Punjab

By 2022, 21% Punjab power from renewable sources

PATIALA: The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has decided to revise the renewable purchase obligations for Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) till 2022 by inviting

Publication Date:

18/09/2018

Source: Times of India (Ludhiana)

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Punjab, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Biomass, Hydroelectricity, Solar Energy, Energy

Health

12 out of 28 cases of dengue test positive in Phagwara

With 28 fresh cases having been reported this season, dengue has spread its tentacles in the Corporation Town Phagwara.

Publication Date:

13/09/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Municipal Corporation, Health Effects, Health

Health

The increasing burden of diabetes and variations among the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

The burden of diabetes is increasing rapidly in India but a systematic understanding of its distribution and time trends is not available for every state of India. We present a comprehensive analysis of the time trends and heterogeneity in the distribution of diabetes burden across all states of India between 1990 and 2016.

Original Source

Publication Date:

12/09/2018

Source: Lancet Global Health

pp:

1-11

Tags:

Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, India, Statistics, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab, Goa, Karnataka

Health

The burden of chronic respiratory diseases and their heterogeneity across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic respiratory diseases and their trends over time is not readily available for all of the states of India. Our aim was to report the trends in the burden of chronic respiratory diseases and the heterogeneity in their distribution in all states of India between 1990 and 2016.

Original Source

Publication Date:

12/09/2018

Source: Lancet Global Health

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Respiratory Diseases, India, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Tobacco, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Statistics, Jammu & Kashmir

Forests

Unplanned development to blame for felling of trees

Nature lovers, environmentalists concerned over growing urbanisation, rising population in the industrial city

Publication Date:

11/09/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Trees, Deforestation, Smart City, Air Pollution Control, Forests

Air Pollution

Air you breathe in rarely ‘satisfactory’

Found in ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ category during first six months this year

Publication Date:

11/09/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), RSPM (PM 10), Vehicular Pollution

Air Pollution

Farmers to hold convention on stubble burning

Farmer unions are now saying that stubble burning is not causing widespread pollution.

Publication Date:

11/09/2018

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Agriculture, Air Pollution, Subsidies, Farmers

Agriculture

Cotton crop in changing climate

Cotton is a major cash crop of global significance. It has a peculiar and inherent growth pattern with coinciding physiological growth stages. This study is based upon modelling and simulation for Hisar region. Stage-wise water stress has been quantified for three Bt-cotton cultivars with three sowing dates under both irrigated and non-irrigated (rainfed) conditions to assess the most sensitive stage.

Original Source

Publication Date:

10/09/2018

Author(s): A. Shikha, P. Maharana, K. K. Singh & et al

Source: Current Science

Vol:

115

Issue:

5

pp:

948-954

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