“A vocal minority of rich farmers from one state is burning the lungs of northern India,” complains a newspaper columnist. This blaming of farmers has gotten out of hand—and many people are ...

HONG KONG — Six of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India, while California has ... construction dust and the burning of crop residues. PM2.5 refers to tiny particles with diameters ...

Round-up of top and latest news from the world of climate: - LA Fires Fully Contained After Burning For 3 Weeks: State Agency - India Faces Warmer February, Winter Crops At Risk - Delhi Records ...

Kolkata, India (CNN) — Not far from the place I once ... The air is smoky from coal-burning stoves, the sulfuric smell colliding with the perfume of onions, garlic and garam masala in the ...

India’s Supreme Court has issued a blanket ban on stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and UP to keep Delhi’s air quality from getting worse. “Farmers cannot kill others for their own ...

The fires, as if erupting out of the cracks of the earth, are therefore regarded as a divine revelation by the gods and Jawalamukhi temple as one of India's holiest pilgrimage sites. The blazes ...

"North India is facing a health emergency today, with cities across the region recording 'severe' and 'very poor' AQI levels." Providing data on stubble burning, she acknowledged that Punjab had ...

Patna: Ordering a crackdown on people playing "double-meaning" Bhojpuri songs in public, the Bihar Police said it was a "burning social problem" that imperilled women's security, besides having a ...

Activists are documenting the evidence to present to the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), condemning ... activists and also written about the burning alive of birds, in a specific lane.