NEW DELHI: The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking millions including in the capital New Delhi, government monitors said on Tuesday (Nov 19). The northern state of Punjab – an agriculture hub often dubbed as "India's wheat bowl" – recorded 1,251 farm fires on Monday, according to the government-run Punjab Remote Sensing Centre. Tens of thousands of farmers around the capital in Punjab and Haryana states burn their

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