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Haryana govt tightens noose on stubble burning, FIR filed against defaulte
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Haryana government incidents of stubble farming have not abated in the region.
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Delhi: PM Modi attends Dussehra celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended Dussehra celebrations at Delhi's Dwarka sector 10 and witnessed the Ram Leela ahead of ritualistic burning of demon king Ravan's effigy.
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Lucknow: UP and Rajasthan Governors to attend Dussehra celebrations at Ais
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Marking an end to the Navratri festival, burning of an effigy of Ravana will take place at Aishbagh Ramlila ground with several high-profile guests in attendance on Tuesday, authorities said.
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Much needs to be done to deal with stubble burning, says Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Oct 7 (ANI): Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that much needs to be done to address the issue of stubble burning that impacts Delhi's air quality in the winter months and noted that the central government has provided Rs 1150
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Punjab: SGPC urges farmers not to burn crop residue in reverence to 550th
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday urged the farmers of Punjab to abstain from burning crop residue in open fields in reverence to 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev.
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Delhi govt taking all steps to prepare for onset of 'parali', winter seaso
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met OP Aggarwal, CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), to discuss ways to implement staggering office hours to combat heavy traffic congestion and air pollution in the national capital during the crop burning
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Disqualify farmers burning stubble on panchayat land: Punjab Agri Dept
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): In a bid to reduce pollution, Punjab Agriculture Department has urged Rural Development and Panchayats Department to bar farmers who are cultivating panchayat land and indulging in stubble from taking the land on lease in the future.
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Kejriwal urges Punjab, Haryana CMs to take urgent action on crop stubble b
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wrote to his counterparts in Punjab, Haryana, and the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar urging them to take urgent action on the issue of crop stubble burning.
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Punjab CM writes to PM seeking cost compensation to check stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 25 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking cost compensation of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy to motivate farmers against the burning of paddy residue in the open fields, the Chief Minister's Off
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Odd-even scheme required to counter stubble burning in Delhi: Atishi Marle
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi Marlena on Saturday said that it is imperative to implement the odd-even scheme in Delhi to counter stubble burning during the winter season.
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CII Foundation partners with Birlasoft to launch third phase of Project Sh
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Birlasoft, part of the 2.4 billion dollar CK Birla Group, and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards the third phase of 'Shodhan', a crop residue management programme.
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Climate change a global threat to human rights: Bachelet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 10 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday said that climate change is a rapidly growing and a global threat to human rights and underlined that incidents like forest fires raging in the Amazon is "burning up our future"
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