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Study finds Indian cities facing surge in hidden air pollutants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], May 1 (ANI): According to scientists using observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies every day, levels of air pollutants in cities in India are on the surge.
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Hidden air pollutants on the rise in cities in India, UK: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [England], April 29 (ANI): Levels of air pollutants in cities in India are on the rise, according to scientists using observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies every day.
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Do's & Don'ts for couples undergoing Fertility / IVF treatment during
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 24 (ANI/Mediawire): World over, consistent research has shown that fertility in both men and women is on the decline due to various lifestyle factors like nutrition, exposure to organic pollutants, stress, mobile radiation etc.; some of which are under our
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Delhi Jal Board moves SC against Haryana govt over discharge of pollutants
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Haryana government seeking immediate stoppage of discharge of untreated pollutants into the Yamuna river and also to release sufficient water to Delhi.
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Research reveals how pollutants affect fertility
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Portsmouth [UK], March 6 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study found that individuals who lived near the South Coast of England were 6 times less fertile than any other lesser polluted location in the world. The study was conducted on shrimp-like creatures that lived in the survey area an
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Study discusses effect of pollutants on fertility
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have found that shrimp-like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than any other lesser polluted location in the world. They also discovered that individuals who lived in the survey area were 6 times le
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Air Quality levels improve slightly to 'Very Poor' from 'Severe' category
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Air pollution levels in Delhi on Monday dipped slightly leading to a marginal improvement in the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) which was in 'Very Poor' category, that experts have attributed to moderate surface winds dispersing surface pollutants.
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Study reveals cooking with wood may cause lung damage
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): Advanced imaging with CT shows that people who cook with biomass fuels like wood are at risk of suffering considerable damage to their lungs from breathing in dangerous concentrations of pollutants and bacterial toxins, according to a study.
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NASA model reveals how COVID-related pollution levels deviated from norm
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, space- and ground-based observations have shown that Earth's atmosphere has seen significant reductions in some air pollutants.
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Pollution levels higher in Delhi this Diwali as compared to 2019: CPCB
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Pollution levels were higher in Delhi this Diwali as compared to last year due to bursting of firecrackers and stubble burning, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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School boy from Kanpur develops 'air purifier robot'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 10 (ANI): In the midst of rising air pollution in several states of India, a student of class 11 from Kanpur has developed a unique robot that soaks up pollutants from the air and acts as a purifier.
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Delhi gasps for clean air as AQI remains in 'very poor' category
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi,[India], November 5 (ANI): A layer of smoky haze lingered over Delhi-NCR as air quality index (AQI) continues to remain in the 'very poor' and 'severe' category in several areas with rise of pollutants in the atmosphere.
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