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Here is All You Wanted to Know About Annular Solar Eclipse of December 26

The spectacle will be visible in parts of South India. Those living along Mangalore or Madikeri in Karnataka; Telicherry, Calicut, Palghat in Kerala; Ooty, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Tiruppur, Palani, Dindugal, Karur, Erode, Trichy, Pudukottai, Karaikudi, Ammapattinam, Muttupettai in Tamilnadu; are in for a celestial treat. People in the rest of India need not despair, a partial eclipse will be visible everywhere in India.

CRPF Initiative to Save Natural Water Sources, Create Artificial Ponds in Chhattisgarh

A CRPF official said a recent survey found that these water bodies constitute around 95 per cent of the total water source for the villagers in the region following which the step has been taken to save water bodies which have dried up.
“At least a dozen of villages have been identified where either natural ponds will be rejuvenated or the force will create artificial ponds,” a CRPF official of 195 Battalion deployed in Abujmad told.

India’s single Largest Organic Processing Unit to Come up in Sikkim

Shri. Prem Singh Tamang, Chief Minister, Sikkim laid the foundation stone of Integrated Organic Food Processing units of Sikkim IFFCO Organics Ltd. in Rangpo, East Sikkim in the presence of Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narender Singh Tomar along with Shri L. B. Das, Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Shri Lok Nath Sharma, Minister of Agriculture, Government of Sikkim and Dr. U. S. Awasthi, MD, IFFCO. Sikkim IFFCO Organics Ltd.

Methanol Blend on Cards, India May Trim Oil Import Bill by ₹ 5k Crore

Niti Aayog member VK Saraswat, who has been helming the methanol economy project since its inception two years ago, confirmed to ET that 65,000 km of trial run on M15 blended fuel has been successfully completed and there is no tweaking required in vehicles to run on methanol blended fuel. The think tank had projected annual reduction of $100 billion in crude imports by 2030 if the country moves to 15% blended fuel both for transportation and cooking.