As per the new Lancet report, climate change will not only increase the health risks for children, it is likely to impact the well-being of an entire generation unless immediate actions are taken ...
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Air Pollution
Air Pollution
People on social media did not hold back in expressing their views on the irony of schools being shut due to air pollution in Delhi and surrounding areas on Children’s Day ...
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Gurpurab di lakh-lakh vadaiyaan! On the auspicious occasion of 550 birth anniversary of Guru Nank Dev, we appreciate the tree-plantation efforts that Sikhs have undertaken globally at a massive scale to fight the rising air pollution and contribute to a healthy and sustainable future ...
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A report by Mumbai based NGO Praja ‘The State of Health in Delhi’ highlights air and water pollution are posing serious health issues in the national capital region ...
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According to UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore, air pollution affects children most severely and its effects continue all their lives because they have smaller lungs, breathe twice as fast as adults and lack immunities ...
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According to experts, people should refrain from stepping outside to avoid air pollution and consume food rich in Vitamin A to avoid irritation in eyes ...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal talks about how people of Delhi are making government’s Dengue and Air Pollution campaigns a big success ...
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In a bid to prevent air pollution caused by stubble burning, the agriculture department of Punjab has undertaken a task of providing advanced machinery to the farmers to tackle farm waste, by September 15 ...
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The study, Trade-offs Between Groundwater Conservation and Air Pollution From Agricultural Fires in Northwest India, reveals that water-use policies require farmers to transplant rice later in the year, delaying harvests and concentrates agricultural burnings of crop residues in November resulting in increased air pollution ...
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The GST Council has also approved exemption from GST on hiring of electric buses by local authorities to popularise electric mobility as a means of public transport, in addition to reducing GST on electric vehicles and EV chargers ...
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The government has accepted that the smoke from stubble burning by farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh contributes to the air pollution during winters, however also claimed that the cases of stubble burning have reduced ...
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The government of Uttar Pradesh is planning to plant 22 crore saplings in August, as compared to 9 crore saplings planted last year, however, environmental activists express concerns due to the poor execution of the last plantation drive and low survival of plants ...
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