Stubble Burning  

While stubble burning creates a lot of toxic air, here’s a useful way to tackle it 
 

Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board will be setting up 18 new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in eight cities of the state.
 

 A tenth grader, hailing from Kanpur, has designed an air purifier which is cost effective as well as efficient as any other good air purifier

 Delhi plans more forests to counter environment pollution  

A unique initiative launched by the Uttar Pradesh government takes care of the stubble problem 

 Authorities in Punjab mull the prospects of using students in prevailing upon their parents in not resorting to stubble burning  

As Delhi struggles to live in highly polluted air and citizens literally gasp for some fresh air, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has come out with a solution to cure the ill 
 

Devendra Fadnavis on Monday (December 2) denied Uttara Kannada BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde's claim that he was made Maharashtra chief minister despite not having a majority to prevent Central funds worth Rs 40,000 crore from being "misused". Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind filed a petition seeking review of Supreme Court's verdict in the Ayodhya case. All this and more on today’s (December 2) MyNation in 100 seconds

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sought replies from 26 district superintendents of police (SPs) on incidents of stubble burning

In what comes as a much needed relief, Delhi witnessed mild showers, thereby improving the air quality in the region. The national capital region has been reeling under harmful levels of air pollution ever since Diwali, majorly owing to stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

Despite ban on stubble burning, many instances of the same were reported from Haryana and Punjab. The Supreme Court slammed both the governments for their failure to control stubble burning that has contributed immensely to the poor air quality in Delhi and Punjab.
 

The Winter session of the Parliament is ongoing and the discussion on air pollution and climate change expected to be on the floors in the Lok Sabha. The discussion assumes significance as Delhi and its adjoining regions have been battling severe pollution levels in the last few days mainly due to stubble burning by farmers in Haryana and Punjab.

On today's episode of The Good Fight on MyNation, we take a look at the farmers in Punjab's Pathankot who received appreciation for not burning stubble, and a temple in Karnataka that handed over cloth bags to devotees to put an end to the use of plastic.

The air quality of the national capital took a hit due to a combination of firecracker emissions, stubble burning and unfavourable meteorological conditions in the past few weeks. The government intends to ensure no company shuts down because of financial instability, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressing the issue of pressure on telecom sector. All this and more on today's episode of MyNation in 100 seconds.

The overall air quality of Delhi and the NCR has entered the ‘Severe’ category. The effective stubble fire counts estimated by SAFAR-integrated multi-satellite methodology have shown decreasing trend and were 740 on November 11, but the transport level wind direction is forecast to be highly favorable for plume intrusion for the next two days, SAFAR stated.