by puneetsinghbanga | Oct 24, 2025 | Breaking, ENVIRONMENT, Patiala, PUNJAB
PATIALA – The city of Patiala is struggling with a significant post-Diwali garbage crisis, marked by large heaps of uncollected waste, including empty sweet boxes and burnt firecracker debris, scattered across public areas. The mess is a result of the city’s...
by puneetsinghbanga | Oct 16, 2025 | ENVIRONMENT, International, News, PUNJAB
CHANDIGARH – In a significant initiative to mark the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the NGO EcoSikh, in collaboration with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), has announced plans to revive and rehabilitate the northern goshawk, the official state...
by puneetsinghbanga | Sep 20, 2025 | Agriculture, ENVIRONMENT, PUNJAB
Even as parts of Punjab continue to reel from recent floods, fresh stubble burning incidents have begun surfacing in the state. So far, five farm fires have been reported from Amritsar and two from Patiala in the last five days. This early start to the season has...
by kunal | Aug 29, 2025 | ENVIRONMENT, India, News
NEW DELHI – India’s ambitious move towards a cleaner fuel economy has hit a legal roadblock. A lawsuit has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the government’s decision to exclusively sell E20 fuel, a blend of petrol and 20% ethanol. The lawsuit,...
by kunal | Aug 29, 2025 | ENVIRONMENT, India, News
India is facing a significant conservation challenge as the country has recorded an alarming 117 tiger deaths by August this year, a figure that is rapidly approaching the 126 deaths reported in the entire year of 2024. Data from the National Tiger Conservation...
by kunal | Aug 29, 2025 | ENVIRONMENT, News, PUNJAB
The Punjab Education Department has initiated a comprehensive exercise to assess the damage caused to over 300 schools as floodwaters continue to inundate numerous villages across the state. With districts like Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur,...
