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Close to 700 cases of stubble burning reported from Punjab, Haryana betwee
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amidst increasing levels of air pollution in the national capital region, close to 700 cases of stubble burning were reported from Punjab and Haryana between September 21-29, according to sources in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (
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Delhi air quality back to "poor" level
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The national capital woke up to "poor" air quality on Monday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 275 in Delhi's ITO and Anand Vihar areas, according to Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
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Amid air pollution concerns, farmers in Amritsar continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Meharbanpura village continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Coronavirus risk may go up on exposure to urban air pollutants: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): The risk of Coronavirus may enhance on exposure to urban air pollutants, suggests a research study.
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Delhi's air quality continues to remain under 'poor' category
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Air quality continues to remain under the 'poor' category in the national capital, with the air quality index (AQI) of areas such as Jahangirpuri and ITO standing at 267 and 257 respectively, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee informed on Saturday.<
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EPCA writes to Delhi, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan on measures to curb air pollu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has issued a letter to Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan on implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in an endeavor to keep air pollution
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Air pollution: Centre should participate so that we get help from other st
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New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): I believe the Central government should actively participate on the issue of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region so that we can get help from other states and resolve this problem, said Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday.
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Urban air pollution may make COVID-19 more deadly, says study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Researchers have found long-term exposure to urban air pollution may have made COVID-19 virus more deadly.
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Air pollution: Directions issued to stop work at 6 construction sites in D
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Delhi government on Wednesday asked six major construction and demolition sites to stop work in view of pollution in the national capital.
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Pollution watchdog CPCB writes to Delhi chief secretary seeking action aga
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Pollution watchdog Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has written to the Delhi Chief Secretary about air pollution seeking immediate action on major polluting sources in Delhi as winter approaches.
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We burn stubble as govt compensation inadequate: Amritsar farmers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Devidaspura continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Stubble decomposition machine trials to be carried out in all states: Prak
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): All the states will conduct the trials of a decomposer, developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Pusa Institute to deal with the issue of stubble burning, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
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