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Delhi-NCR air quality dips to 'Severe' category
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The overall air quality of Delhi and NCR region entered the 'Severe' category again on Wednesday with not much improvement expected for the next two days.
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After some respite, pollution in Delhi rising again due to stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Urging people of Haryana and Punjab to stop stubble burning, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that pollution in the national capital has again started increasing after some respite last week.
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Pakistan may have released poisonous gas to pollute air in India, says UP
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): A BJP leader on Tuesday said that Pakistan and China should be blamed for the high levels of pollution in the national capital region and adjacent areas and alleged either of the two neighbouring countries could have released poisonous gases into
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Citizens' protest at India Gate against air pollution in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Hundreds of people on Tuesday evening gathered at India Gate in the national capital to carry out a 'citizens' protest' against the severe air pollution and alleged 'government inaction' over the matter.
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Oxygen therapy in high demand amid air pollution in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): With air quality in Delhi and NCR dipping to alarming levels, health experts are saying that the demand for a new kind of therapy, called Oxygen therapy or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), has shot up among a large number of patients with respiratory problems
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Union Cabinet Secretary reviews air pollution situation in NCR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday reviewed the progress made in the arrangements, since Sunday, to control air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).
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Stone crusher, coal and fuel-based industries to remain closed till Nov 8,
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): In view of the abysmal quality of air in the Delhi-NCR region, hot mix plants, stone crusher, coal and fuel-based industries will remain closed till November 8 in some districts including Gautam Buddha Nagar.
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BJP MLA Nand Kishore Gurjar writes letter to PM on Delhi-NCR air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Loni (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): With Delhi-NCR gasping for breath, BJP MLA from Ghaziabad, Nand Kishore Gurjar has penned down a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to direct Indian Air Force to sprinkle water in his constituency with the help of helicopters to s
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Air pollution slightly less in Delhi, but concerns persist
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): The past 24 hours have brought some relief to the people residing in the national capital and its adjoining areas such as Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad as the air quality index (AQI) on Tuesday slightly improved from 'severe' to 'very poor' categ
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Delhi: EPCA issues urgent directions to combat air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) on Monday issued urgent directions regarding Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) deal with the problem of air pollution.
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State governments responsible, SC on air pollution in Delhi NCR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday held the state governments responsible for the current situation of air pollution prevailing in Delhi-NCR and remarked that "those at the helm seem interested only in gimmicks."
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Delhi: Thick smog blankets parts of Delhi, AQI crosses severe level
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 4 (ANI): There is no respite for Delhiites from the hazardous air quality as the Delhi-NCR region was engulfed in a thick blanket of smog on Monday morning.
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