Jorbeer Conservation Reserve in Bikaner, Rajasthan, is littered with plastic and other non-biodegradable waste that spills out from animal carcasses dumped for birds’ consumption in the protected area. The plastic waste pollutes the land and risks further consumption bt birds and livestock around the reserve.
Jorbeer Conservation Reserve in Bikaner, Rajasthan, is littered with plastic and other non-biodegradable waste that spills out from animal carcasses dumped for birds’ consumption in the protected area. The plastic waste pollutes the land and risks further consumption bt birds and livestock around the reserve.
The country’s vulture population crashed from over 40,000 in 2003 to 18,645 in 2015, according to the last vulture census conducted by intergovernmental body Bird Life International. Here, an Egyptian vulture is seen in Jorbeer.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
Farmers from Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the joint front of farmer unions as well as trade unions, organisations of youth and students and political parties, held joint protests. Here, members of SKM sit in protest at Ghazipur, which is on the National Highway 24.
There were reports from both, Punjab and Haryana, of national highways, state highways, link roads and railway tracks being completely blocked, bringing road and rail traffic to a halt. In other states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, the shutdown evoked a mixed response. Here, two protestors sit near barricades put up by the administration at Ghazipur.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
The situation had begun to worsen on Diwali day itself. At around 4 pm in the evening November 4, Delhi had an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 382. The CPCB’s Central Control Room recorded Particulate Matter (PM)2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR to be 309 microgram per cubic metre (µg / m³) at 11.30 pm November 4. PM10 levels were recorded to be 500 µg / m³ at 3.30 am. Here, commuters drive on National Highway 24 near Sarai Kale Khan, Delhi.
Air quality will be severe November 5 and 6, according to forecasts. It will start to improve November 7, according to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. Here, a tanker sprinkles water on a road in Anand Vihar, Delhi to reduce dust.
Delhi and its surrounding cities and towns woke up to a smoggy and hazy morning November 5, a day after the national capital celebrated Diwali with almost pre-pandemic like fervour. Here, a Metro train plies over the Noida-Akshardham Link Road at Mayur Vihar Phase 1, Delhi.
Particulate Matter (PM)2.5 in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) at 10.34 am November 5 was seven times the average level of 60 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m³) at 417 µg/m³. On the other hand, PM10 was six times its average level of 100 µg/m³ at 598 µg/m³. Here, a water tank is silhouetted against the Ghazipur landfill in Delhi.