Oct 2019

HARYANA Of innovative ways & infra in place   Experts say paddy straw can be utilised to generate bio-fuels, bio-CNG, bio-manure and biogas, solving the stubble burning issue. But both Punjab and Haryana, two states with highest incidents of farm fires in the country, have a long way to go when it comes to putting … Read more

HARYANA 65 per cent voter turnout as voting for Haryana Assembly concludes   Haryana recorded a turnout of 65 per cent for 90 constituencies in the assembly elections.   In the 2014 assembly elections, 76.54 per cent voters in Haryana had exercised their franchise.   In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the voting percentage was … Read more

HARYANA Gurugram: AQI slips to ‘poor’, Met says due to low wind speed   The city witnessed ‘poor’ air quality day — the first in a month — with the air quality index (AQI) being recorded at 205.   For the past one month, the air quality was in the ‘satisfactory’ and ‘good’ category. In … Read more

HARYANA Women count in Haryana House falls from 13% in 2014 to 9% in 2019   Only 15% of MLAs elected to the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly are between the ages of 25 and 40 years while in the 90-member Haryana assembly, it is just 11%, an analysis by PRS Legislative Research has shown.   However, the number of MLAs above … Read more

HARYANA Haryana seeks exemptions from genset ban The Haryana government has requested the Environmental Pollution Control Authority (Epca) to exempt certain residential and commercial areas of the city from the ban on diesel generators. The Supreme Court-appointed Epca had issued directions on October 9, banning the use of diesel generators in New Delhi and across … Read more

HARYANA Karnal tops in defying stubble burning ban Farmers of Karnal district are leading the list of the offenders who are defying the ban on stubble burning in the state. According to the Agriculture Department, 42 per cent stubble burning cases in the state are from Karnal, where the area under paddy is 1.7 lakh … Read more

HARYANA ECI appointed Vinod Zutshi as the Special Observer for Haryana election   Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Sh Vinod Zutshias the Special Observer for Assandh Assembly Constituency in the Karnal District ofECI requested Sh Zutshi to proceed immediately to the Constituency to take necessary corrective action and ensure a  fair, free, and peaceful election. … Read more

HARYANA Aravallis missing from poll rhetoric this time   With candidates making a slew of promises such as jobs for the youth, farm loan waiver, interest-free loans and increase of old-age pension to Rs5,100.   Air quality of the city gets worse during the winters because of illegal construction and mining in the Surajkund area … Read more

HARYANA ●      KU, soil institute ink research pact   The Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University (KU), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, for research and training.   The advanced instrumentation facilities and experimental farms available in the CSSRI and the advanced research at the Institute … Read more

HARYANA Rewari ranks 3rd at national level Rewari has attained third position at the national level in Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2019 conducted by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department of the Central Government. The survey aimed at providing national ranking of all districts and states of India on the basis of quantitative and qualitative sanitation (swachhata) … Read more