STORY: Farmers here used to burn paddy stubble to clear their fields.But in this tiny village in India's Punjab, farmers are ...

The state witnessed only 2.5 mm rainfall in two months.

No one anticipated that an initiative to save groundwater by delaying the annual rice season would aggravate northern India’s ...

Delhi and its adjoining areas are covered in smog and air quality is still in the 'very poor' category. The fourth stage of ...

India's government plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after ...

India plans to count toxic farm fires by monitoring the burnt area they leave rather than the current method of using ...

Despite reports of declining farm fires in Punjab, many now occur later in the day, possibly evading satellite detection ...

The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking ...

The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking ...

India, November 11, 2024. Reuters. Punjab on Monday reported 1,251 fresh farm fire cases, the single-day highest this season, taking the state's total count of such cases to 9,655, Punjab Remote ...

India plans to count toxic farm fires by monitoring the burnt area they leave rather than the current method of using orbiting satellites to measure live fires.

India currently uses data from Nasa satellites that pass twice a day over the northern states of Punjab and Haryana to ...