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Punjab CM rubbishes Kejriwal's claims on stubble burning
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday rubbished the claims of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that the stubble burning in Punjab was solely responsible for the high levels of pollution in the national capital.
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As Delhi reels under toxic air, stubble burning continues in Punjab
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab ) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Even as the air quality index in the national capital continues to deteriorate, farmers in various parts of Punjab are continuing to carry out stubble burning in their farms.
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TN govt sets 2 slots of one-hour each for cracker burning on Diwali
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government on Friday fixed two slots of one-hour each for bursting crackers, between 6 am and 7 am, and between 7 pm and 8 pm, on Diwali.
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Physical activity a vital sign of children's overall health
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 2 (ANI): According to a recent study more than half of the children are not getting the recommended amount of weekly physical activity. And most of those who do meet the recommendations are exercising longer and for fewer days, risking burnout or repetitive injury
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30% decrease in stubble burning, Centre unsatisfied
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan has directed officials from Punjab and Haryana to ensure prompt action against incidents of stubble burning as data point out only 30 per cent decline since last year.
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TN govt moves SC seeking extension of cracker bursting time
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of its order that had put restrictions on burning of firecrackers.
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PM Modi urges farmers to give up stubble burning
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): As air quality in the city and adjoining areas continues to deteriorate due to stubble burning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat on Sunday urged farmers to do away with the practice.
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Stubble burning continues in Amritsar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Despite the deterioration in air quality in New Delhi and the adjoining areas, farmers in Amritsar continue to burn paddy-stubble and further deteriorate air quality, despite an order of prohibition.
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Punjab, Haryana witness decline in stubble-burning
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): There is a decline in the paddy stubble-burning in Punjab this Kharif season, said Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Saturday.
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Farmers continue to burn stubble in Haryana's Fatehabad
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Even after prohibition, farmers in the state's Fatehabad district continues to burn stubble in the region.
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Delhi gasps for breath as air quality dips further
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): The air quality of Delhi nosedived on Tuesday just a few days after scores of effigies were burned across the region on the occasion of Dussehra.
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EPCA directs industries to stop burning waste in Narela, Bawana Industrial
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Monday held an urgent meeting here, where it instructed the industrialists to stop burning plastic and rubber waste in the Narela and Bawana industrial belt as it has escalated the leve
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