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Pollution levels dip in Delhi, air quality remains in 'very poor' category
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): People in Delhi woke up to a further spike in air pollution as the city continued to remain engulfed in a blanket of smog with the air quality index in 'severe' and 'very poor quality' at several places on Saturday morning.
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Delhi's air quality expected to go in 'severe' category on Diwali: IMD
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital is expected to go in the 'severe' category on Diwali.
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Delhi's Air Quality in 'very poor' category ahead of Diwali festivities
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], November 13 (ANI): With the festive weekend around the corner, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was in 'very poor' category, as per the data released by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), on Friday.
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Amid poor air quality in Delhi, Cuckoo comes up with Air Purifier to help
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): With air pollution levels soaring all time high in the National Capital and India housing seven of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world according to the World Economic Forum, the need for quality air becomes the topmost concern in Indian
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Delhi's air slips back to 'very poor' from 'severe' category
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Delhi's Air quality index (AQI), slipped back to 'very poor' from the 'severe' category on Thursday, according to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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Javadekar hopeful of new Air Quality Commission reducing pollution
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday expressed hope that the newly-constituted Commission for Air Quality would reduce pollution in Delhi.
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Haryana CM launches 'Project Air Care', 2 new development projects in Guru
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): In a step towards combating the rising air pollution in the NCR region, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Wednesday unveiled 'Project Air Care', under which 65 state-of-the-art WAYU air purifier units will be installed in locations with high Air Qual
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Delhi engulfed in smog, air quality enters 'very poor category'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], November 11 (ANI): Delhi continues to remain engulfed in a blanket of smog on Wednesday with the air quality index in the 'very poor category'.
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As Delhi records 'severe' AQI, farmers in Amritsar continue to burn stubbl
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 10 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar continued to burn stubble on their fields even as neighbouring Delhi choked with Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining well over 400, in the "severe" category, on Tuesday.
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Punjab allows green crackers for 2 hours on Diwali, Gurpurab
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced a two-hour window for use of green firecrackers on Diwali and Gurpurab, with a curb for Christmas too across the state, except in Mandi Gobindgarh, where a total ban has been im
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Centre's timely intervention could have reduced pollution surge in Delhi:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): As air quality continues to deteriorate in the national capital, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday said that Delhi was paying the price of Centre's negligence as timely intervention by the government on the issue of stubble burning in the fields
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Delhi's air quality worsens in Delhi- NCR
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Residents of Delhi- NCR continues to breathe bad air, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in 'severe' category on Tuesday, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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