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  Delhiites wake up to hazy skies, air quality 'very poor'

  News | November 08, 2020 18:28 IST

  National capital continues to reel under pollution. Air Quality Index stood in 'very poor' category in Delhi. Visibility remained poor around Indira Gandhi International Airport area due to pollutants in the atmosphere.

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  UP Cong chief demands release of farmers 'arrested' over stubble burning

  India | November 04, 2020 23:12 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu demanded on Wednesday immediate release of all the farmers who have been allegedly arrested over stubble burning.

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  Neighbouring states have done nothing to control stubble burning: Kejriwal

  India | November 04, 2020 21:08 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused Delhi's neighbouring states for their failure in providing an alternate option of stubble burning to their farmers which leads to major pollution across Northern India.

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  49% jump in stubble burning cases in Punjab this paddy season, says data

  India | November 03, 2020 10:44 IST

  ​Punjab has witnessed 49 per cent more stubble burning incidents from September 21 to November 2 as compared to the corresponding period last year, according to official data.  

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  Stubble burning now contributing to 40 per cent in Delhi's air pollution

  India | November 02, 2020 6:53 IST

  Stubble burning has peaked in the neighbouring states of Delhi and its share in the pollution level in the national capital has risen to 40 per cent, the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitoring agency SAFAR said on Sunday. 

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  Delhi's air quality in 'severe' category due to calm winds, spike in stubble burning

  India | October 30, 2020 11:20 IST

  Delhi air pollution: The Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped to the severe category in Delhi-NCP on Friday morning. The slow speed of air has led to the accumulation of pollutants in the atmosphere.

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  Stubble burning share in Delhi's pollution rises to 36 pc, maximum so far this season: SAFAR

  India | October 29, 2020 14:57 IST

  The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution rose to 36 per cent on Thursday, the maximum so far this season, according to a central government air quality monitoring agency. 

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  Stubble burning: Centre assures SC it is coming out with law to deal with air pollution

  India | October 26, 2020 16:14 IST

  The Supreme Court today kept in abeyance its order appointing a panel to monitor the steps taken to prevent stubble burning. Stubble burning is a major cause of pollution in the Delhi-NCR.

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  Shut non-complying thermal power plants if air quality worsens: SC-appointed panel tells UP, Haryana

  India | October 20, 2020 11:33 IST

  "I had in this letter explained that we may have to direct the closure of thermal power plants, which do not meet the 2015 standards as air quality deteriorates in the coming days," he said

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  Delhi's air quality improves to 'poor' with wind speed; stubble burning likely to increase

  India | October 19, 2020 9:47 IST

  Air quality in the national capital was recorded 'poor' on Monday, even as pollution levels dipped slightly due to favourable wind speed. However, the share of stubble burning in the city's pollution is likely to increase, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi.

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  Delhi's air quality 'poor', share of stubble burning in pollution likely to increase significantly

  India | October 18, 2020 10:06 IST

  Delhi's air quality was recorded in the "poor" category on Sunday morning. According to a central government agency, the share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution is likely to "increase significantly."

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  Stubble burning's contribution in Delhi's air pollution keeps changing: CPCB

  News | October 16, 2020 20:47 IST

  The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Chairperson, Shiv Das Meena said that contribution of stubble burning in air pollution of Delhi, dependent on meteorological and other factors.

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  SC declines Centre's request, appoints ex-judge MB Lokur as one-man panel to prevent stubble burning

  India | October 16, 2020 17:17 IST

  The Supreme Court Friday appointed retired apex court judge Justice Madan B Lokur as a one-man committee to take steps for preventing stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which is a source of pollution in Delhi-national capital region (NCR).

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  'Our children also breathing this air': Farmers in Amritsar 'helpless' over stubble burning

  News | October 14, 2020 23:14 IST

  Government is cheating farmers and playing politics over stubble, said a farmer after burning crop residue that includes stubble. The practice deteriorates air quality, every year and Punjab is once again at the epicenter of it.

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  Delhi only state with no thermal power stations: Satyendar Jain on rising air pollution

  News | October 19, 2020 19:52 IST

  Air quality is continuously deteriorating in the national capital with rise of pollutants.

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  Delhi air quality turns 'hazardous' as stubble burning begins

  News | October 13, 2020 20:13 IST

  The Delhi air quality on Monday turned 'hazardous' at several places with the beginning of stubble burning.

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  Punjab hits record of stubble burning, 2,873 cases reported from Sept-Oct

  News | October 13, 2020 18:10 IST

  Punjab Remote Sensing Centre Agro-Ecosystems and Crop Modeling Head Anil Sood shared data on stubble burning in Punjab.

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  'Better they take us to jail,' says Bhatinda farmer as stubble burning continues

  News | October 12, 2020 23:33 IST

  Farmers of Deon village in Bhatinda on October 12 continued to burn stubble in their fields in absence of any government help to avoid burning the straw.

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  Delhi's air quality remains poor

  News | October 11, 2020 19:00 IST

  Air quality of national capital is again a cause of concern as winter approaches. On October 11, AQI near Akshardham temple area in New Delhi showed PM 2.5 at 124 and PM 10 at 137, unhealthy.

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  Stubble burning: 'Bio-decomposer' spraying from Oct 11 in Delhi, says CM Kejriwal

  India | October 06, 2020 13:34 IST

  ​Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Tuesday the Delhi government will start spraying "Pusa bio-decomposer" solution from October 11 to prevent stubble burning in non-basmati rice fields in the national capital.