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Delhi’s air turns hazardous as pollution inches closer to ‘severe’ category, AQI flares to 391Delhi experienced severely polluted air on December 28, with AQI levels reaching 391 and bordering the 'Severe' category. Thick smog envelo...- Delhi air pollution: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asks PM Modi, Delhi CM to take steps to clear 'filthy smog'Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has urged Prime Minister Modi, Environment Minister Yadav, and Delhi CM Rekha Gupta to urgently address Delhi's sever...
- How Delhi can learn from Beijing & London to combat air pollutionDelhi's annual winter smog crisis, while severe, is not insurmountable. Drawing inspiration from Beijing and London's successful anti-pollu...
- 2000 AQI in Pakistan? NASA images reveal horrific smog engulfing Lahore and other citiesA thick smog, visible from space, has engulfed Pakistan's Punjab province, leading to record-high pollution levels and prompting strict gov...
- When the smog liftsIn northern India, gray and opaque mornings are a regular occurrence. On challenging days, anticipating the dispersal of the fog feels like...
- Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia's JakartaThe article discusses the impact of pollution caused by a coal power plant in Jakarta, Indonesia. The pollution has led to a rise in respir...
- Delhi AQI breaches 500-mark, AAP govt says next 15 days 'crucial'The Delhi government, led by the Aam Aadmi Party, is urging citizens to use public transport in the next 15 crucial days as the capital cit...
- 'Down' but not 'out': Growth needs fuel India's coal addictionThe world's third-largest emitter teamed up with China to water down language on fossil fuels at the Glasgow conference, forcing a compromi...
- Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Lockdown gains made and lost"In Delhi-NCR, one of the major factors that led to the drop in pollution was a 97 per cent reduction in overall traffic and 91 per cent re...
- Delhi breathed more polluted air in November this year than 2019 due to large-scale stubble burningPollutions levels breached the emergency threshold twice in November.
- Delhi Pollution: Over 70 lakh litres water sprinkled at 13 hotspots in 36 daysAccording to the Fire Department, about two lakh litres of water is being sprinkled every day by its personnel at 13 places declared as pol...
- Kunal Bahl plans to try out online fitness options as Delhi's pollution reaches hazardous levelsBahl also lauded Delhi CM for his 'amazing execution' in reducing dengue cases.
- Coronavirus impact: Smog clear, Indians breathe easier as nation-wide lockdowns kick inLast year, India had accounted for around half of the world's 50 most polluted cities.
- From Russia, with calf-love and much moo: Gau rakshaks can learn from the spectacle of how Muscovy cows are kept happyIn a hi-tech bid to keep cows happy, Russians are equipping them with special VR spectacles.
- Delhi air back in ‘severe’ zone, 1st time since NovemberThe overall air quality index, which stood at 359 (very poor) on Wednesday, jumped to 469 on Thursday, which is well into the severe catego...
- Delhi air pollution: Environment ministry forms high-level committeeThe ministry also asked affected state governments to implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to battle pollution.
- Take stringent steps to check pollution in road projects: Nitin GadkariField officials have been directed to inspect the construction sites regularly to ensure that all the pollution control measures are adhere...
- NHRC notices to Centre, govts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana on 'toxic haze'The National Human Rights Commission today criticised authorities for not taking proper steps to tackle the "hazard", amounting to violatio...
- Delhi pollution: Need well-rounded approach to tackle pollution, says UN officialAir pollutant touched calamitous levels here yesterday, as a thick grey smog hung low across the region, prompting the government to declar...
- Air quality in January relatively better than last year: SAFAR"The recent spell of rain has washed out the particulates. So the city is enjoying the season's best quality of air at this moment. January...
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