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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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Cold wave grips Delhi, air quality to remain poor for 48 hours
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): A thick blanket of fog continued to envelop the national capital on Saturday with pollution further intoxicating the atmosphere.
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Delhi's air quality worsens, fog disrupts air and rail traffic
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Delhi, routinely suffering from air pollution accompanied by thick fog caused by vehicular exhaust and coal burning, witnessed yet another bad day on Friday.
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Foggy weather disrupts rail, air traffic in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): A thick blanket of fog engulfed Delhi on Wednesday as the minimum temperature dropped to 4 degrees Celsius and visibility to less than 50 meters.
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India unveils five-year plan to reduce air pollution
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (Xinhua/ANI): The Indian government released a five-year plan to reduce the air pollution in the 102 worst-affected cities in the country by 20-30 percent by 2024.
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Delhi: Air quality nosedives to 'very poor', no respite even after rain
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Light downpour that hit some areas of the national capital and its adjoining regions failed to improve the overall air quality index on Monday.
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Planting hedges could help curb air pollution
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Outdoor pollution has become a menace, having risen at an alarming rate in the past few years. Now, according to a study, planting hedges, or a combination of trees with hedges, could curb near-road pollution exposure.
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Delhi Environment Minister directs authorities for combating pollution
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Delhi's Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday convened a high-level meeting to review the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) mandated by Supreme Court of India for combatting and mitigating air pollution in Delhi in view of the
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Will implement odd-even scheme to tackle air pollution Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his government would reintroduce odd-even scheme in the capital to combat the problem of air pollution, which continues to wreak havoc with the denizens.
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Delhi: Fog disrupts flight schedule, air quality 'hazardous'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): All departures at Delhi airport were stalled for an hour on Tuesday morning after thick fog enveloped the national capital leading to low visibility on the runway. Minimum visibility required for takeoff is 125 meters.
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Delhi: Factories in key industrial areas to remain closed till Dec 26
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Monday received recommendations from the Central Pollution Control Board Task force, under the Graded Response Action Plan, directing factories located in hotspot industrial areas to remain closed ti
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Electric vehicle policy being developed to curb pollution: Kejriwal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 18 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government is mulling over a new electric vehicle policy to reduce pollution in the national capital.
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