India's cows offer biogas alternative to Mideast energy crunchIndia faces cooking gas shortages due to global events. Villagers in Uttar Pradesh are turning to biogas, made from cow dung, as a reliable...
06 May, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
No LPG, no worry: This village in Kolhapur cooks food without cylinders, wood or coalIn Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, families are cooking with biogas, a clean fuel derived from local waste like cattle dung and kitchen sc...
28 Apr, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
Gujarat educational campus uses biogas to cook 500 meals daily, cuts fuel dependence: OfficialsAn educational institution in Gujarat has become self-reliant in cooking fuel by using biogas to prepare over 500 meals daily, eliminating ...
29 Mar, 2026, 09.04 AM IST
Gujarat campus uses biogas to cook 500 meals daily, cuts fuel dependence: OfficialsAn educational campus in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is now cooking over 500 meals daily using biogas. This initiative, part of a state scheme, h...
28 Mar, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh govt to install biogas plants in 300 cow sheltersUttar Pradesh plans to install over 300 biogas plants in cow shelters, transforming them into centers for livestock protection and clean en...
07 Mar, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
Suzuki to launch flex-fuel cars in India in FY26, boost biogas ties with dairy cooperativesSuzuki Motor Corporation is prioritizing India in its global technology strategy, planning to launch flex-fuel vehicles this fiscal year. T...
09 Sep, 2025, 10.29 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh rolls out Gram-Urja model to cut LPG use by 70% in rural homesUttar Pradesh introduces the Gram-Urja model. It aims to boost energy independence and create jobs in rural areas. The initiative promotes ...
15 Jul, 2025, 03.36 PM IST
Maruti working on a cow dung solution to make cars less polluting"Suzuki's unique initiative to tackle this challenge is the biogas business, in which biogas derived from cow dungs, which are dairy wastes...
27 Jan, 2023, 06.07 PM IST
HPCL launches cowdung-to-compressed biogas projectThe project is expected to be commissioned in a year, HPCL said in a statement on Tuesday. The project is coming at Pathmeda in the Jalore ...
23 Aug, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
UP government mulls 100-day plan to take 50,000 additional stray cattle off roadsThe government has now kicked off work, with regular discussions being undertaken and presentations in front of the chief minister as the p...
16 Apr, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Here's how two rural entrepreneurs are powering Centre's 'gobar-dhan' schemeThe cattle dung-based power plant started in 2014 and that too without government support. The bio-gas plant generates close to two megawat...
01 May, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
China surpasses India in biogas plants, exposing hypocrisy of gau rakshaksEconomist TK Moulik explained that India had been among the pioneers in biogas technology but it had taken the Chinese a mere decade to ove...
23 May, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
Siddarth Goenka helps villages fight global warming with biogas plantsThe 30-year-old, who studied in Birmingham & worked with JM Morgan Stanley believes non-renewable energy such as LPG is not sustainable.
23 Mar, 2016, 01.10 PM IST
ISKCON extends its support to ban on slaughter of cows"The cottage industry through cow protection and cow rearing is a wonderful model for rural development," ISKCON spiritual leader Radha Nat...
21 Apr, 2015, 07.31 PM IST
2000 acres identified for solar power plants in HaryanaHaryana government today said it has identified about 2,000 acres of panchayat land in the state having potential of installation of solar ...
04 Apr, 2015, 06.51 PM IST
- Water hyacinth may be new green fuel source
The troublesome water hyacinth could be an environment-friendly source of fuel. Siddha doctors say the water hyacinth is an excellent sourc...
11 Feb, 2013, 03.00 AM IST
- Muslim boy designs green crematorium for Hindus
A youth from minority community has designed an eco-friendly, bio-gas furnace for a Hindu crematorium in Borsad town of Anand. Firdos Vahor...
05 Jun, 2012, 03.38 AM IST