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India needs collaboration, continuity to solve air pollution problem: Expe
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): With Delhi's air quality index fluctuating between severe and very poor category, environment activists and health experts expressed concern over the situation and said that unless there is collaboration and continuity, the country would not be able t
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NGT issues notices to 23 states, UTs on imposition of ban on firecrackers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday issued notices to 23 states and Union territories regarding the imposition of a ban on firecrackers in a bid to protect the health of the vulnerable groups amidst the double whammy of pollution crisis and the
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Air pollution: Noida administration imposes ban on firecrackers during New
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Gautam Budh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): In view of the New Year celebrations, the district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar has issued an advisory on firecrackers based on the guidelines set up by the top court.
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MPs from other states not taking interest in Delhi's pollution crisis: Hem
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Hema Malini on Wednesday said that the MPs from other states are hardly taking any interest in the issue of rising pollution in New Delhi as the matter does not concern them.
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Air pollution crisis: Noida continues to struggle with toxic air
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Noida and its adjoining areas continued to suffer poor air quality which has been oscillating between 'Poor' and 'Severe' category for the past couple of weeks.
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Air pollution crisis: Gurugram gasping for breath as AQI crosses 700
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Gurugram residents continued to struggle for clean air as the Air Quality Index (AQI) docked at 703, which falls in the 'severe plus' category, on Friday morning, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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Air pollution crisis: Children took part in marathon voluntarily, clarifie
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Founder of the NGO which had organised a children's marathon in the national capital despite worsening air quality issued a clarification saying that kids had voluntarily participated in the event.
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Air pollution crisis: Toxic smog engulfs Delhi, AQI plunges to 'severe plu
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): As the air quality in Delhi plunged to a 'severe plus' category on Wednesday, several parts of the capital were engulfed by a layer of smog in the morning.
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Delhi Pollution leads to formation of foam on river Yamuna
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Post Diwali, the national capital and its adjoining regions have been experiencing a severe pollution crisis. The situation has become so grave that not only the air, even the water bodies situated in Delhi such as the Yamuna river near Kalindi Kunj area have
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Delhi pollution: Thick smog engulfs India Gate, visibility at bare minimum
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): As the national capital struggles with the ongoing pollution crisis, there seems to be no respite in the offing. The morning saw a thick blanket of smog covering the India Gate in the city on Sunday with a slight improvement in visibility in the afternoon.
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'Pollution crisis in Delhi a super collective failure'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): As the national capital struggles with the ongoing pollution crisis post-Diwali, Dr Arvind Kumar, chairman of Respiratory Department of Sri Ganga Ram Hospital here, has termed the situation as a 'super collective failure'.
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Researchers try to track the sources of plastic pollution
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): According to a recent study, focusing on rivers and river mouths can yield vital clues about how we might manage this ongoing plastic pollution crisis.
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