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Centre Plans To Examine Burnt Area After Farmers Timing Crop Fires
Centre plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.
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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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Atishi Targets Centre On Stubble Burning Amid Delhi's Air Emergency
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi hit out at the central government Monday, accusing it of failing to act and practicing "politics on pollution" after the national capital region woke this morning choking under a layer of toxic smog and an AQI of 481.
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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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Smog Blanket Over North India, Air Quality Drops To "Severe" Level
There has been an early onset of toxic cover across Delhi and north India this year owing to stubble burning across the north Indian states. What is also shocking is the scale of the smog cover, as well as the level of pollutants present in it.
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Haryana Doubles Fine For Stubble Burning, Rs 1.65 Lakh Collected In Fines
In a stricter move to curb air pollution, the Haryana government has doubled the fine for stubble burning, now for two acres of land the farmers will have to pay an environmental compensation fee of Rs 5,000 up from Rs 2,500
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Cracker Ban Goes Up In Smoke, Delhi World's Most Polluted City Post-Diwali
The air quality index in most of the 40 monitoring stations in Delhi remained in the "very poor" category.
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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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192 Farmers Charged For Stubble Burning In Haryana
The police have registered cases against 192 farmers in Haryana for burning crop residue, an official said on Monday.
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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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Exclusive: As Delhi Air Worsens, Punjab Farmers Say Stubble Burning Only Option
Delhi's bad air days are back and the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, primarily blamed for the choking air in the national capital, is under the scanner again
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GRAP Stage 2 Invoked In Delhi-NCR As Air Quality Worsens. What It Means
The air quality index in Delhi this morning was recorded at 317, which falls under the "very poor" category.
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Crop Burning "Must Stop": Supreme Court On Delhi Air Pollution
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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Delhi Minister Gopal Rai Highlights "2-3 Factors" For Rising Pollution
Gopal Rai said that for the next two days, the situation will remain the same and improve after November 27.
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"Farmer Being Made Villain": Supreme Court's Top Quotes On Stubble Burning
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi over growing incidents of stubble burning. The court was hearing petitions over the rising air pollution that covers the national capital in a blanket of smoke.
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Centre Plans To Examine Burnt Area After Farmers Timing Crop Fires
Centre plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.
-
"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.
-
Atishi Targets Centre On Stubble Burning Amid Delhi's Air Emergency
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi hit out at the central government Monday, accusing it of failing to act and practicing "politics on pollution" after the national capital region woke this morning choking under a layer of toxic smog and an AQI of 481.
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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.
-
Smog Blanket Over North India, Air Quality Drops To "Severe" Level
There has been an early onset of toxic cover across Delhi and north India this year owing to stubble burning across the north Indian states. What is also shocking is the scale of the smog cover, as well as the level of pollutants present in it.
-
Haryana Doubles Fine For Stubble Burning, Rs 1.65 Lakh Collected In Fines
In a stricter move to curb air pollution, the Haryana government has doubled the fine for stubble burning, now for two acres of land the farmers will have to pay an environmental compensation fee of Rs 5,000 up from Rs 2,500
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Cracker Ban Goes Up In Smoke, Delhi World's Most Polluted City Post-Diwali
The air quality index in most of the 40 monitoring stations in Delhi remained in the "very poor" category.
-
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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192 Farmers Charged For Stubble Burning In Haryana
The police have registered cases against 192 farmers in Haryana for burning crop residue, an official said on Monday.
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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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Exclusive: As Delhi Air Worsens, Punjab Farmers Say Stubble Burning Only Option
Delhi's bad air days are back and the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, primarily blamed for the choking air in the national capital, is under the scanner again
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GRAP Stage 2 Invoked In Delhi-NCR As Air Quality Worsens. What It Means
The air quality index in Delhi this morning was recorded at 317, which falls under the "very poor" category.
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Crop Burning "Must Stop": Supreme Court On Delhi Air Pollution
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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Delhi Minister Gopal Rai Highlights "2-3 Factors" For Rising Pollution
Gopal Rai said that for the next two days, the situation will remain the same and improve after November 27.
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"Farmer Being Made Villain": Supreme Court's Top Quotes On Stubble Burning
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi over growing incidents of stubble burning. The court was hearing petitions over the rising air pollution that covers the national capital in a blanket of smoke.
