India’s First Green Solar Panel Factory to Build by Luminous in Uttarakhand

India’s First Green Solar Panel Factory to Build by Luminous in Uttarakhand

• Luminous Power Technologies revealed that it has planned to build India’s first green energy-based solar panel manufacturing plant in Uttarakhand which will be operational by the end of this year. 
• The location of the new India’s first green energy-based solar panel is Rudrapur which will be equipped with the latest technology to design and produce high-quality solar panels that will be used for both residential and commercial applications.
• Once India’s first green energy-based solar panel will be operational, the facility, spread across 4.5 lakh square feet per 10 acres will help enable a solar production capacity of 500 MW per annum.
• The facility’s annual production capacity will be equivalent to the carbon sequestration of planting one crore trees, making a major contribution to the reduction of CO2 emissions.

BJP to launch ‘Janandolan Yatra’ in March

• With an eye on the 2024 general elections and the Delhi assembly polls the following year, the city BJP unit will take out a 'Janandolan Yatra' across the national capital in March to reach out to voters.
• Besides telling voters about the work done by the Modi government, the yatra will focus on how the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation in Delhi has failed to address issues like pollution even after being in power for almost eight years, a senior BJP leader said.
• The 'Janandolan Yatra' in March will cover all the 70 assembly constituencies and see the participation of party leaders and workers from the respective areas and state office-bearers, a senior Delhi BJP functionary said.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh to be new Vice Chief of Indian Air Force

• Air Marshal A P Singh has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force. 
• Air Marshal A P Singh is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command. He will take charge as the Vice Chief on 01st Feb 2023. 
• He was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on December 21, 1984.
• Air Marshal A P Singh is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an Experimental Test Pilot with more than 4,900 hours of service flying on a variety of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.