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Delhi’s air quality continues in ‘very poor’ category

Delhi’s air quality continues in ‘very poor’ category

🕔12:25, 3.Dec 2022

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) With a layer of smog enveloping the capital city early on Saturday, the overall air quality continued in “very poor” category giving Deliites no respite from the toxic air. According to the System of Air Quality

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Smog layer prevails over Delhi, AQI remains ‘very poor”

Smog layer prevails over Delhi, AQI remains ‘very poor”

🕔12:05, 28.Nov 2022

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) As the winter approaches, a layer of smog continued to envelope the national capital on Monday with the overall AQI registered at 313 under the “very poor” category. According to the System of Air Quality and

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The blame game for pollution by Delhi snatching employment & livelihood from people of Haryana

The blame game for pollution by Delhi snatching employment & livelihood from people of Haryana

🕔20:29, 17.Nov 2022

New Delhi, 17 November: Due to increasing air pollution in the capital Delhi for the last several years, the people living in and around Delhi have started suffocating. This problem is increasing every year. Now the situation has become such

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Delhi L-G writes to Punjab CM over stubble burning, asks to take urgent steps

Delhi L-G writes to Punjab CM over stubble burning, asks to take urgent steps

🕔13:06, 4.Nov 2022

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena on Friday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the stubble burning issue and asked him to take urgent action to control it. “I wish to draw your attention towards

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SC agrees to hear on Nov 10 plea raising air pollution issue in Delhi

SC agrees to hear on Nov 10 plea raising air pollution issue in Delhi

🕔11:32, 4.Nov 2022

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine on November 10 a plea seeking urgent steps in connection with air pollution in Delhi. A lawyer mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice U.U.

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Delhi’s air quality to turn ‘very poor’ ahead of Diwali, curbs imposed

Delhi’s air quality to turn ‘very poor’ ahead of Diwali, curbs imposed

🕔11:13, 20.Oct 2022

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) With air quality in the national capital likely to deteriorate to ‘very poor’ category in ahead of Diwali, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR has directed the authorities to enact Stage 2 of

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All industrial units in Delhi have switched to clean fuels: Report

All industrial units in Delhi have switched to clean fuels: Report

🕔07:40, 14.Dec 2021

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Complying with the Commission for Air Quality Management’s (CAQM) direction, all 1,636 industrial units that were re-inspected twice in the month of October and November were found to have converted to clean fuels. The Delhi Pollution

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SC suggests 2-day lockdown in Delhi to bring down severe air pollution level

SC suggests 2-day lockdown in Delhi to bring down severe air pollution level

🕔12:48, 13.Nov 2021

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Saturday took a serious view of the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR and suggested that if needed the government can declare a two-day lockdown to bring down the levels, which has been

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How clean is Delhi’s air this winter? Not much, say experts

How clean is Delhi’s air this winter? Not much, say experts

🕔19:17, 11.Nov 2020

New Delhi [India], November 11 – Environment experts have again voiced concern over rising vehicular pollution in the national capital with onset of winter while farmers burn stubble in fields across neighbouring states after the harvest of rice and before

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Delhi urges Centre to share SAFAR’s data to check pollution

Delhi urges Centre to share SAFAR’s data to check pollution

🕔19:22, 15.Oct 2019

New Delhi, Oct 15  As the air quality in the national capital started deteriorating, Delhi Environment Minister Kailash Gehlot on Tuesday wrote to Union Minister of Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan requesting for sharing data and technology of the ministry’s System

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IIT Kanpur inks pact with Ericsson to tackle Delhi pollution

IIT Kanpur inks pact with Ericsson to tackle Delhi pollution

🕔12:54, 25.Jul 2019

New Delhi, July 25  Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) on Thursday entered into a partnership with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson to deploy Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) to monitor air pollution in Delhi. “With support from Ericsson,

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Environmental Crises: INDIA CHOKING, REDUCE CO2 …

Environmental Crises: INDIA CHOKING, REDUCE CO2 …

🕔10:20, 15.Nov 2017

Environmental Crises INDIA CHOKING, REDUCE CO2 By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee   Over the last week India is choking. Thanks to the dangerously poisonous air we breathe as most cities are over populated and polluted. A recent Geological Survey of India

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Pollution Catastrophe: REGIONAL, THINK BEYOND DELHI…

Pollution Catastrophe: REGIONAL, THINK BEYOND DELHI…

🕔12:49, 13.Nov 2017

Pollution Catastrophe REGIONAL, THINK BEYOND DELHI By Shivaji Sarkar Each time Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) suffers smoggy conditions, the courts, National Green Tribunal and now the Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), come up with impractical ideas to punish citizens. It

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‘Gas Chamber’ Delhi: GOVTS PASS THE BUCK…

‘Gas Chamber’ Delhi: GOVTS PASS THE BUCK…

🕔10:15, 11.Nov 2017

‘Gas Chamber’ Delhi GOVTS PASS THE BUCK By Insaf National capital Delhi should make both the AAP and Central government hang their heads in shame. It is choked, engulfed in polluted and unsafe air with the High Court describing it

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Consider odd-even, cloud seeding to curb pollution: HC

Consider odd-even, cloud seeding to curb pollution: HC

🕔14:15, 9.Nov 2017

New Delhi, Nov 9  The Delhi High Court on Thursday said there was an “emergency situation” vis-a-vis pollution in Delhi-NCR region and asked the Delhi government to consider vehicular odd-even scheme and cloud seeding to induce artificial rain. The court

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Delhi schools to shut till Sunday due to pollution

Delhi schools to shut till Sunday due to pollution

🕔14:24, 8.Nov 2017

New Delhi, Nov 8  All schools in the capital will remain shut till Sunday due to alarming levels of pollution, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Wednesday. “Delhi’s air quality is getting worse. In this situation, there can

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Delhi’s Quest for Demons: FALSE POLLUTION BOGIES?…

Delhi’s Quest for Demons: FALSE POLLUTION BOGIES?…

🕔10:53, 11.Jan 2016

Delhi’s Quest for Demons FALSE POLLUTION BOGIES? By Shivaji Sarkar  Delhi governed by the whims and fancies of Aam Aadmi Party’s  Chief Minister Arvind Kerjriwal and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seem to be working on “truthiness”, things which are

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