India adds highest-ever 44.5 GW renewable energy in 2025
New Delhi, Dec 29: India saw highest-ever renewable energy capacity addition in 2025 at 44.51 GW (till November) which is nearly double as compared to the 24.72 GW during the same period last year, the government said on Monday. The total renewable energy installed capacity reached 253.96 GW in November 2025, which is an increase of over 23 per cent as compared to the 205.52 GW in November 2024. Solar capacity addition is 34.98 GW, compared to the 20.85 GW during the same period last year. Solar energy installed capacity crossed 100 GW mark in January, 2025. The solar energy installed capacity has reached 132.85 GW in November, 2025 which is an increase of over 41 per cent as compared to the 94.17 GW in November 2024, according to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Wind capacity also registered a substantial growth with capacity addition of 5.82 GW compared to 3.2 GW during the same period last year. (IANS)
1,200 kg ganja seized in Chhattisgarh
Balrampur, Dec 29: Police seized around 1200 kilograms of ganja (cannabis) worth Rs 6 crore from a truck in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district and arrested three persons, a senior official said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the truck was intercepted in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday near Dhanwar on the border with Uttar Pradesh, Balrampur Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Banker said. “The contraband, concealed inside coconut husk, was being transported to Rajasthan from neighbouring Odisha. During checking, 40 sacks of ganja weighing 1,198.460 kg were seized. It has an estimated worth of Rs 6 crore,” the SP said. He identified the arrested persons as Amrish Kumar (23), Ambrish Kumar Patel (33) and Manish Kumar (20), all residents of different districts in Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)
