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Sensex opens on a bullish note
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): The benchmark equity index S&P BSE Sensex registered a bullish jump on Thursday morning with Sensex gaining 150 points, while NSE's Nifty 50 above 10,600 at around 10.48 am. The jump was attributed to stronger rupee and softening of crude oil price
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Delhi continues to choke; air quality worsens
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The national capital continues to chock as the air quality worsens constantly. As Delhi is engulfed by the thick layer of smog and dust, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in 'very poor' category at 358 on Wednesday, shows the latest data compile
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Delhi wakes up to hazy morning, air quality 'very poor'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Over the past few years, Delhi winters have become synonymous with deadly smog and to the dismay of residents, this year is no different. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi remained in 'very poor' category at 326 on Sunday, according to the data
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Delhi's air quality eases significantly, but relief temporary
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Following light rainfall in parts of the national capital, air quality of the region has witnessed a significant improvement. Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) jumped to 'poor' category on Friday from 'very poor' on Thursday.
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WPI surges to 5.28 percent in October; marks a 4 month high
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Wholesale inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) stood at 5.28 percent in October as compared to 5.13 percent in September.
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SC judge 'can't take morning walks' due to air pollution
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): A Supreme Court Judge on Tuesday said that due to severe air pollution in the national capital "he can't go for the morning walk" and raised concerns about the effect of pollution on people's health.
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Retail inflation cools down to 3.31 pc in October
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): India's retail inflation, measured on the basis of Consumer Price Index (CPI), slipped to 3.31 per cent in the month of October, largely against a dip in the prices of a number of food items.
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Thick haze, smog persist in Delhi, AQI slips to 'hazardous'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): The thick blanket of smog and fog have shrouded the national capital on Friday after the country celebrated the festival of light- Diwali. According to the autonomous meteorological body set up under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, System of Air Quali
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Green cracker is still a cracker: Ex-IMA Chief
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Responding to the Supreme Court's decision of allowing only green crackers or crackers causing less pollution to be burnt this festive season, former Indian Medical Association (IMA) president KK Aggarwal opined that such kind of crackers can only mitigate
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Sensex down 64 points, Nifty ends above 10,500
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Post recovering in the last hour, Sensex ended down 64.02 points at 34,947.63, while the Nifty closed down 29 points at 10,524.
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Thick smog engulfs Delhi, air quality dips to ‘very poor’
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): With continued stubble burning in parts of Punjab and Haryana, a thick blanket of fog has engulfed Delhi and the national capital region (NCR), with air quality dipping to 'very poor'.
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As Delhi reels under toxic air, stubble burning continues in Punjab
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab ) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Even as the air quality index in the national capital continues to deteriorate, farmers in various parts of Punjab are continuing to carry out stubble burning in their farms.
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