Maruti Suzuki to fuel India's ethanol shift with first flex-fuel car that's coming soonIndia's auto sector is set for a revolution with Maruti Suzuki launching the country's first mass-market flex-fuel passenger vehicle. This ...
02 Jun, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
Before ACs and coolers, India’s oldest cooling hack was a humble grass. It can also keep stress at bayLong before air conditioners, Indians used fragrant khus grass curtains to cool homes, releasing a fresh scent when wet. This indigenous gr...
24 May, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
India mandates sale of 20% ethanol-blended petrol from AprilIndia will soon see petrol blended with up to 20 percent ethanol and a minimum octane rating of 95. This mandate begins nationwide from Apr...
26 Feb, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
Teenagers killed in godown fire in Delhi's Shahdara, 4 rushed with burns to hospitalA devastating fire at an e-rickshaw charging station in Delhi's Shahdara area claimed the lives of two teenagers and left four others injur...
25 May, 2025, 11.22 AM IST
Sugarcrete's material benefits, sweet R&DThe building and construction sector is the largest emitter of GHGs, accounting for 37% of global emissions. Historically, its progress has...
01 Mar, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
Global study reveals link between burning sugarcanes & mysterious kidney diseaseBurning sugarcane and rice husks may be releasing a toxic substance that is causing a mysterious kidney disease among agricultural workers ...
25 Oct, 2023, 08.56 AM IST
UP govt to hike cane prices, take back cases against farmers ahead of next year pollsSugarcane prices in the state have been stagnant for three years now. It has fuelled resentment among cane farmers who dominate western UP-...
26 Aug, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
BJP, BKS to reach out to UP farmersMeanwhile, the RSS-linked Bhartiya Kisan Sangh is also stepping up its farmer welfare campaign, and will exert pressure on the central and ...
12 Aug, 2021, 07.22 AM IST
After PM Modi mentions cane dues of Rs 10,000 cr in west UP, Yogi govt to clear half the dues by April 5Yogi government is trying to impress upon farmers that it has paid almost Rs 50,000 crore since 2017-18 for sugarcane purchases.
30 Mar, 2019, 08.40 AM IST
20 UP sugar mills sold electricity worth Rs 214 crore to govt in 2016-17Six sugar mills from Khatauli, Titawi, Budhana, Mansurpur, Tikola and Khaikheri areas in Muzaffarnagar accounted for electricity worth Rs 7...
21 May, 2018, 03.31 PM IST
Delhi's air quality may improve as UP, Haryana, Punjab take steps to discourage stubble burningThe situation was so bad late last year that the Capital was referred to as a gas chamber by health experts, forcing authorities to declare...
01 May, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
States ignore national policy on crop residue management; Indulge in stubble burningHad the Delhi’s neighbouring states adhered to the guidelines of the two-year-old national policy for management of crop residue (NPMCR), t...
09 Nov, 2016, 12.07 AM IST
Sugarcane crops in Uttar Pradesh burnt by Haryana farmersTrouble started at Mawi village when farmers of Haryana yesterday set sugarcane crops on fire and damaged the property of several UP farmer...
08 Dec, 2014, 02.33 PM IST
Farmer bodies likely to lock horns with sugar mill owners in MaharashtraIf the Board is set up in Maharashtra, it is expected to declare FRP decided by central government as the first installment of cane price.
19 Aug, 2014, 03.00 AM IST
Ajit Singh writes to PM seeking export sops for sugar millsIn view of surplus domestic sugar output, Union Minister Ajit Singh today shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding expo...
25 Oct, 2013, 06.34 PM IST
- BJP demands prolonging of winter session of UP Assembly
BJP members today submitted a memorandum to the UP Assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey for prolonging the ongoing winter session of the Hou...
26 Nov, 2012, 11.15 PM IST
- Ethanol blending: Clarity awaited
Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is a basic raw material for chemical industry, derivatives of which find use in various industries from agrochemic...
23 Nov, 2012, 07.45 PM IST