as a huge business opportunity.

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for creation of

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: India plans to install 20 million solar lights and 20 million square metres of solar panel to generate 20,000 MW by 2022 as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said on Monday.

In a bid to accelerate India

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As many as 4,000 houses spread across 26 remote villages in six districts will emerge from darkness this February-end.

Low carbon growth may have become the new mantra for development in the country, but the government is finding it difficult to push through a shift to environment-friendly technologies and use of alternative sources of energy in its own ministries and departments.

Mumbai: Sahara Group's premier township in Maharashtra - Aamby Valleyhas been selected by Japanese Government as one of the two cities in the world to be developed as an eco-friendly city.

"Aamby Valley is one of the two cities in the world selected by the Japanese government, the other being in China, to be developed as a model eco-friendly city," Aamby Valley Head Seemanto Roy told PTI.