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Pakistan: Lahore tops global pollution index as hazardous smog engulfs Pun
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lahore remained among the world's most polluted cities as hazardous smog covered Punjab. AQI levels reached dangerous highs, prompting health warnings, mask distribution, and a police crackdown that led to arrests, fines, and action against crop burning, smoke-emitting vehicles, and brick ki
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Minister level inter-ministerial meeting held on the issues of management
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
An Inter-Ministerial meeting to address the issues of Management of Crop Residue Burning has been convened on Saturday under the Co-chairmanship of Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender
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Vertiver Leads Nukkad Natak Workshop at PAU to Promote Regenerative and No
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 14: Theater directors, bhand performers, folk singers and actors, agri scientists, educationists and behavior change experts, gathered at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) today for a highly immersive Nukkad Natak artists capacity building workshop. The
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: SC says crop residue burning must stop
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stressed the need to stop crop residue burning, which affects air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and asked state governments to take steps to curb pollution.
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Cases of paddy straw burning drop in Punjab's Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 19 (ANI): Cases of paddy straw burning have dropped significantly in Punjab's Ludhiana district, as per the data provided by Crop Residue Burning (CRB) Information and Management System.
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Delhiites gasp for breath as air quality remains unhealthy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27(ANI): People residing in Delhi and National Capital Region are reeling under the impact of breathing polluted air from the past couple of months due to vehicular pollution, crop residue burning and climate change.
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Delhi's air quality remains 'severe'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 (ANI): With seasonal crop residue burning, industrial and vehicle emissions and calm winds persisting, a thick layer of toxic smog settled over the national capital on Saturday.
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Parijat launches campaign to educate farmers about ill effects of crop res
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): In a bid to create awareness about the ill effects of crop residue burning and management, Parijat Urja Chakra in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) organized a special campaign at Fatehgarh village of Ambala in Haryana.
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JNU professor comes up with solution to stubble burning
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi's air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have developed a solution to the problem.
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