New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Public sector Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has completed drilling its second geothermal well in Ladakh’s Puga Valley, in a significant step toward developing India’s first pilot geothermal power plant.The upstream oil giant’s research and development arm, ONGC Energy Centre, drilled the well to a depth of 1,000 metres at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet in about a month, improving on the timeline and cost of its first geothermal drilling campaign, accord…
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Oslo, May 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday that India and Nordic countries have decided to elevate ties to Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership. Addressing a joint press meet with leaders of the Nordic countries following their third India-Nordic Summit in Oslo on Tuesday, PM Modi said, “Today, we decided to give India-Nordic relations the form of Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership. With this Green Technology Partnership, we will con…
Oslo, May 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Iceland counterpart Kristrun Frostadottir held a meeting on the sidelines of the third India-Nordic Summit in Oslo on Tuesday, during which they discussed strengthening cooperation in areas such as clean energy, fisheries, sustainability, geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage. This was the first meeting between PM Modi and Frostadottir since the latter assumed office. PM Modi congratulated Prime Minister Frostadottir for being the …
Reykjavik, March 24 (IANS) Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George called on Iceland Parliament Speaker, Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir on Tuesday, discussing issues of common interest and parliamentary exchanges. In a statement shared on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, “Secretary (West) Sibi George called on the Speaker of Alþingi – the Parliament of Iceland, Mrs Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir today.””They discussed issues of common interest in bilateral, re…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi on Monday underscored India’s commitment to integrating renewable energy with agriculture and food systems to enhance energy security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods. The minister was addressing the inter-ministerial dialogue on Scaling Renewable Energy in Agrifood Systems, jointly convened by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Abu Dhabi…