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Friday, August 8, 2025
TopicSolar panels

Topic: solar panels

Panchayat-level weather forecast, rooftop solarisation — Centre’s new rural projects in the pipeline

Panchayati raj ministry and IMD, in collaboration with NGO Kisan Sanchar, are planning to expand the scope of daily weather forecasts from block to gram panchayat level, it is learnt.

India’s solar plans to curb China imports & how NEET ‘scandal’ is ‘killing hopes of students’

Global media also reports on innovations to support outdoor workers facing extreme heat & Foxconn keeping out married women from its workforce in Tamil Nadu.

Narmada aarti to floating sun panels—holy Omkareshwar is putting MP on global solar map

The Omkareshwar Dam solar park is the most ambitious project of its kind in India. Set to be operational by 1 April, it will generate enough electricity to light up 9 lakh homes.

Happenstance or manufacturing prowess? How China reached pole position in key businesses of future

China has manufacturing capacity to supply much of the world demand for EVs, solar panels & wind-energy turbines, plus equipment for making them. Ending dependence on China will take years.

India’s solar panel sector to be ‘self-sufficient’ by 2026, emerge as alternative to Chinese solar PV modules

A report by think tank IEEFA and research firm JMK Research says govt's production-linked incentive scheme has been a catalyst for growth of PV manufacturing ecosystem in India.

‘Agrivoltaic farming’ is beating global warming—solar panels are saving crops

As temperatures soar to record levels and wildfires rage around the world, growing crops is becoming difficult. Agrivoltaic farming can help.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.