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Public health emergency declared in Delhi-NCR as air quality becomes 'haza
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): After air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR crossed "hazardous" category, Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Friday declared a public health emergency.
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'Feeling breathless': Delhi-NCR residents complain as air quality turns 'h
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): People residing in the national capital and its nearby areas such as Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Noida are forced to breath hazardous air as Air Quality Index (AQI) has plunged to 425, which falls in the severe category, according to System of Air Qu
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Javadekar to use e-vehicles for travel from Friday
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): In a move to boost efforts to tackle rising air pollution in the national capital, Union minister Prakash Javadekar will be using electric vehicles for his official travel starting from Friday.
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We should come together to address problem of air pollution in Delhi: Suni
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Indian football team striker Sunil Chhetri on Wednesday urged the people of Delhi to come together to address the problem of air pollution in the national capital.
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AAP to protest outside Punjab, Haryana Bhawan tomorrow over air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): As the national capital chokes in smog owing to air pollution caused by cracker-bursting during Diwali and stubble burning in neighbouring states, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to stage a protest outside Punjab and Haryana Bhawan here on Thursday over
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Here's what happens to infants born to mothers breathing polluted air
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 30 (ANI): Air pollution not only poses several health risks but is also found to have adverse effects on infants born to mothers exposed to polluted air.
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Post Diwali Delhi struggles to breathe as air quality turns 'hazardous'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Delhi and its adjoining areas such as Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad are again back to its annual encounter with the extreme air pollution post-Diwali.
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AAP slams Centre, Punjab, Haryana for Delhi's air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): AAP on Tuesday slammed the Center and the neighbouring states for not taking stern action in view of increasing stubble burning cases this year in Punjab and Haryana, which has resulted in a huge spike in Delhi's air pollution.
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NASA images show increase in stubble burning in last 24 hrs in Punjab, Har
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The Delhi government on Tuesday said that the latest images from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) show a drastic increase in the stubble burning in the last 24 hours in Haryana and Punjab.
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Delhi AQI remains 'very poor', likely to improve marginally tomorrow: SAFA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The pollution in the national capital and its nearby areas such as Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad remained in the 'very poor' category on Tuesday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 392, said Center-run System of Air Quality and Weather Fore
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Is pleasure more important than health, ask experts after Diwali celebrati
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): Is pleasure more important than health, asked health experts post-Diwali as the levels of air pollution worsened in Delhi following the bursting of crackers to mark the festival.
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Will take all necessary steps if air quality continues to deteriorate: Del
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): As air quality deteriorated in the national capital after Diwali, Delhi Environment Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday assured of taking all "necessary" steps if the situation continues for next 48 hours.
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