Centre, Karnataka To Support Mango Farmers Amid Price Drop
In a significant move to support mango farmers in Karnataka facing falling prices, the Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, announced that the Central and State governments will jointly compensate farmers for the price difference under an existing central scheme.The decision was finalised during a virtual meeting between Union Agriculture Minister Shri Chouhan and Karnataka Agriculture Minister Shri N. Chaluvaraya Swamy. Union Agriculture Secretary Shri Devesh Chaturvedi also attended the video conference.The two ministers agreed..
Minister Visits Salem Steel Plant, Backs Green Growth
Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries, Shri H.D. Kumaraswamy, visited the Salem Steel Plant— a unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)— where he received a ceremonial Guard of Honour and planted a sapling, underscoring the government’s commitment to sustainable industrial development.Describing steel as the “backbone of national development”, the Minister reiterated the Centre’s vision to grow responsibly while achieving ambitious targets—300 million tonnes of steel production by 2030, Net Zero emissions by 2070, and a developed India (Viksit Bharat) by 2047.During hi..
Scalable Device Uses Solar Power to Produce Green Hydrogen
In a significant advancement for sustainable energy, scientists at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) in Bengaluru have developed a next-generation device capable of producing green hydrogen using only solar energy and earth-abundant materials. The breakthrough offers a scalable and efficient solution for hydrogen production without relying on fossil fuels or costly inputs.Led by Dr Ashutosh K. Singh, the research team engineered a silicon-based photoanode using an innovative n-i-p heterojunction architecture—a layered structure composed of n-type titanium dioxide (TiO₂), ..
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