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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicStubble burning

Topic: stubble burning

The Lahore smog isn’t Indian farmers’ fault alone. Pakistan should look within

The interesting thing about the ‘Lahore Smog’ is that the air pollution situation is neither limited to Lahore nor is it technically smog.

Majority of parents in Delhi-NCR want annual ‘smog break’ in schools: Survey

At least 74 per cent of respondents surveyed by advocacy group wanted scheduled holidays when the capital’s pollution levels are at its worst.

Delhi schools to be closed Thursday, Friday as air quality sharply falls

This is the second time in November that Delhi schools will be shut as the capital deals with poor air quality due to stubble burning in nearby states.

Paddy seeds being developed in Punjab could fix North India’s pollution problem next year

Punjab Agricultural University is developing paddy varieties that will give farmers 15 extra days before sowing wheat, eliminate need for stubble burning.

Curbing Delhi pollution is govts’ job. Supreme Court must not burn its hand in stubble fire

Supreme Court needs to wake up and see its orders banning stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab don’t do anything on the ground.

Why Punjab’s farmers continue to burn stubble and poison Delhi’s air

Crop burning contributed 44% on 31 Oct to Delhi’s PM2.5 level. The contribution is forecast to be 25% on Tuesday.

Ayodhya verdict: Ronojoy Sen says ‘mixed signals’ & S Palshikar asks will it bring closure

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Why farmers in Punjab, Haryana, UP are not excited about Modi govt’s stubble management app

Poor response to mobile app facility launched 2 months ago to connect farmers to centres renting out agriculture machinery to manage stubble.

Bans can’t banish north India’s toxic air. It needs creative solutions and perseverance

The air crisis needs many creative solutions, including technology and citizen participation. SC order to pay farmers not to burn stubble is the first step.

Stubble trouble: CII chief on making land ‘burn free’, S Sundaresan’s snow leopard solution

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.