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About 18% of deaths in 2019 attributable to air pollution: ICMR studyA report by India's leading health research body found that air pollution caused 1.7 million deaths in 2019. This represents 18% of all dea...20 Nov, 2024, 11.59 PM IST- 'Vote for quality air': Business leaders hit out at Delhi govt as capital becomes world's most polluted cityNew Delhi grappled with severe pollution levels on Friday, necessitating the closure of schools and the implementation of emergency measure...03 Nov, 2023, 06.30 PM IST
- England cricketers resort to inhalers for tackling alarming pollution in IndiaDelhi breached the AQI (Air Quality Index) mark of 400 on Thursday to enter the 'Severe' category. The pollution has caused a major concern...02 Nov, 2023, 08.15 PM IST
- Air quality in Mumbai getting worse than smog-filled DelhiMumbai has joined a growing list of Indian cities that have bad air. Experts say rapid construction, adverse weather conditions and increas...09 Dec, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
- Exposure to air pollution hurts heart, ups risk of cardiac arrest & stroke, says studyPolluted air can also increase the chance of mortality due to cardiovascular diseases.06 Oct, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
- Nifty50 forms Death Cross 1st time since March 2020; 12 more firms log bearish crossoverThe Nifty50 which opened with a gap-down hit a high of 17,237 and a low of 17,067. It closed near the opening level thus making a Doji kind...18 Apr, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
- People living in cities with high PM2.5 levels more likely to get CovidPollution is higher in Delhi, Maharashtra & UP due to fossil fuel-based anthropogenic activities.02 Jul, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
- Delhi air quality slips back into 'very poor' categoryThe city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 388 at 9 am. The 24-hour average AQI was 476 on Tuesday.11 Nov, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
- Air pollution may lead to faster spread of COVID-19 infections, officials tell Parliamentary panelThe agenda of the meeting was to deliberate upon "steps taken for prevention of air pollution special emphasis on finding permanent solutio...06 Nov, 2020, 07.18 PM IST
- World Bank to provide USD 287 million loan for health care improvement in Tamil NaduThe World Bank will provide USD 287 million to to improve health care in Tamil Nadu, the finance ministry said in a statement Tuesday.04 Jun, 2019, 09.39 PM IST
- India 145th among 195 countries in healthcare access, qualityIndia lags behind China (48), Sri Lanka (71), Bangladesh ( 133) and Bhutan (134) while its health index was better than Nepal (149), Pakist...23 May, 2018, 08.24 AM IST
- India ranks 177 out of 180 in Environmental Performance IndexThe country fared particularly poorly in categories covering environmental health policy and deaths due to air pollution, according to the ...24 Jan, 2018, 07.40 PM IST
- Noida gets its first automatic air ambient monitoring systemThe city has around 8,000 industrial units, six sewage treatment plants and hundreds of under-construction realty projects, which are major...15 May, 2017, 06.55 PM IST
- Delhi, Faridabad among 5 cities with worst air pollution: Government"Five cities where higher values of AQI have been observed for the period between Nov 2015 to Oct 2016 are Delhi, Faridabad, Varanasi, Luck...27 Mar, 2017, 06.22 PM IST
- Childhood brain tumour survivor's high body fat ups stroke riskToronto, March 25 (IANS) Survivors of childhood brain tumours have more body fat, increasing their risk of stroke, heart disease, type 2 di...25 Mar, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
- India one of the worst places to die: UK reportThe EIU report found the UK to be the best place in the world in which to die, with developing countries like India at the bottom of the in...07 Oct, 2015, 01.08 PM IST
- India loses ground on global motherhood indexAccording to Save the Children, Indian children on average spend 11.7 years in formal schooling and 52.7 out of 1,000 children in India die...05 May, 2015, 09.26 PM IST
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