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NASA Worldview's visuals paint a disconcerting picture, portraying a thick layer of smog blanketing the northern plains of India. The repercussions of this alarming phenomenon extend beyond Delhi, as several cities in North India grapple with deteriorating air quality, hinting at a broader environmental challenge.
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Those looking to destabilise India keep coming up with new ways to derail the country.
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The space agency warned of more fires in the comings weeks.
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With cooler weather comes a spike in pollution levels and with it, the infamous political blame game. And this year, the script appears to be eerily similar to toxic tales in years gone by.
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He said his government is taking a number of steps aimed at helping farmers abandon the practice.
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Punjab and Haryana generate an estimated 30 million tonnes of paddy straw each year, which is later set on fire and is believed to be a major contributing factor to air pollution, especially over north India.
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Still "very poor" with some regions facing a "severe" situation, the air quality in Delhi and NCR sees no scope of improvement, as despite orders and monitoring, the practice of stubble burning was reported from Delhi itself on Thursday.
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On Monday, satellite images from American space agency NASA showed an increase in crop burning in parts of Haryana and Punjab's Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Firozpur, Fazilka, Muktsar, Bathinda, Moga and Kapurthala districts in the past two days.
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Those failing to file the action plan within two weeks will have to pay a fine of Rs 5 lakh.
The plan submitted will cater to the situation CPCB or DPCC reports indicate that pollution has reached alarming levels.
NGT stated that schools can automatically be shut when pollution levels are severe.
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Asserting that a long-term solution was needed to arrest the problem of crop residue burning, the Punjab CM said the state government was looking for affordable solutions for this problem.
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In the emergency ward of a Delhi hospital, men and women gasp for breath as they wait to be treated for symptoms triggered by the choking blanket of smog that descended on the city this week.
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Cities across North India continued to be `severe` on the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday, as per the report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Not just Delhi, but all of the National Capital Region. That includes Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Muzaffarnagar.
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The Delhi government is bracing itself for the odd-even car rationing scheme which will come into effect from November 13 to November 17.
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Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lashed out at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal claiming that the latter has views on everything without understanding the situation.
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Arvind Kejriwal said that a decision on whether the odd-even car rationing scheme will be implemented in Delhi or not will be taken today if the need arises.
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While North India continues to gasp for breath, Aam Aadmi Party MLA in Punjab Sukhpal Singh Khaira is being slammed on Twitter for a video that he posted in October this year.
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Delhi smog to continue for next three days
All primary schools to remain closed today
NGT says emergency like situation in Delhi-NCR
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At least eight persons were killed and nearly 20 others injured in an accident between a bus and a long-body truck due to dense fog in Punjab on Tuesday morning, police said.
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