Bihar cracks down on errant farmers for stubble burning

Farmers who burnt stubble will not get subsidies even as many blame mechanisation and dwindling cattle

Last straw to stubble burning

Straw can be converted into fuel for use in vehicles. It can also replace coal in old power plants, reducing …

‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die

The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year 

Counting north India’s stubble fires: Stronger data science needed to study winter smog

Severe smog in north India is a result of an evil alignment of many factors. Whether those factors co-conspire this year, remains to be seen

Counting north India’s stubble fires: How do NASA satellites capture them

Overall, it is safe to assume that even if satellite images do not show a fire, it does not necessarily mean that nothing is burning on the ground

पराली के लिए किसानों को कोसना कितना सही?

धान की पुआल को हम वाहनों का ईंधन में बदल सकते हैं। पुराने पावर प्लांट में कोयले के बदले पुआल का इस्तेमाल हो सकता ...

Delhi’s poor air days start, will only deteriorate

Dip in temperature, calm surface winds and steady increase in farm fires in Punjab and Haryana reason for poor air quality