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Delhi gasps for breath as AQI remains in 'severe' category
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Delhi residents continued to breathe polluted air with the Air Quality Index remaining in the 'severe' category on Saturday.
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China-run Gold mine pollutes river in Laos, create hardship for people
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 3 (ANI): A Gold mine run by Chinese owners has polluted the river water badly in Sekong province of Laos, killing fish and fouling water used by villagers for drinking.
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Lahore ranks second among top five most polluted cities in world
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Lahore is ranked second among the top five cities with bad air quality in the world, reported local media.
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Regular exercise even in polluted areas can lower risk of death: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 16 (ANI): According to new research, regular exercise, even performed in areas with air pollution, can reduce the risk of death from natural causes.
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NMCG approves rejuvenation projects of 6 polluted river stretches in Uttar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): New projects of rejuvenation of six polluted river stretches in Uttarakhand were approved at the 36th Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), chaired by Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, NMCG.
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Pakistan ranked as second-most polluted country in world
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): Pakistan has been ranked as the second-most polluted country by IQAir global air quality report.
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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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Regular exercise could be an effective strategy to prevent type 2 diabetes
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 5 (ANI): Exercising regularly has many health benefits, but did you know regular physical activity could prove to be an effective strategy to prevent Type 2 diabetes for people residing in relatively polluted regions?
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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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Brazil's mining giant agrees to pay USD 7 billion for dam disaster
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to pay nearly USD 7 billion in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region.
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Karachi among world's most polluted cities
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Karachi found a place among the world's most polluted cities when the level of hazardous particles in the air touched 324 on Sunday, according to ARY News.
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SC takes suo moto cognizance on 'remediation of polluted rivers', issues n
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance on the issue of "remediation of polluted rivers" observing that one of the major causes of water pollution was the discharge of non treated/ partially treated municipal waste and effluents of various
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