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- Satellites missing most farm fires in Punjab, Haryana; impact on Delhi highly underestimated: ReportThe Stubble Burning Status Report 2025 by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) said this led to...08 Dec, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
- Delhi AQI set to worsen as farm fires’ impact on air quality expected to rise sharply this weekFarm fires currently have a low impact on Delhi's air quality. However, this is set to change dramatically. Stubble burning is predicted to...06 Nov, 2025, 04.33 PM IST
- Punjab: 283 farm fires mark highest single-day spikeA dramatic rise in stubble burning was observed in Punjab on Wednesday, with 283 new incidents reported -- a staggering total of 1,216 fire...29 Oct, 2025, 10.38 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
- Stubble burning hits peak, Delhi chokesLate rain spells this year delayed sowing of paddy in large parts of Punjab, also prolonging the usual harvest period. While most of the ha...16 Nov, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
- Mostly local factors behind rising Delhi pollution even as stubble burning goes up in PunjabDespite the Punjab government's commitment to making certain districts stubble burning-free, such incidents were reported. However, local s...30 Oct, 2023, 02.23 PM IST
- Delhi: Get ready for seasonal 'poor' air quality from this weekend as farm fires rise and winds calm downExperts have indicated that the current impact of stubble burning on Delhi's air quality is minimal, but this may change as wind conditions...05 Oct, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
- India takes new steps to kick old habits of stubble burningFarmers are often blamed for northern India’s terrible air quality. Every winter, smoke from stubble burning mixes with construction dust a...31 Dec, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
- Delhi's air quality deteriorated due to farm fires, bursting of firecrackers: Gopal RaiA thick layer of acrid smog engulfed the Delhi-NCR region on Friday following the rampant bursting of firecrackers on Diwali night amid a r...05 Nov, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
- Firecrackers, farm fires make Delhi's air quality 'severe'; relief likelyThe air quality had turned "severe" on Saturday evening with stubble burning accounting for 32 per cent of Delhi's PM2.5 pollution, but fir...15 Nov, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
- Delhi air turns more toxic as fumes from 5,000 farm fires flow inAQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', ...06 Nov, 2020, 08.09 AM IST
- States act against farm fires as pollution, COVID-19 concerns riseMore than 3,700 farm fires have been reported in the two states. Authorities have imposed environmental compensation of over Rs 20 lakh. Of...15 Oct, 2020, 09.19 PM IST
- Smoky haze shrouds Delhi-NCR; air quality enters 'very poor' zoneNASA's satellite imagery showed a large cluster of farm fires near Amritsar, Patiala, Firozpur and Faridkot in Punjab and Ambala and Rajpur...15 Oct, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
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