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China underreporting severity of air pollution levels, says study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Air pollution data in China may have been manipulated by local officials, according to a new study conducted by Harvard and Boston University researchers.
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Air pollution costs Indian business $95 billion each year: Dalberg Adviso
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Air pollution costs Indian business about 95 billion dollars (about Rs 7 lakh crore) every fiscal year, around 3 per cent of India's total GDP, a major research report shows.
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Air pollution by brick kilns in Mathura, NGT seeks action taken report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought action taken report in terms of compliance of siting and environmental norms, including the assimilative capacity of the air to sustain a particular number of brick kilns.
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Study on air pollution, physical exercise suggests when to do more or less
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 30 (ANI): Physical activity is important in preventing heart and blood vessel disease in young people so long as they don't undertake very strenuous activity on days when air pollution levels are high, according to a nationwide study of nearly 1.5 million people.
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Smog tower to purify air installed at Bengaluru's Hudson Circle
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 28 (ANI): Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has installed a 'smog tower' at Hudson Circle that uses nanotechnology to purify the air.
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Entrepreneurship and Social Change: A blended approach by Kavach Mask
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI/SRV Media): According to a WHO survey, air pollution is a major contributor to human deaths with more than 4.2 million deaths every year. WHO reported that poor air quality is one of the world's largest indirect health risks.
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Sandstorm causes severe air pollution, traffic disruptions in Beijing
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A strong sandstorm in the Chinese capital led to major traffic disruptions in the city on Monday morning, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates Green Crematoria pyres in Delhi to mitigate a
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): The Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday inaugurated four pyres of the Green Crematoria at Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat Crematorium along with three new pyres run by Indraprastha Gas Limited
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China's bitcoin mining fuels unfavorable views of Beijing to historic high
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 27 (ANI): Already suffering from economic woes and price hikes caused by the US sanctions and government mismanagement, the COVID-19 pandemic, the severe air pollution and now the blackouts, many people in Iran were outraged to learn that the Chinese are supposedly de
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'Very poor' AQI, dense fog continues over Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Thursday with a thick layer of fog engulfing parts of the city and affecting visibility.
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Delhiites wake up to 'very poor' air quality, poor visibility
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Delhiites woke up to 'very poor' quality of air on Wednesday morning along with poor visibility due to the dense fog that engulfed many parts of the city.
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Kejriwal launches 'Switch Delhi' campaign, plans electric vehicle adoption
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched 'Switch Delhi', an electric vehicle mass awareness campaign, to sensitize citizens about the benefits of switching to electric vehicles.
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