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Stubble Burning
Only PR and Pollution increases under AAP governance!
Under the AAP governance, both Delhi and Punjab are burning ferociously due to excessive stubble burning. Air quality index of Delhi-NCR region hit the...
“Will ban against stubble burning help?”: CJI Chandrachud declines urgent hearing; but did banning Diwali crackers help, ‘milord’?
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant an urgent hearing on a plea seeking a ban on stubble burning as a measure to...
Urgent hearing sought on Punjab stubble burning choking Delhi, but SC sets hearing date 6 days later
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine on November 10 a plea seeking urgent steps to curb air pollution in Delhi. The plea...
Punjab CM’s false claim on bio-gas plant for paddy stubble exposed – not the first lie by AAP govt, says RTI activist
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced that he will inaugurate a stubble-based Bio-CNG plant today at Bhutal Kalan village in Sangrur district, but...
Just ahead of Delhi’s smog season, Punjab & Haryana farmers start setting fields on fire
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Just days ahead of the national capital getting shrouded in a thick blanket of smog, farmers of Punjab and Haryana, aptly called India's prominent...
With winter looming, spectre of stubble burning hangs over Punjab, Haryana
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As the demand for better air pollution management is gaining ground, Punjab and Haryana, both prominent granaries, stare at crop residue burning with the...
SC and govt defend farmers despite stubble burning choking Delhi, but Diwali firecrackers are public enemy No. 1!
Year after year stubble burning has emerged as the top reason for the decline of the Air Quality Index (AQI) and yet there is...
Why is Delhi’s air quality so poor, and will continue to be so even after a crackerless Diwali?
Delhi's air quality deteriorated as it entered the "very poor" category for the first time this season. The overall air quality index (AQI) of...
Letter to Greta Thunberg on farmers’ protest in Bharat
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Dear Greta,
I had admired your courage, commitment, and capturing the global imagination on climate justice when you stood up at the 2018 UNCCC. As...
As Delhi AQI deteriorates, let’s examine the crackers, stubble burning, MSP, new farm laws conundrum!
Vikram -
The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has plunged into the severe category with a count of 404 in the early hours of Wednesday....