Initial results from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on trials on the efficacy of a microbial consortium to break down rice stubble show that the latter can break down in 25 days amid reports from the national capital region of Delhi (NCR) and several other northern countries. Western …
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Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the “poor” category, and the contribution of stubble fumes to the city’s PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter and respirable pollutants) load doubled to 22% Saturday from 11% of the day before.according to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi under the earth …
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New Delhi / Karnal / Chandigarh: This year, stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has not decreased mainly due to the reluctance of the local administration to act against violators due to continued protests by farmers in the two states. The result: Delhi and its neighboring areas are grappling with …
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The Income Tax department raided 38 locations in Delhi and Haryana on Wednesday in connection with a case of ‘unaccounted for cash transactions’ involving lawyer Manoj Kumar Singh, who specializes in commercial arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. According to a statement issued by the department, Singh allegedly received substantial amounts …
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Top Union ministers and Delhi governments traded blame on Thursday when the city’s air quality was downgraded to “very bad”, a stark replay of how the crisis unfolded in recent years when about 30 Millions of people are exposed to dangerous levels of pollution in the run-up to winter. Delhi’s …
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) announced on Wednesday a ban on the use of fuel-powered generators from October 15 under the Graduated Response Action Plan (Grap), a set of anti-pollution restrictions that include Preventive measures to stop air quality from deteriorating to emergency levels. On Wednesday, the general air …
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Peasant leaders leave the meeting with the agriculture secretary and protest in front of the Krishi Bhawan in Delhi. A seven-member panel of protesting farmers in Punjab was formed on Tuesday to hold talks with the Center. The head of the Bharatiya Kisan (Rajewal) Union, Balbir Singh Rajewal, said that …
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Delhi residents woke up to a hazy Tuesday morning as the Air Quality Index (AQI) fell to “very poor” for the first time this season amid an increase in agricultural fires in Punjab and Haryana, and local factors. such as low wind speed and the accumulation of pollutants. sparking widespread …
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The government has purchased more than 4 million tonnes of rice from nearly 350,000 farmers, who have been paid a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 8,032 crore through October 11 since crop purchases began on October 24. of September. The amount acquired so far is 33% higher than the …
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Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar said on Monday that even an ordinary BJP worker is capable of defeating former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda from the Baroda assembly seat in Sonipat. Khattar made the remarks days after Hooda challenged him to contest the following month’s Baroda assembly against him. The BJP …
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