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Jahangirpuri, Rohini among most polluted clusters of Delhi: StudyJahangirpuri, with 144.1 micrograms per cubic meter (g/m³), topped the list as the most polluted area in the city, followed by Rohini (142 ...
Delhi tops polluted city list as air quality crisis persists in north IndiaDelhi's air quality plummeted this week, earning the title of India's most polluted city with a hazardous PM2.5 level of 243.3 g/m³. Expert...
Covid-19: New algae-based respirator may help people wearing masks breath easyThe algae in the respirator conduct photosynthesis and remove carbon dioxide (C02) and other air pollutants while producing oxygen, making ...
City bus travellers inhale less soot than those in cars: StudyIt's not only being out on the roads that exposes you to respirable pollution particles.Your home, especially the kitchen, could be envelop...
Some good news, some bad for 15 major cities on air quality frontPM 10 levels seem to be falling in Mumbai, Pune, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chennai while in Lucknow they are stabilising, according to report by ...
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.
WHO may find Delhi most polluted, but many Indian cities worseThe data compares pollution levels of 24 cities on the basis of their Air Quality Index (AQI) with a colour code and a numerical value.
Odd even formula reduced main pollutant by 25%: Delhi GovtThe most prominent pollutant in Delhi's air, PM 2.5, has "come down" by around 25 per cent as compared to December's figures.
US satellites show Delhi's air has been getting dirtier since 2000Using satellite measurements, an American scientist has found a steady increase in both PM2.5 and PM10 in Delhi's air between 2000 and 2015.
Wind disperses pollutants marginally, air quality remains 'very poor'The safe limits of PM 2.5 and PM 10, microscopic particles that can enter and embed deep into the lungs and subsequently bloodstream, are 6...
Pollution on rise: Smog-hit Delhi can't breathe easy if satellites chokeMeasures to counter severe smog episodes are likely to have limited success until Delhi’s satellite towns get serious about their air quali...
Delhi debates 'even odd' while foul air chokes residentsAlthough visibility averaged above a kilometre, it will start coming down once the temperature drops to single digit.
- Rain exit sends Delhi’s air into the ‘poor’ zone a month early
The monsoon dried up early over north India this year and Delhiites are already facing the consequences.
- Planned in phases: Paris shows way to clean air
The blue, clear skies this summer in Paris hardly indicate it has an air pollution problem. But the top agenda for the Paris municipality— ...
Green NGO urges Delhi government to issue advisory on air pollutionThe green NGO said Delhi's air pollution is "worse than that of Beijing" and called for stringent targets for industrial emissions and an a...
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asks babus for offbeat ideas to tackle air pollutionKejriwal asked bureaucrats to skip presentations on other issues and move directly to air pollution. He asked for "offbeat" solutions.
- MoEF guided by bad science, EPCA tells SC
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has submitted its rebuttal to Supreme Court on MoEF's recent affidavit that downplayed the r...
'Pollution check can save 2 billion life years'India can save up to 2 billion life years if the places that exceed the national air quality standards (very polluted) were brought within ...
- Pollution under control in Kanpur, official says
The city is astonishingly recording low pollution. According to the data provided by the Pollution Control Board, the level of respirable s...
- More cars on city roads may choke you
The past few years have seen more and more fourwheelers and two-wheelers zipping across the city roads.