Tag: BBL
70% Pollution In Delhi Coming From Outside: Gopal Rai
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said 70 per cent of pollution in the national capital is coming from outside. ....
Centre Agrees To Decriminalises Stubble Burning: Agriculture Minister
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said the Central government has agreed to the farmers' demand of decriminalising stubble burning. ....
Delhi Air Quality Set To Worsen In Next 3 Days, Thanks To Stubble Burning
It's that time of the year in Punjab-Haryana-NCR. ....
After Pant, India's Throwdown Specialist Also Tests Positive For Covid-19: Report
After Rishabh Pant, the Indian cricket team's throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani has also tested positive for Covid-19, news agency PTI reported on Thursday. "Indian cricket team's throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani tests positive for COVID-19 in England, two others from contingent also isolated," the news agency tweeted. ....
Turkey-Syria Quake Deaths Increase To 8,364
At least 8,326 people have now been confirmed dead and nearly 40,000 injured following the devastating 7.8-magnitude quake that stuck Turkey and Syria earlier this week, with aid agencies saying that the figures could significantly rise as many people still remain trapped under the rubble. ....
Mayawati Flays Yogi Government For Harassing Farmers Over Pollution
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday flayed the Uttar Pradesh government over what she called "harassment and state-sponsored excesses" on farmers in the guise of action against those causing pollution, especially by stubble-burning. ....
Centre Says Lesser Stubble Burning Incidents Observed In Delhi, NCR This Year
The Central government on Friday claimed that paddy residue burning events have been reduced by 69.49 per cent in Punjab, by 18.28 per cent in Haryana and by 47.61 per cent in the eight NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh during the one-month period since September 15 compared to the same period last year. ....
NASA Images Show Polluted Skies Set To Engulf North India Soon
The clear blue skies over the national capital may go dark soon with dust and smoke as the stubble burning season nears. The satellite images by US space agency NASA have shown that crop residue burning has already started in several fields in Haryana and Punjab, according to media reports. ....
Punjab, Delhi Join Hands For Stubble Management
The Punjab and Delhi governments have joined hands to combat stubble burning on 5,000 acres in Punjab as a pilot project. ....
Hubble Detects 'shadow Play' Caused By Possible Planet
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a "shadow play" caused by a possible planet that is moving counterclockwise around a gas-and-dust disk encircling a young star.....
