If even 10% of the 19,000 km-long Narmada canal network in Gujarat is used for setting up canal-top solar panels, it has the potential to produce 2,200 megawatt (MW) of solar power, save 11,000 acres of land that would otherwise be used andprevent 2,000 crore of precious water from evaporation annually, the Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, said here on Tuesday evening.

Investors in the renewable energy sector are planning to turn part-time farmers. Land-intensive solar power projects may witness plantations around panels and modules, with project developers exploring possibilities to grow low-rise and underground crops like beets, radishes, carrots, onion and potato along side the solar power panels. They are checking out the potential of plantations under the shades of solar panels, which is being experimented overseas.

A quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Gujarat at 10.49pm on Thursday. The epicenter of the quake was near Vanthli in Junagad. Tremors were also felt in Saurashtra, Kutch, Surendranagar, Bhavnagar and Amreli.
Director of meteorological department, Gujarat, Kanwaljit Ray told TOI: “The tremor was felt at 10.49pm and measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale at a depth of 10 km.”
People, especially those staying in highrise buildings, rushed out of their homes. However, no casualties were reported. In Ahmedabad, it revived memories of the earthquake of 2001. TNN

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Swiss Agency for ent and Cooperation (SDC) and Action for Food Production (AFPRO) have tied up for promoting sustainable approaches for improving rural livelihoods through socio-technical interventions.

To commemorate the SDC-AFPRO partnership, Philippe Welti, ambassador of Switzerland to India, released a document

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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday directed the Gujarat government to submit a report on the

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a plea challenging land acquisition by Gujarat government for Tata Motors Nano car project. The apex court questioned the locus standi of an NGO and its head in opposing the project which was aimed at producing the cheapest four-wheeler in the world.

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Gujarat High Court judgment dismissing a petition which challenged land acquisition by the State government for the Tata Motors