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

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

Officials say satellites are the only way to monitor farm fires since they capture a much larger area. India's space agency procures data from two orbiting NASA satellites that pass over the northern ...

The state witnessed only 2.5 mm rainfall in two months.

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 ...

Punjab has witnessed a record increase in stubble-burning incidents, totaling 1,251 in a single day. This surge highlights ...

The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking millions including in the capital New Delhi, government monitors said Tuesday.

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 ...

Punjab has reported 147 new cases of stubble burning, with Fazilka district recording the highest at 34 incidents. The season's total has now reached 10,443, significantly lower than last year.

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.