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Air Quality in 'severe' category in Delhi NCR; children upto age 16 more v
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Diminishing air quality in the national capital is affecting children up to 16 years of age more as compared to the adults. The pediatric population is suffering from frequent exacerbation, asthma, allergies, nasal blockage, allergic rhinitis and mental problems.
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Stage IV of GRAP to be implemented with immediate effect in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The sub-committee for invoking actions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) held a meeting today to take the call for further intensified actions required to be implemented by all concerned in the Delhi-NC
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Commission for Air Quality Management bans entry of truck traffic in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Commission for Air Quality Mgmt in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas orders to implement GRAP-4 in Delhi-NCR
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Delhi air pollution: Simple dos and don'ts to stay healthy when there's sm
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The smoke in the air due to industrialization and scenarios like farm fires when merged with fog, especially in winter create smog that comes with a bundle of severe conditions in humans, and animals and has the capability to kill plants. Smog has a direct effect on the respiratory system
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"Kejriwal's negligence fatal for Delhi..." Manoj Tiwari on air pollution
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Approaching the winter season Delhi breached the 'severe' category as the AQI stood at 408 at 7 am on Thursday.
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Sharp increase of Air Quality Index in National Capital a 'serious concern
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav blamed stubble burning in Punjab as a reason behind the worsening air quality in the national capital.
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Punjab: Local farmers hits out at government over poor stubble management
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Local farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district expressed their dissatisfaction over Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led state government's failure to find an alternative to the stubble burning problem.
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Parents of school going children worried as quality of Delhi air deteriora
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Parents in the national capital started worrying about their children, studying in Schools, as Delhi recorded the 'severe' category in the Air Quality Index (AQI) meter on Thursday.
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People in Delhi-NCR complain of respiratory illness as AQI plunges to 'sev
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
People of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday woke up with complaints of choking and 'eye burning' due to smog and air pollution leaving people gasping for breath.
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Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital at 8 am was at 364 (in the 'Very Poor' category) and at 7 am the recorded AQI stood at 408 ('Severe'). Unfavorable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and sudden spike in farm fire incidents are attributed to the dip in air
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CM Kejriwal slams Centre for not finding solution to air pollution in Nort
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Aam Aadmi Party supremo rebuked Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav for blaming Punjab AAP for the rising level of air pollution in the national capital. Kejriwal said that it is being deliberately portrayed that only Punjab and AAP are the causes of air pollution.
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There's no doubt who turned Delhi into a gas chamber: Union Minister Bhupe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
BJP leader Bhupendra Yadav attacked AAP over the rising rate of farm fires in Punjab. He also blamed the AAP-run Punjab government for rising air pollution in Delhi.
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