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Delhi pollution level jumps to 'very poor' category amid stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): People in Delhi are gasping for a breath of fresh air as the air quality of the national capital has reached the 'very poor' category on Tuesday.
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Close to 700 cases of stubble burning reported from Punjab, Haryana betwee
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amidst increasing levels of air pollution in the national capital region, close to 700 cases of stubble burning were reported from Punjab and Haryana between September 21-29, according to sources in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (
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Amid air pollution concerns, farmers in Amritsar continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Meharbanpura village continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Sensitise farmers against stubble burning, which can worsen COVID situatio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Asserting that many panchayats have passed resolutions against stubble burning, Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Friday urged the rest to sensitise the farmers against the menace, which could exacerbate the C
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Delhi govt to spray bio-decomposer in fields from October 11 to prevent s
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that the Delhi government will start spraying bio-decomposer solution prepared by Pusa Research Institute from October 11 to prevent stubble burning.
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Kejriwal inspects centre at Najafgarh as Delhi begins production of stubbl
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday inspected centre where a solution to turn stubble into manure is being prepared at Najafgarh.
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SC to hear plea suggesting releasing portion of MSP to farmers only after
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea that a portion of Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be withheld from farmers and released later only after verifying that they did not burn stubble.
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We burn stubble as govt compensation inadequate: Amritsar farmers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Devidaspura continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Bihar seat-sharing: If RJD sticks to its stubborn attitude, Congress can t
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 2 (ANI): After the CPI(ML) walked away from the RJD-led Grand Alliance in Bihar, the Congress on Thursday warned the main Opposition in the state that it can take any step if the RJD sticks to its "stubborn attitude" over seat-sharing.
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Stubble decomposition machine trials to be carried out in all states: Prak
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): All the states will conduct the trials of a decomposer, developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Pusa Institute to deal with the issue of stubble burning, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
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Environment ministry holds meeting on stubble burning, air pollution
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): With reports of stubble burning in the states neighbouring Delhi, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) held a virtual meeting on the issue of air pollution on Thursday.
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EPCA submits report to SC on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning, writes to sta
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Supreme Court-mandated pollution watchdog Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday submitted its report to the apex court on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning.
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