Delhi's PM2.5 levels up by 13% on Diwali night this year: ReportNew Delhi's PM2.5 levels on Diwali night reached 603 g/m³, a 13% rise from previous years, with increased nitrogen dioxide levels due to he...
02 Nov, 2024, 08.09 PM IST
What’s in the air?: How AQI.in has become a vital tool for Indians to check the level of air pollution in their neighbourhoodWhile air quality remains a concern in many Indian cities throughout the year, Diwali marks the period when the demand for information on p...
18 Nov, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
"Don't burst crackers, light diyas": Delhi Environment Minister urges people to avoid fireworks on DiwaliDelhi's Environment Minister, Gopal Rai, has urged residents not to burst firecrackers during Diwali to prevent worsening air quality. Inst...
12 Nov, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
As Diwali fails to light up travel, airlines drop faresData from the civil aviation ministry shows average occupancy of airlines has stayed below 85%, against airlines' expectation of 90% load i...
10 Nov, 2023, 03.25 PM IST
Odd-even returning to roads near you!'Odd-even' was introduced in 2016 and implemented in 2017 and 2019. Numbers of car plates ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are permitted on roads on...
06 Nov, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal announces Diwali bonus for 80,000 Delhi govt employeesDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday in a special address through social media made a special announcement for 80,000 government ...
06 Nov, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
Vehicles contributed half of PM 2.5 pollution from local sources in Delhi around DiwaliThe report said that when pollution concentrations from all sources -- local, NCR and beyond -- are added, Delhi's vehicles account for nea...
02 Nov, 2022, 10.24 PM IST
Delhi govt to launch 'Red Light on Gaadi off' campaign to curb vehicular pollution from Oct 28Under the campaign, first launched on October 16, 2020, to cut down vehicular pollution in the national capital, drivers are encouraged to ...
21 Oct, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
Air travel may maintain Diwali heights: IndiGo CEOIndiGo's net loss for the second quarter of the current fiscal widened to ₹1,435.7 crore from a net loss of ₹1,194.8 crore last year despit...
17 Nov, 2021, 06.51 AM IST
As AQI nears 'severe' category, EPCA bans construction at night in Delhi-NCR from October 26-30In a letter to chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, EPCA chairman Bhure Lal also issued directions to close down coal-ba...
25 Oct, 2019, 12.40 PM IST
CPCB recommends ban on entry of heavy vehicles in Delhi after DiwaliThe recommendation was made in view of the heavy pollution caused by such vehicles which might add to the woes of the national capital whic...
06 Nov, 2018, 06.12 PM IST
Delhi's pollution level slips to hazardous category as thick haze engulfs cityA thick haze engulfed the national capital which reduced the visibility drastically, authorities said.
05 Nov, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Delhi govt proposes aerial sprinkling of water to contain dustThe air ambience fund, created in 2008, reportedly had around Rs 240 crore till last year, of which about a fraction had been used in subsi...
23 Oct, 2017, 08.58 PM IST
5,000 masks donated to Gurgaon Police to fight air pollutionPolice Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said the N95 masks will be given to field officials, especially those deployed in the traffic departmen...
22 Oct, 2017, 06.02 AM IST
Delhi's air quality drops to alarming levels just a week before DiwaliEven US embassy's air quality monitoring stations, located at the relatively clean Chanakyapuri, showed "unhealthy" levels as per their AQI...
24 Oct, 2016, 10.43 AM IST
India's domestic air passenger traffic up 25.1 per cent in November 15The overall average domestic travel demand across the seven major aviation markets spiked by 6.4% in November 2015 over the same period a y...
13 Jan, 2016, 04.46 PM IST
After a dim Diwali, airlines target Christmas business"The numbers for Diwali were relatively flat, although price realisation might be slightly better," said Sharat Dhall, president of travel ...
13 Nov, 2013, 04.08 AM IST