The survey highlights that the public is aware that poor air quality affects their health but is not aware of the extent of the damage, says Dr Arvind Kumar, Founder of Lung Care Foundation ...
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Air Pollution
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow MPs to use the MPLAD funds to curb the practice of stubble burning by funding stubble cleaning and super seeder machines to farmers ...
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Aerosols are tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the air that reduce visibility and can damage the human lungs and heart ...
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As almost all countries across the world have imposed lockdown, the people are indoors which has resulted in a drop in air pollution and many wild animals have been seen coming out from the forests and exploring the cities ...
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According to experts, since the lockdown was imposed the air quality across the country has shown drastic improvement due to eradication of local pollutants generated due to construction activities and vehicular traffic among others ...
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According to an official at Indian Meteorological Department, that the pollution levels have plummeted due to reduction in vehicular traffic, shutdown of industries due to lockdown amid coronavirus and western disturbance, which is causing rainfall ...
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The Delhi government allocated Rs. 7,704 crore for the health sector, including Rs. 724 crore for new hospitals and Rs. 365 crore for setting up new mohalla clinics and polyclinics ...
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In a bid to reduce carbon emissions caused by burning of wooden logs during ‘holika dahan’ and to save trees from being cut for this, a group of students from IIT-Delhi have distributed cow dung logs in several housing societies across Delhi-NCR ...
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Observing the reduction in fund allocation under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), a parliamentary panel has recommended that the programme need Rs. 200 crore more ...
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According to researchers from the Johns Hopkins University, USA, exposure to higher amounts of fine particulate matter was associated with a higher degree of albuminuria which can cause kidney dysfunction ...
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According to Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai, special action plan for three month will be prepared to deal with pollution in winter, an annual action and a five-year action plan will also be prepared to curb pollution in the capital ...
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Ghaziabad gets the title of world’s most polluted city followed by New Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, in a new report titled 2019 World Air Quality ...
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