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Air quality worsens in Delhi-NCR: CAQM sends team to Bathinda, steps up Punjab monitoringThe Commission for Air Quality Management has called an urgent review meeting with Punjab officials after a surge in paddy stubble burning ...
CAQM takes serious view of spurt in farm fires in PunjabThe Commission for Air Quality Management held a meeting regarding the high incidence of farm fires in Punjab. Recent data indicated a sign...
Delhi air turns hazardous; AQI touches 605, GRAP-II vehicle curb enforced at Gurgaon borderDelhi AQI: Among the worst-affected locations, Punjabi Bagh recorded an AQI of 452, followed by Dhaula Kuan at 417, ITO at 418, RK Puram at...
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These large- and mid-cap stocks can give more than 20% return in 1 year, according to analystsThe mayhem in the market is likely to continue, at least for the short-term. Nothing has changed in terms of the known headwinds: The US-Ir...
Delhi winter pollution could be worse this year: 47 farm fires already recorded, Super El Nino, late Diwali and delayed harvesting likely to complicate thingsDelhi’s winter air pollution could face added pressure this year as stubble-burning season begins, with 47 farm fires already recorded acro...
Drug-free India by 2029: Centre lays out 3-year roadmap with 200-plus actionsIndia aims to become drug-free by 2029 with a detailed three-year roadmap. This plan focuses on enforcement, synthetic drugs, demand reduct...
India's water initiatives highlighted at UN rights council side eventAt a UN Human Rights Council gathering, India highlighted its efforts to address water scarcity through initiatives such as the Jal Jeevan ...
Satellites missing most farm fires in Punjab, Haryana; impact on Delhi highly underestimated: ReportThe Stubble Burning Status Report 2025 by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) said this led to...
CPCB report to NGT shows 80 pc environmental funds remain unutilisedThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has spent only 20% of the environment protection charge and environmental compensation collected...
SC seeks tough measures to combat stubble burning crisis; asks govt to deny MSP to offendersThe Supreme Court advocates halting crop purchases for stubble burners, aiming to tackle air pollution. Highlighting the MSP's link to law ...
Naitonal Green Tribunal directs Centre to finalise EPR regime within three months, says plastic waste a serious hazardEPR (Under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016) puts the onus on the manufacturers for the treatment, recycling, reuse or disposal of produ...
Dust haze hangs over Punjab, Haryana; flight operations again hitSome flight operators had yesterday itself announced cancellation of flights scheduled for the day, airport officials said.
Ban on stubble burning not fully implemented: GovernmentWhile meetings of Environment Minister Dave with state environment ministers were held on many occasions, four secretary-level meetings hav...
Centre to set up control room within CPCB to constantly monitor actions to combat air pollutionUnion environment ministry on Friday decided to set up a control room within the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to constantly monit...
- Centre writes to four states, asking them to take stringent measures to prevent stubble burning
Perturbed over rising air pollution in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) due to burning of stubbles by farmers in neighbouring st...
Action plan prepared to monitor air quality in Delhi region: Prakash JavadekarJavadekar said the plan includes issuing of 'challans' to vehicles running without PUC certificates, violating lane discipline; minimising ...
Solid Waste Management project will be ready by 2016: Ashwani KumarKumar, the Rajya Sabha MP, said that the State Government has assured to the committee that it is determined to have the project operationa...
Take immediate steps to cut pollution: EPCA tells to 4 statesTaking a serious note of the drop in air quality and smog cover that has engulfed the city, a Supreme Court-appointed body today asked Delh...
- India to have satellite to monitor green house emission
A dedicated satellite would be launched with the support of Indian Space Research Organisation by 2012 to monitor India's greenhouse gas em...