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Delhi engulfed in smog, air quality enters 'very poor category'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], November 11 (ANI): Delhi continues to remain engulfed in a blanket of smog on Wednesday with the air quality index in the 'very poor category'.
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As Delhi records 'severe' AQI, farmers in Amritsar continue to burn stubbl
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 10 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar continued to burn stubble on their fields even as neighbouring Delhi choked with Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining well over 400, in the "severe" category, on Tuesday.
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Delhi environmentalist welcomes NGT's 'total ban' on firecrackers
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): An environmentalist and founder of an activist group, Swechha, Vimlendu Jha welcomed the 'total ban' on the sale or bursting of firecrackers by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) across the National Capital Region (NCR) till the end of November.
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Centre's timely intervention could have reduced pollution surge in Delhi:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): As air quality continues to deteriorate in the national capital, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday said that Delhi was paying the price of Centre's negligence as timely intervention by the government on the issue of stubble burning in the fields
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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's air quality worsens in Delhi- NCR
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Residents of Delhi- NCR continues to breathe bad air, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in 'severe' category on Tuesday, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Kejriwal govt has done nothing other than putting ads to tackle air pollut
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Alleging that the Delhi government has failed to negotiate with neighbouring Punjab on the issue of stubble burning, BJP Yuva Morcha President Tejasvi Surya on Monday said the Arvind Kejriwal government hasn't done anything to resolve the problem of air p
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Haze hangs in Delhi as air quality deteriorates
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Delhi on Monday witnessed reduced visibility as the air quality continued to deteriorate in the national capital.
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Violation of firecracker ban will be penalized under Air Act: Delhi Enviro
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New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said that if anyone violates the ban on firecrackers during Diwali, then the violator shall be penalized under the Air Act.
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Important for everyone to follow Maharashtra CM's advice, avoid bursting f
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday urged people to follow Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's advice and avoid bursting firecrackers this Diwali to check pollution.
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Delhi's air quality remains in 'severe category'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi, November 8 (ANI): Air Quality Index (AQI) continues to worsen in the national capital, it has recorded in the 'severe category' on Sunday, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Delhi could have 13% less COVID cases if not for air pollution, feels IMA
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): Attributing the rise of the COVID-19 cases in Delhi to its air pollution, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that at least 13 per cent of it is due to the poor air quality.
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