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Farmers shift stubble burning to late afternoon to evade satellite detection; DSS unveils new plan for monitoringTo combat Delhi's air pollution, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is upgrading its stubble burning monitoring system. Th...
Delhi's AQI can increase by 104 points — Thanks to the farm firesAir pollution: A study reveals that rice stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana significantly increases Delhi's air pollution. Despite a dro...
Supreme Court slams Commission for Air Quality management over lack of inaction on stubble burningThe Supreme Court has criticised the Commission for Air Quality Management for not taking action against stubble burning. The court highlig...
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...
SC seeks tough measures to combat stubble burning crisis; asks govt to deny MSP to offendersThe Supreme Court advocates halting crop purchases for stubble burners, aiming to tackle air pollution. Highlighting the MSP's link to law ...
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...
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 ...
Centre's refusal to provide cash incentive to farmers impacted campaign against farm fires in Punjab: Gopal Rai"However, the way the Centre has bluntly denied (the request)... it has impacted the entire campaign (against stubble burning) in the state...
Centre rejects Punjab's Rs 2,500/acre cash sops to stop stubble burningThe 'incentive' in the Punjab government's proposal was to cost '1,875 crore, of which the central share would be '1,125 crore and Punjab a...
Stubble burning: Delhi govt forms a 15-member panel to ascertain impact of Pusa bio-decomposerEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai said the panel will have five MLAs, and officials from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, and Agr...
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...
States raise Covid-19 concern to check stubble burningEven though much of the stubble of wheat is used as animal fodder but farmers resort to open field burning to get rid of the leftover stalk...
CII adopts 100 villages in Punjab, Haryana to mitigate pollution caused by stubble burningOver 3,000 school students in Punjab, and youth and corporate volunteers are joining CII in this movement to enable zero stubble burning.
Stubble burning from Punjab, Haryana contributed to 32% of pollution in Delhi on Saturday: SAFARThe report, which analyses the impact of pollutant PM2.5, showed that the highest contribution since October 11 by stubble burning was seen...
Pollution alert in Delhi after Haryana, Punjab crop burningWhile burning of paddy in kharif poses graver concern in winters due to concentration of toxic residue, the pollution is well distributed i...
Ban on stubble burning not fully implemented: GovernmentWhile meetings of Environment Minister Dave with state environment ministers were held on many occasions, four secretary-level meetings hav...
Significant level of stubble burning in Haryana, Punjab: CentreThe Centre and Delhi government were engaged in a blame game earlier this month when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that stu...