-The Indian Express But per capita meat consumption remains relatively low. This has implications for nutritional and food security. In the eyes of the world, India is seen as a vegetarian country. Presumably, this impression has been created by our best brand ambassadors from political, spiritual and yoga circles. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a strict vegetarian. The popular yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, and many other Hindu religious leaders too, are vegetarians...

-Hindustan Times Karnal/ Kurukshetra/ Patiala: Plumes of blinding smoke rise from the fields in haryana’s Indri village, over 150 kilometres from the National Capital. Every second farm in the area has been set ablaze as it is the season for stubble burning. On October 17 and 20, the number of red dots in the ‘fire map’ by NASA grew considerably in haryana and Punjab. The ill-effects of these fires are not limited to the...

-The Indian Express The fires are so many and so widespread that satellites flying hundreds of kilometres above the Earth record their presence. New Delhi: North India faces an annual trauma as winter approaches — the air in the region having more than 200 million people becomes toxic. Fingers are pointed at the hand that feeds India, farmers in the granary of the country are rebuked asking them not to burn agriculture...

-The Hindu The avian flu virus was first detected in migratory birds in New Delhi Jaipur: After deaths of migratory birds due to avian flu were reported in Delhi, an alert was sounded in Rajasthan over the weekend, asking authorities and the public at large to keep a watch on the health of birds and take precautionary measures to check the likely outbreak of bird flu in the State. A communiqué received by...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: An environmental panel set up by the Supreme Court today launched an app through which people in Delhi, haryana and Uttar Pradesh can alert city officials about garbage fire, construction dust and other sources of air pollution. People can upload images of pollution on the app, named Hawa Badlo (change the air), so that officials in charge of specific geographical locations can take action. The app was launched...