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"Should Delhi Even Remain Indian Capital": Shashi Tharoor On Air Crisis
A thick layer of smog has been enveloping Delhi for the past few days with the air quality index (AQI) plummeting to the "severe-plus" category.
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As Supreme Court Dealt With Pollution, Punjab Recorded Highest Farm Fire Count
Around 1,000 farm fires were detected in Punjab alone today -- on a day the Supreme Court ripped into the Delhi government over the pollution blanket over north India that went off charts.
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Delhi Wakes Up To Season's Worst Air Quality, Visibility Drops To 150 Metres
The AQI in Delhi was recorded at 481 this morning, the worst so far this season, which officials said was due to "unfavourable" meteorological conditions.
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Exclusive: Wary Of NASA Satellites, How Farmers In Punjab Time Crop-Burning, Scientist Explains
Since Wednesday morning, north India has been covered in a thick blanket of smog, leading to low visibility, a drop in temperature and the air quality deteriorating to the 'Severe' category.
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Punjab Reports 587 Farm Fires Today, Highest Single-Day Spike This Season
Punjab on Friday witnessed the current season's biggest spike in farm fires with 587 total cases being reported across the state.
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Blanket Of Smog Covers Delhi, Air Quality 'Very Poor' On Diwali
Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog this morning, and the air quality index (AQI) remained in the "very poor" category despite officials taking various anti-pollution measures.
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"Pakistan To Be Blamed": UP Pollution Official's Claim As Toxic Air Chokes Noida
Toxic air in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, Noida, and Ghaziabad is the result of Pakistan burning stubble, or agricultural waste, a UP pollution board official declared this week.
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"Mere Eyewash": Supreme Court Raps Punjab, Haryana Over Stubble Burning
The Supreme Court grilled the central - and Punjab and Haryana - governments Wednesday as arguments over states' non-compliance with, and failure to enforce, anti-pollution measures, rolled into yet another hearing, even as Delhi AQI is 'very poor'.
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Satellite Data Shows Punjab Farm Fires Lowest In 3 Years
Stubble burning in Punjab, shows data, has been lowest in the last three years.
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Woman, 65, Dies In Uttarakhand's Raging Forest Fire
A 65-year-old woman on Sunday died in AIIMS Rishikesh where she was admitted after getting burn injuries while trying to douse a forest fire that had reached her farm in a village in Pauri tehsil, officials said.
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Salman Khan House Firing: 2 Arrested Wanted To Create "Terror", Say Cops
Two men arrested for firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai had conducted a survey of his farm house at Panvel in adjoining Raigad district four days before the shooting incident, police said on Thursday.
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Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait's "If Government Creates Problem" Warning
Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.
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On Camera, BMW, Audi Cars Catch Fire After Short-Circuit In Punjab
A BMW, an Audi, and several other luxury vehicles went up in flames when a fire broke out near the Fair Farm Resort on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway.
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5,000 Chickens Burnt In Fire In Himachal's Hamirpur
About 5,000 chickens kept in a poultry farm here were burnt in a fire that broke out on Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday.
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Farm Fires Down By 27% In Punjab, 37% In Haryana Compared To Last Year
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has declined by 27 per cent and 37 per cent as against last year, the Union environment ministry has said.
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"Should Delhi Even Remain Indian Capital": Shashi Tharoor On Air Crisis
A thick layer of smog has been enveloping Delhi for the past few days with the air quality index (AQI) plummeting to the "severe-plus" category.
-
As Supreme Court Dealt With Pollution, Punjab Recorded Highest Farm Fire Count
Around 1,000 farm fires were detected in Punjab alone today -- on a day the Supreme Court ripped into the Delhi government over the pollution blanket over north India that went off charts.
-
Delhi Wakes Up To Season's Worst Air Quality, Visibility Drops To 150 Metres
The AQI in Delhi was recorded at 481 this morning, the worst so far this season, which officials said was due to "unfavourable" meteorological conditions.
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Exclusive: Wary Of NASA Satellites, How Farmers In Punjab Time Crop-Burning, Scientist Explains
Since Wednesday morning, north India has been covered in a thick blanket of smog, leading to low visibility, a drop in temperature and the air quality deteriorating to the 'Severe' category.
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Punjab Reports 587 Farm Fires Today, Highest Single-Day Spike This Season
Punjab on Friday witnessed the current season's biggest spike in farm fires with 587 total cases being reported across the state.
-
Blanket Of Smog Covers Delhi, Air Quality 'Very Poor' On Diwali
Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog this morning, and the air quality index (AQI) remained in the "very poor" category despite officials taking various anti-pollution measures.
-
"Pakistan To Be Blamed": UP Pollution Official's Claim As Toxic Air Chokes Noida
Toxic air in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, Noida, and Ghaziabad is the result of Pakistan burning stubble, or agricultural waste, a UP pollution board official declared this week.
-
"Mere Eyewash": Supreme Court Raps Punjab, Haryana Over Stubble Burning
The Supreme Court grilled the central - and Punjab and Haryana - governments Wednesday as arguments over states' non-compliance with, and failure to enforce, anti-pollution measures, rolled into yet another hearing, even as Delhi AQI is 'very poor'.
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Satellite Data Shows Punjab Farm Fires Lowest In 3 Years
Stubble burning in Punjab, shows data, has been lowest in the last three years.
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Woman, 65, Dies In Uttarakhand's Raging Forest Fire
A 65-year-old woman on Sunday died in AIIMS Rishikesh where she was admitted after getting burn injuries while trying to douse a forest fire that had reached her farm in a village in Pauri tehsil, officials said.
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Salman Khan House Firing: 2 Arrested Wanted To Create "Terror", Say Cops
Two men arrested for firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai had conducted a survey of his farm house at Panvel in adjoining Raigad district four days before the shooting incident, police said on Thursday.
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Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait's "If Government Creates Problem" Warning
Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.
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On Camera, BMW, Audi Cars Catch Fire After Short-Circuit In Punjab
A BMW, an Audi, and several other luxury vehicles went up in flames when a fire broke out near the Fair Farm Resort on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway.
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5,000 Chickens Burnt In Fire In Himachal's Hamirpur
About 5,000 chickens kept in a poultry farm here were burnt in a fire that broke out on Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday.
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Farm Fires Down By 27% In Punjab, 37% In Haryana Compared To Last Year
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has declined by 27 per cent and 37 per cent as against last year, the Union environment ministry has said.
