Amid Punjab’s push to diversify its cropping pattern and reduce dependence on water-intensive paddy, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has urged farmers to adopt baby corn as a profitable and sustainable alternative, particularly in areas close to urban and peri-urban markets. PAU experts said t»»»

Air pollution across eastern India and the Indo-Gangetic Plain has worsened sharply over two decades. Bihar and West Bengal are now highly polluted regions. Pollution is spreading from the plains into the Himalayas. India's clean air efforts focus on cities but neglect rural biomass burning, a majo»»»

Chandigarh: The 2025 floods in Punjab and Haryana have served as an “unplanned intervention” that lowered rice crop residue fire activity as high as 77 per cent, leading to a 15.5 per cent reduction in Delhi’s average PM2.5 levels this month in comparison with last year’s, an analysis said on Wedne»»»