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A month of extremes: Delhi's March among hottest, wettest and most polluted in recent yearsDelhi recorded its most polluted March in four years. The city also saw its wettest March in three years and its hottest since 2022. Weathe...- Two pollution tests must for vehicles with flex fuel optionAll bi-fuel vehicles with flex fuel option will have to undergo tests for both gaseous pollutants as well as particulate mass and number wh...
- Road Ministry notifies emission test standards for vehiclesIn its recent notification dated January 5, 2024, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway said all bi-fuel vehicles with flex fuel optio...
- Diwali PM2.5 levels in Delhi rose by 45 percent compared to 2022: ReportThe Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has reported a concerning rise in the concentration of fine particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 ...
- How India lost nearly a third of solar power potential to foul airIIT considered both the ‘soiling effect’, or presence of solid dust, and ‘atmospheric attenuation’, or the scattering of light due to gaseo...
- Devic Earth raises Rs 10 cr from Blue Ashva CapitalThe investment is through the Blue Ashva Sampada Fund, the green tech firm said in a statement on Tuesday.
- BS-VI norms in but India needs auto-LPG to curb vehicular emissions: Autogas suppliers' bodyEven as the BS-VI norms are rolled out, the next thrust of the government is on the electric vehicles (EVs) that are still a decade away fr...
- Watch your breath: Low levels of pollution dangerous, can cause heart problems, respiratory diseasesEven short term exposure to polluted air can be harmful.
- Delhi's air quality oscillating between 'very poor' and 'severe' categoriesThe air quality Sunday morning was recorded in the 'severe' category, CPCB data showed.
- CPCB firms up plan to check use of polluting fuels in industriesThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has now fixed the emission standards for SOx and NOx for 16 types of industries
- Power plants to get more time for green upgradeThe government looks set to extend the December 2017 deadline for coal-fired power stations to meet stricter emission norms, allowing time ...
- Health cost of air pollution in India assessed at 3 per cent of its GDPGreenpeace India too, in a report, has claimed that total deaths caused due to air pollution in the country are underestimated at least by ...
- Industries across NCR using sulphur-heavy fuel: EPCAThe Environment Pollution (Control and Prevention) Authority has called for amendments to the 1996 notification that had banned these fuels...
- Pollution rose during second phase of odd-even: StudyThe second phase of the odd-even scheme, implemented to improve Delhi's air quality, saw a "rise" of nearly 23 per cent in pollution levels.
- PM10, PM2.5 concentrations rose on 1st day of odd-even: TERI"The concentrations are 1.6-3.6 times above the standard of PM2.5," The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said.
- Air quality improves slightly on second day of odd-evenEight-hour average of Ozone, a gaseous pollutant, dipped below 40 parts per billion (ppb), a sharp drop from yesterday and the day before.
- Odd-even: Gain from less cars offset by polluted windsAn official in the IMD department said air quality has been moderate over the last twenty days although it dipped today owing to pollutants...
- Ozone, other gaseous pollutants on radar during odd-even 2.0SAFAR has eight air-quality monitoring stations in Delhi and one each in Gurgaon and Noida.
- Biomass burning in nearby areas doesn't always harm NCR air: JavdekarUnion environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday told Rajya Sabha that "there is no conclusive study available to show that biomass b...
- Dip in atmospheric pollution level on BhogiThe Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has reported a dip in the atmospheric pollution level from the previous year during Bhogi, a traditi...
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