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Visibility drops as fog shrouds in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): A thick layer of fog shrouded parts of Delhi on Tuesday morning, leading to poor visibility in the national capital.
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Delhi's air quality remains in 'very poor' category, AQI stands at 323
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor' category on Tuesday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 323, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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NGT constitutes expert committee to look into Rourkela Steel Plant gas lea
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the constitution of an expert committee comprising the Ministry of Environment, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the Odisha Pollution Control Board (PCB) to look into the matter of suspected toxic
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'Very poor' AQI, dense fog continues over Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Thursday with a thick layer of fog engulfing parts of the city and affecting visibility.
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Delhiites wake up to 'very poor' air quality, poor visibility
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Delhiites woke up to 'very poor' quality of air on Wednesday morning along with poor visibility due to the dense fog that engulfed many parts of the city.
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Delhi govt to implement technology for real-time source apportionment of p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Delhi government will implement technology for real-time source apportionment of pollution in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed on Tuesday.
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Significant reduction of heavy metal pollution during COVID-19 in Ganga wa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): A new study by a team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur shows a significant reduction of heavy metal pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ganga water, informed the Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday.<
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Delhi's AQI in 'poor category', vehicles move through dense fog
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): A dense layer of fog engulfed Delhi on Monday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was in the poor category.
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Conduct of functions must not disturb other citizens' right to clean envir
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has directed all the States and Union Territories to adopt the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) recommendations and guidelines to control pollution in marriage halls, banquet halls party venues and others.
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Kejriwal launches 'Switch Delhi' campaign, plans electric vehicle adoption
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New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched 'Switch Delhi', an electric vehicle mass awareness campaign, to sensitize citizens about the benefits of switching to electric vehicles.
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How to differentiate between single use and multi-use plastics: A Guide by
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/Mediawire): Humanity is facing the brunt of packaging pollution because of our overdependency on plastic packaging and lack of understanding over its end of cycle disposal. An Ashtang yogi from the last 53 years, Dr Vinod Shukla and his organizations are wo
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Women on cycling expedition from Wagah border to Arunachal to promote poll
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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 3 (ANI): With an aim to convey a message of pollution-free environment and women empowerment in the society, two women from Bihar and Uttarakhand have started a cycling expedition from the Wagah border to Arunachal Pradesh.
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