Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
Sun is the most democratic energy source: President Murmu
The Statesman Delhi
|October 29, 2025
Solar energy should not remain confined to the rooftops of the privileged but should illuminate the homes of the poorest and open new opportunities for every person seeking a livelihood, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday.
“Solar energy is a rediscovery of an ancient truth~that the Sun is the most democratic source of energy, accessible to all and belonging to none,” she said while inaugurating the opening plenary of the Eighth Session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly (ISA) being hosted by India from 27 October -30 October.
A total of 125 member countries are participating in the assembly.
Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the then French President Francois Hollande on 30 November, 2015 on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris, the ISA was conceived as a joint effort to mobilise efforts against climate change by deploying solar energy solutions.
This story is from the October 29, 2025 edition of The Statesman Delhi.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Statesman Delhi
The Statesman Delhi
PM urges nation to embrace nine resolutions for a developed India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid out a set of nine resolutions for the nation, urging citizens to embrace them for building a developed India by 2047.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
SC clears Maharashtra local body polls; reservation capped at 50 pc
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) to notify elections to the remaining local bodies with reservations for SC/ST and OBC communities capped at 50 per cent, and clarified that the results of elections already underway ~ where the reservation exceeds this ceiling ~ will remain subject to the outcome of the petitions challenging such excess reservation.
2 mins
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
‘Unity in diversity is a Hindu idea’
lok Kumar, the international president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), speaks to Ananya Dasgupta of The Statesman.
5 mins
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
Pragmatic Reforms
The past year and a half have seen an unexpected softening of India’s economic policy posture, an evolution marked not by headline-grabbing liberalisation, but by a series of decisions that collectively signal a shift toward greater pragmatism.
2 mins
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
India's GDP grows at 8.2 per cent in Q2 FY 2025-26
The Indian economy recorded a robust 8.2 per cent growth in real GDP during the July-September quarter (Q2) of the financial year 2025-26, significantly higher than the 5.6 percent expansion in the same period last year, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
1 min
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
Hong Kong blaze: Dozens more bodies recovered, raising death toll to 128
Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday during an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise tower complex, after a massive fire engulfed seven of its eight buildings.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
Our Invisible Self ~I
Any posture which keeps the spine erect is said to be good for meditation, according to Patanjali. By penetrating the third eye or concentrating at the space between our eyebrows, we can dive deep inside ourselves and experience the Divine. By doing so, we can also develop our intuitional capacity or the sixth sense. When the fog of ignorance is removed by meditation, we see the right path and see God. God is immanent in the infinite bounties and beauties of creation. If we stay tied to the mundane and the finite, we cannot move towards the infinite God
4 mins
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
Ramesh asks PM if he’ll raise S Africa case with Trump
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would \"take up South Africa's cause\" with US President Donald Trump after Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to the 2026 G20 summit to be hosted in Miami.
1 min
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
US President Trump plans to 'permanently pause' migration from 'Third World' countries
Announcing sweeping plans to crack down on immigration, President Donald Trump on Friday said that his administration will \"permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to fully recover.\"
1 min
November 29, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
Israeli forces kill Palestinian men after they surrender
Israeli forces on Thursday killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed “in cold blood.” The Israeli military said it was investigating.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size