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Researchers reveal short-term exposure to air pollution has rapid impact
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study, common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in just a few hours. The study was the first to demonstrate, in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), that diesel exhaust interferes with the ability of differen
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Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal to launch real-time pollution data collecting mecha
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The study on real-time source apportionment will assist in determining the causes of the rise in air pollution at any specific location in Delhi. The project has been initiated by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi and TERI.
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Delhi's Air Quality continues in poor category
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'poor category' for the second consecutive day on Saturday morning with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 204, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
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Study suggests brief exposure to air pollution has rapid impacts on brain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel exhaust disrupts the ability of diffe
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Amid winter, with increased smog and pollution, informed healthcare decisi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 24 (ANI/PNN): Amid the ongoing cold waves of winters, smog and air pollution have resumed, thereby increasing the intensity of blocked airways in people's lungs, giving a rise to respiratory problems. But everyone has only one set of lungs, whi
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Air quality in Delhi-NCR continue to remain in 'very poor' category
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The AQI in the Delhi University area was 389, while in IIT Delhi area it was recorded at 382. In the Airport (T3) area, the quality of air was recorded at 387.
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CAQM asks Coal India and Haryana, UP govts to ensure coal is not supplied
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change said in a statement that the Commission has also advised the entities or units or industries including stockists, traders and dealers of coal to ensure compliance and discontinue coal supply in NCR for any kind of usage or stocking or se
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Delhi Assembly: BJP MLAs sport oxygen cylinders, gas masks
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On the first day of the winter session of the Delhi Assembly, the BJP leaders reached the assembly with oxygen cylinders and masks to highlight the issue of air pollution in the national capital.
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Delhi's air quality continues to be "very poor"
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The air quality in Delhi continued to be in the "very poor" category with the overall air quality index (AQI) at 337 on Saturday morning.
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Delhi gets temporary respite from cold, minimum temperature at 12 degree C
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
With slight rains in several parts of the national capital, Delhites had some respite from the chilling cold on Friday morning with the temperature recorded at 12 degrees Celcius and moderate fog conditions.
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Delhi hospitals witnessing surge in respiratory, cardiac problems due to c
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As Delhi witnesses the third worst cold wave in 23 years, the hospitals are getting respiratory and more heart patients in emergencies and OPDs and the health experts said the risk of these diseases increasing because of the cold and air pollution.
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Delhi air quality remains in 'severe' category
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Already reeling under a cold wave since the beginning of the New Year, residents in the national capital on Wednesday woke up to another chilly and polluted morning.
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