Solar
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AI helping researchers improve solar data from the Sun
Science | Jul 25, 2021, 09:09 PM ISTThe Atmospheric Imagery Assembly, or AIA, is one of two imaging instruments on SDO and looks constantly at the Sun, taking images across 10 wavelengths of ultraviolet light every 12 seconds.
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Solar storm expected to hit earth today or tomorrow: All you need to know
Science | Jul 11, 2021, 10:14 AM ISTA powerful solar storm is approaching Earth at a speed of 1.6 million km and this storm will hit Earth either on July 11 or July 12.
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Govt mulls basic customs duty of 20% on solar equipment
Business | Jun 23, 2020, 05:47 PM ISTThe government is considering basic customs duty of around 20 per cent on solar energy equipment to provide an edge to domestic manufacturers and discourage imports, particularly from China.
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India donates solar-powered lamps to marginalised Palestinian children
World | Dec 17, 2019, 07:20 AM ISTIndia has donated solar powered study lamps to Palestinian elementary school children from a marginalised Bedouin community to spread the principles of self-sufficiency and raise awareness towards the adverse effects of climate change.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe records images of Earth
Oct 26, 2018, 08:35 AM ISTThe image was captured by the WISPR (Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument, the only imaging instrument on board the Parker Solar Probe.
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India to generate 40% of electricity using non-fossil fuel-based resources by 2030: PM Modi
India | Oct 02, 2018, 08:20 PM ISTBesides solar and wind energy, his government is also working on B3 - Biomass, Biofuel, Bioenergy, he informed.
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Corporate funding in solar sector touches $2.4 bn in third quarter: Report
Business | Oct 17, 2017, 07:01 AM IST"During Q3 2017, corporate funding in the solar sector grew 74 per cent compared to Q2 2017, with USD 2.4 billion raised in 45 deals. In Q2 2017, USD 1.4 billion was raised in 37 deals," said Mercom Capital.
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Solar sector to remain unfazed by India-China tensions, feel experts
Aug 08, 2017, 11:33 AM ISTTill the time there is no specific issue of this nature that India should stop buying from China, it will not impact imports because it is not specific to solar modules, an official said
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Cabinet approves raising Rs. 2,360 cr for clean energy projects
India | May 25, 2017, 12:00 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for raising Rs. 2,360 crore through bond sale, to fund renewable energy developments projects in the current fiscal year.
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Amid India’s renewable push, China shifts its investments from coal to solar
World | May 18, 2017, 02:40 PM ISTIndia’s push for renewable energy post the Paris Agreement on climate change has caught the eye of China, with its government shifting its Indian investments from coal to solar energy in India.
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Researchers develop environment-friendly plastic solar cells using food addictive
Lifestyle | Oct 03, 2016, 10:57 AM ISTEnvironment-friendly plastic solar cells using a food addictive that can be manufactured at room temperature is developed by researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The efficient, semi-printed solar cells
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National Solar Mission: India gets China backing against WTO ruling on local sourcing
Apr 07, 2016, 10:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Barely a week after it blocked India's bid at the UN to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar banned for the second time, China today backed India against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling
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Noor Jehan overjoyed by PM's words of praise in 'Mann Ki Baat'
India | Nov 29, 2015, 10:59 PM ISTKanpur: Hearing words of praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday came as a pleasant surprise for 55-year-old Noor Jehan for whom lighting homes in her village
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Astronomers peer into planet-hosting star for the first time
World | Sep 14, 2015, 11:23 AM ISTLondon: Astronomers have successfully peered through the “amniotic sac” of a star that is still forming to observe the innermost region of a burgeoning solar system for the first time.No one so far has been
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Rajasthan government clears solar power projects worth Rs.1.56 lakh crore
India | Jul 29, 2015, 12:24 AM ISTJaipur: The Rajasthan government on Tuesday approved investment proposals worth Rs.1.56 lakh crore in the solar power sector.The proposals were approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje."We gave approval for investment
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Welspun Renewables to set up 11 GW of solar, wind projects
Feb 15, 2015, 02:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Welspun Renewables has pledged to set up 11 giga-watts of solar and wind power projects across the country.“The 11,001 mega-watt capacity will be developed as 8,660 MW of solar and 2,341 MW of
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Dancer-actress Shalu Menon in custody in 'solar' scam case
India | Jul 05, 2013, 07:01 PM ISTKottayam (Kerala), July 5: The police Friday arrested popular actress and dancer Shalu Menon in connection with what has come to be termed as the "solar scam".Shalu Menon, highly connected politically and a popular film
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Solar Storm Not As Strong As Feared
World | Mar 09, 2012, 07:33 AM ISTWashington, Mar 8: A solar storm of charged particles which erupted two days ago hit the Earth today but did not cause any of the geomagnetic disruptions that scientists feared.The storm, which scientists claimed to