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Punjab: How straw handling technologies differ from green revolution | Chandigarh News
By: Baldev Singh Dhillon CHANDIGARH: Paddy residue management (PRM) technologies are being adopted at a much slower rate than expected by policy planners. The incidences of farm fires after paddy harvesting in 2019 did not decrease significantly despite government support to popularise the PRM machinery. These included machines for retention on surface in the field …
Plastic straw ban in England comes into force
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption People in England use an estimated 4.7 billion plastic straws each year A ban on single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds has come into force in England. The measure, originally due to start in April, makes it illegal for businesses to sell or supply the items. People in …
Trump is breaking all that has made America great | Letters
Trump has been piling straw after straw on the proverbial camel’s (that is, our country’s) back. Here are some of the straws that he has been piling on the poor camel. Rolling back restrictions on methane gas emissions and on 100 other environmental regulations. Overseeing the worst economic quarter in over a century. Failing the …
The G7 was the final straw – world leaders’ wives should refuse to travel with their spouses | Life and style
It was Donald Tusk on Instagram that did it. Four wives of world leaders – Melania Trump, Brigitte Macron, Małgorzata Tusk and Akie Abe – dressed in a spectrum from white to cream, skirts aflap, were enjoying the sea views at Biarritz during the G7 summit. It was a delineation of the acceptable limits of …
