‘Low solar energy tariff bids are sustainable’

The second batch of bidding for photovoltaic projects totalling 350 MW capacity in December under the national solar mission witnessed …

How to contain Himalayan tsunamis

The Himalaya has one of the most fragile topographies among mountain ranges of the world on account of being the youngest. Even though its phase …

Sunshine sector loses sheen

About 40 kilometres from Delhi, in the bustling real estate market of Noida-Greater Noida, lies the biggest irony that the renewable energy …

Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …

New strategies needed for elimination of malaria: Experts

Conventionally less lethal malarial parasites are also taking up deadlier forms, they said 

JNU to establish new centre for research in natural products

The main objective of the centre is to screen natural products to identify potential candidates for further optimisation and preclinical and …

Scientists develop transgenic rice that can grow under high salinity, drought

A team of Indian and international scientists hit upon the idea while studying a wild rice variety, Pokkali, grown in coastal regions of Kerala

Is the JNU row a product of cacophony and misplaced nationalism?

Down To Earth Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on the goings on of the past week—dissent, debate and polarisation over the concept of …

India to bid adieu to Five Year Plans

The country will still have Plan documents but they would not adhere to a five year time period

DRDO, JNU scientists develop more potent Anthrax vaccine

Claim new vaccine superior than existing ones as it can generate immune response to anthraxtoxin as well as spores

Notes on 100 smart cities

The new government is on a techno-heavy mission to create modern cities. Does it have the vision it takes?

Rs 1.56 lakh crore of solar development approved in Rajasthan

State government gave approval for investment proposals belonging to four major power firms

Urban development agenda 2015

So far, smart cities have been all talks and no action. Will 2015 be any different? A quick account of what Narendra Modi needs to fix to make …

It's nice but not sunny

It will take more than ambitious targets for the government to increase India's solar capacity

Solar dispute: US blocks request for WTO panel but India confident of policy compliance

Canada, EU support India’s bid for setting up of the panel and settling the dispute

Centre considering fund to protect domestic solar industry

Solar mission mandate to promote domestic crystalline silicon technology fails to achieve desired result

Brij Gopal: A tireless advocate for India’s rivers

With his death, India has lost a great mind and a lot of us in the conservation arena, our mentor

Scientists find new way to produce designer hydrogels

The hydrogels could be used for a variety of purposes like cleaning industrial wastewater

What about recycling for solar PV?

With a target of 100 GW, India has made no plans for disposal of e-waste that the solar sector will generate

Delhi HC dismisses appeal to scrap BRT

Says a developed country is not one where the poor own cars. It is one where the rich use public transport

Power of concentration

India has every reason to push for concentrated solar power projects. But the technology has failed to pick up because of poor planning

We need smart governance to make smart cities a success

The smart city scheme treats every city as a living laboratory. Indian cities are, however, not at a stage where they can sustain experimentation …

Deadline extended for developers of solar thermal projects

Faulty solar radiation data and delay in raw material supply slow down developers; deadline extended to spare them penalties

Assembly elections may further delay solar mission phase 2

Union Cabinet yet to approve plan; model code of conduct may be announced anytime in states like Rajasthan, making launch difficult

Solar equipment makers at loggerheads with solar plant developers

Manufacturers say long-term growth of solar industry possible only if domestic content mandated in solar mission phase II