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Hazardous smog grips Pakistan's Punjab as AQI soars across major cities
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Punjab's air quality remained hazardous, with several cities recording extremely high AQI levels. Lahore continued to face severe smog as the Met Office reported conditions favouring its persistence. The government launched tree-planting and green-belt projects, including 10,000 new trees in
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Jairam Ramesh highlights air quality crisis, calls it "assault on brains a
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday raised concern about India's air quality crisis and termed the pollution a "full-blown assault on our brains and bodies", highlighting alarming statistics that reveal its devastating impact on public health.
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"Blaming Diwali, Hindus and Sanatanis for Delhi's Pollution is a sin": Del
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is trying to prove that "Deepawali, Hindus and Sanatanis are responsible for Delhi's pollution," adding that it is "a sin" to link the festival to the city's air quality crisis.
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AAP leaders Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj claim Delhi's AQI has hit poor le
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Delhi currently basking in sunny weather with a temperature of 32°C, is facing a severe air quality crisis. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has skyrocketed to a hazardous 500, significantly worse than yesterday's reading around the same time.
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CAQM invokes Stage-III and IV restrictions in Delhi-NCR as air quality wor
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday invoked Stage-III ('Severe' Air Quality of Delhi) and Stage-IV ('Severe+' Air Quality of Delhi) measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), effective immediately across Delhi-NCR after air quality deteriorated.
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"Delh govt is totally corrupt...": NDMC vice chairman Satish Upadhyay
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid Delhi's ongoing air quality crisis, New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC) Vice Chairman Satish Upadhyay alleged that the Delhi government is deeply involved in corruption and disinterested in carrying out any meaningful work.
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BMC deploys anti-smog gun at Mumbai's Marine Drive to fight air pollution
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As Mumbai continues to experience an air quality crisis, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday deployed an anti-smog gun at Marine Drive to control dust.
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Don't wait for air quality to become severe, t
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the air quality crisis in the national capital calls for a scientific study and suggested a statistical-based model on wind patterns to take advance measures to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR before the situat
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Air pollution: Delhi Govt's 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off' campaign extended ti
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): To deal with the air quality crisis in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday announced the extension of 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off' campaign till December 3 to curb vehicular pollution.
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Birlasoft's Shodhan 2017-18 contributes to improving air quality in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI-NewsVoir): Birlasoft, part of the CK Birla Group, has contributed to solving the air quality crisis in Delhi NCR through its CSR project Shodhan 2017-18. Shodhan, which means purification in Hindi, is an attempt to arrest the pollution caused by crop burning in
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