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Bad air season begins in North India; Delhi’s air still clean, but experts say don’t relaxStubble burning has begun in North India, with early farm fires reported, particularly in Punjab. While Delhi’s air quality remains largely...- Geo-satellite data 'sub-optimal' to track stubble fires in Punjab, Haryana: IsroIndia's space agency, ISRO, has acknowledged that its current satellites aren't ideal for tracking stubble burning due to low resolution. W...
- 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 Pollution: How Punjab farmers are outsmarting world's most advanced space agency NASA?Despite a decrease in reported stubble burning incidents in north-west India and Pakistan, experts have raised concerns over a possible shi...
- Delhi-NCR's 'Very Poor' post-Diwali AQI better than last few yearsEfforts are ongoing to reduce air pollution in Delhi-NCR during the Diwali season by managing stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana. Wind p...
- After Supreme Court rap, Centre looks to hike stubble fire penaltiesThe Centre is considering doubling fines for stubble burning under the CAQM Act, 2021, with proposed increases from Rs 2500 to Rs 5000 for ...
- Delhi stares at pollution haze as paddy harvest still to pick up full paceDelhi-NCR's AQI has exceeded 300, with paddy harvesting in Punjab and Haryana not yet at full pace. Rising farm fires in hotspot districts ...
- Punjab, Haryana plan action after more farm fires this yearDelhi-NCR is entering the air pollution season with 100 stubble fires already reported in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. Promises for ...
- Delhi LG expresses concern over spike in stubble fires in Haryana, Punjab; asks CMs to take remedial measuresDelhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has written to the chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana expressing concern over the rise in stubble fires in ...
- Punjab aims at reducing farm fires by 63%, Haryana targets zero burningPunjab and Haryana are aiming to reduce stubble burning, a major cause of air pollution in Delhi-NCR during the pollution season. Punjab is...
- Stubble fire down 32%; Punjab sees 30% declineIn total, from 77,967 farm fire counts recorded in the peak stubble burning season in 2021, between September 15 and November 22, the figur...
- Machines, bio decomposers used less in Punjab: central pollution studyThe assessments said there were successful field experiences with bio-decomposers in UP, Haryana and even Delhi, but "no efforts were made ...
- Stubble burning down by more than half till nowStates have scaled up awareness and education drive to convince farmers to stay off burning paddy residue. Bio decomposers to naturally rid...
- 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...
- Hectic meet between Ministry and Air Quality commission to reduce burning of farm stubbleThe Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) has also expressed concern that incidents of stubble burning in Terai may hit the air quali...
- Air quality panel seeks Punjab’s stubble strategyApart from repealing the three farm laws, farmers are demanding that they be exempt from the purview of the newly-instituted CAQM and elect...
- Air quality panel talks farm fires with PunjabThis is set to be followed up by city-specific action plans for all major cities and towns in areas adjoining Delhi-NCR. CAQM came up with ...
- CPCB expects relatively better air quality this winterOfficials said that the harvest of the kharif crop and stubble burning had started ‘earlier than normal’ this year — before Delhi’s air qua...
- Nasa images show an India dotted with firesSome of these dots may be forest fires but Hiren Jethva, research scientist at Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, says fires in central Indi...
- In ‘model’ Karnal, stubble fires rage onDespite awareness drives and the risk of fines and FIRs, many farmers have burnt their paddy stubbles again this year because they found no...
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