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UP: Noida gasps for breath as AQI remains in 'severe' category
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Air pollution levels in Noida remained in the 'severe' category for the fourth consecutive day forcing the residents to curtail outdoor activities.
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Air pollution leading to 10-15 per cent spike in patients with cardiac dis
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): There has been a 10-15 per cent rise in patients suffering from cardiovascular disease in the past few days after Delhi's air pollution levels rose sharply, said a cardiologist at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
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Joint Secy skips meeting on air pollution due to important matter in SC: M
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on Friday said that the Joint Secretary could not attend the meeting over worsening air quality today as she had to appear for an 'important matter' in the Supreme Court.
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MPs, bureaucrats skip Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on air poll
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Even as the Supreme Court pulled up agencies over worsening air quality in the national capital, officers from the agencies responsible for tackling air pollution on Friday chose to be absent from an important meeting called by the Parliamentary Standing Comm
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Randomly check three-wheelers running on polluting fuels in Delhi: SC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): In the wake of deteriorating air quality in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to randomly check three-wheelers running on polluting fuels and file a report.
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Odd-even scheme not a solution to air pollution: SC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday called the odd-even rationing scheme "half-baked" and said that it might not be a solution to control the deteriorating air quality in the national capital.
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Javadekar calls for joint cooperation of agencies to combat air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): As Delhi is gasping for breath due to air pollution, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said that the joint cooperation of all agencies is needed to fix the issue.
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Delhi: Officials ditch Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on air pol
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): A meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Urban Development over the deteriorating air quality of the capital, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed as three commissioners of MCD, Vice Chairman of DDA, Secretary or Joint Secreta
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UP: Noida, Ghaziabad reel under bouts of air pollution as AQI crosses 500
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Ghaziabad/Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): With air pollution reaching to alarming levels in Delhi's adjoining areas of Ghaziabad and Noida, more and more residents are urging the government to take emergency measures to deal with situation which is leading to breathlessness, wat
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Air pollution crisis: Gurugram gasping for breath as AQI crosses 700
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Gurugram residents continued to struggle for clean air as the Air Quality Index (AQI) docked at 703, which falls in the 'severe plus' category, on Friday morning, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on air pollution underway
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): A meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Urban Development is underway to discuss the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, sources said on Friday.
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Delhi-NCR continue to battle air pollution, AQI hovers around 482 in capit
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi/Noida/ Gurugram/Ghaziabad [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The air pollution levels in Delhi and its adjoining areas remained in the 'severe' category for the third consecutive day despite the implementation of the Odd-Even scheme.
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