All posts tagged "Pollution"
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Air Pollution2 months agoConstruction Banned, Schools Shut, Work From Home Recommended In Delhi-NCR To Fight Air Pollution
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed the government of Delhi, Punjab Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to ensure 'strict force' of the measures with...
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Air Pollution2 months ago
Phase Down From Coal As Main Source Of Energy, Invest More In Renewables: ICMR And Lancet Report
The report pointed out that the combustion of coal, mainly in power plants followed by cola combustion in industrial and household settings have resulted in an...
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Air Pollution2 months ago
Supreme Court Orders ‘Work From Home’ Over Air Pollution In Indian Capital Delhi
The Supreme Court also sought urgent steps to rein in crop waste fires in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Farmers often burn...
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Air Pollution3 months ago
Delhi’s Air Quality Index Improves Marginally But Remains In ‘Very Poor’ Category
As per SAFAR's bulletin, the AQI is likely to improve by tomorrow "as winds at transport level are slowing down resulting in lesser intrusion of farm...
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Air Pollution3 months ago
Delhi Reels Under ‘Very Poor’ AQI, Residents Concerned About Rising Health Risks
According to SAFAR, the forecasting body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, winds coming from the north west direction have slowed down but can still contribute...
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Air Pollution3 months ago
CPCB Recommends Measures To Tackle Air Pollution In Delhi-NCR, Implementation Of Graded Response Action Plan
As per the official statement from CPCB, unfavourable meteorology may cause air quality to fluctuate between 'severe and higher end of the very poor category' in...
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Air Pollution3 months ago
In Times Of COVID-19, Health Experts Red Flag The Impact Of Worsening Air Pollution
The combination of pollution and COVID-19 could lead to higher fatality rates, said AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria
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Air Pollution3 months ago
‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’, Delhi Government’s Campaign To Reduce Vehicular Emissions
Data by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) shows that if people follow the exercise of switching off engines at traffic signals, pollution can be cut...
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Air Pollution4 months ago
Air Pollution Linked To Nearly Six Million Preterm Births Globally: Study
About 2.8 million low birth weight and 5.9 million preterm birth infants, globally, could have been averted in 2019 if the mean PM2.5 exposure during the...
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Environment4 months ago
20 Million Tons Of Bio-Pellets Made From Farm Stubble To Be Obtained By Power Ministry And NTPC
The power ministry will soon make it compulsory for thermal power plants to use 10 per cent biomass in which 50 per cent will be stubble,...
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Air Pollution4 months ago
India Needs To Make Its Air Quality Norms More Stringent, Say Experts After New WHO Guidelines
New Delhi: Experts on Wednesday (September 22) stressed on the need to focus on revising India’s air quality standards to make them more stringent as the...
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Air Pollution4 months ago
Air Pollution One Of The Biggest Environmental Threats To Human Health, Says WHO, Toughens Guidelines
The WHO guidelines recommend new air quality levels to protect the health of populations, by reducing levels of key air pollutants, some of which also contribute...
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