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Farm fires in Punjab down to a third between Sept 15 & Oct 21In a positive turn for Punjab's agricultural landscape, farm fires have plummeted this season. Between September 15 and October 21, there w...22 Oct, 2025, 11.10 PM IST- Amid worsening air pollution in North India, Punjab hits record number of farm fires this seasonPunjab witnessed its highest single-day tally of farm fires this season on Monday, with 1,251 new incidents reported. The surge brings the ...18 Nov, 2024, 06.21 PM IST
- Six Punjab, Haryana districts account for majority of 200 farm fire casesPulled up last week by the apex court for failing to arrest air pollution in Delhi NCR, the Centre is likely to inform in its response that...02 Oct, 2024, 12.27 AM IST
- Stubble Burning Season Starts: Get ready for bad air in Delhi-NCR from next monthThe stubble burning season has commenced with 124 farm fires recorded between September 15 and 23 in neighboring states. Experts predict an...24 Sep, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
- Punjab reports 2,060 farm fires; 'severe', 'very poor' AQI in parts of HaryanaOut of a total of 19,463 farm fires reported this year till now, Sangrur topped the list with 3,207 stubble-burning cases, followed by 1,97...07 Nov, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
- India Inc playing firefighter as stubble burning turns air toxicStubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has beco...03 Nov, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
- With stubble burning season back, India Inc steps in to mitigate the impact on air pollutionWith stubble burning season back leading to deteriorating air quality across North India, close to a dozen large companies are stepping in ...30 Oct, 2023, 01.30 PM IST
- Stubble burning season begins in northern states as air quality concerns loomExperts are warning of an increase in crop residue burning in neighboring states as the monsoon season comes to an end. Satellite data from...19 Sep, 2023, 01.48 PM IST
- Air pollution: Punjab sees 12.59 pc rise in stubble burning events in last 50 days, says ICAR dataOn Friday alone, a total of 2,945 stubble-burning events were detected in six states, out of which a maximum of 2,437 incidents were in Pun...04 Nov, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
- Stubble burning: Punjab govt suspends four agriculture officers for dereliction of dutyAccording to Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data, 1,761 farm fires were reported in Punjab on Sunday. Of these, Sangrur recorded the highest ...30 Oct, 2022, 08.48 PM IST
- Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Gurdaspur account for 60 per cent of stubble burning cases in PunjabPaddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital r...24 Oct, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
- October farm fires are back, Delhi braces for yearly gas chamber days5,166 ha paddy area was burnt in Punjab by September 20 and it rose to 34,360 ha by October 4 and 92,624.28 ha by October 14. Delhi-NCR has...21 Oct, 2022, 12.05 AM IST
- Stubble burning: More than 700 farm fires recorded in PunjabFrom September 15 till October 10, a total of 718 farm fire incidents have been recorded, as per the data. On the same day in 2020 and 2021...10 Oct, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
- Significant decrease in no. of stubble-burning events in Punjab, Haryana and 8 NCR districts of UPThe Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas said according to a report based on the protocol framed by the ...15 Oct, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
- NASA spots Punjab, Haryana stubble fires on satellite, follow yearly patternsExperts say that it is too early to compare data as the effects of the monsoon are still at play, with Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pra...03 Oct, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
- Being in denial will not help, Arvind Kejriwal to Prakash Javadekar on stubble burningTaking to Twitter, the chief minister sought to know why pollution has suddenly increased in Delhi-NCR in the last fortnight if stubble bur...15 Oct, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
- Stubble burning in Punjab may worsen air qualityFarmers are prohibited to burn the farm residue as it worsens Delhi's air quality.The stubble burning practice is not only responsible for ...24 May, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
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