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Delhi air quality turns hazardous: Here's how to survive the choking pollu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): With the air quality index in Delhi entering the Severe Plus category and the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority declaring a public health emergency, experts have advised people to urgently take steps to protect their health.
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Punjab govt says taking all possible measures to control stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): RK Verma, Principal Secretary, Department of Science, Technology and Environment in the Punjab government on Friday assured that the government is taking all possible measures to control stubble burning in the state.
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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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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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Post-Diwali, while Delhi witnesses 'very poor' air quality, Mumbai breathe
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 28 (ANI); While Delhi remains under the grip of dust and firecracker pollution post-Diwali, locals in Mumbai can breath easy with major pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 docking at 32 and 43 respectively in Haji Ali area -- levels which come in the 'good' category
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Air quality remains 'poor' on Diwali in New Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): The air quality in New Delhi continues to remain in the 'poor' category on Sunday on the occasion of Diwali as the major pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 reached 266 and 234, respectively, in the Lodhi Road area, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data. Read More
Delhi: Air quality remains 'poor' across Diwali weekend
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): The air quality continues to remain in 'poor' category in New Delhi over the Diwali weekend with major pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 docking at 256 and 249 respectively in Burari, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data.
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Air pollution leaves Delhi gasping for breath ahead of Diwali
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Just two days ahead of Diwali, the air quality of the national capital plunged to a 'very poor' category. At 8:30 am, the air quality index was docking at 326.
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Delhi pollution level reduces slightly as air quality improves
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): The national capital and its adjoining areas witnessed some improvement in the air pollution levels on Wednesday as the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 211 in the morning.
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Delhi's air quality drops to 'poor' category again
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The national capital's air quality index (AQI) again plunged to the 'poor' category as the wind direction changed to northwesterly, resulting in increasing of smoke and dust particles in the city.
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Delhi's overall air quality improves to 'moderate' category
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): The overall air quality of Delhi has drastically improved to the higher end of the satisfactory category, stated the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Sunday.
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