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Environment ministerial meet on air pollution with Delhi, Punjab, Haryana,
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar informed that this year meeting with Environment Ministers of Delhi and neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be held virtually on October 1.
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Environment Ministry to hold review and preparation meeting regarding air
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will conduct a virtual meeting on October 1 on the issue related to air pollution and stubble burning.
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Amritsar farmers continue to burn stubble as alternative methods are expen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village continued to burn their field stubble, causing plumes of smoke to emanate.
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NGT pulls up Jharkhand PCB for environmental damage due to stone crusher i
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New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Jharkhand Pollution Control Board for damage to the environment due to operation of quarrying and crushing units in Rajmahal hills.
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EPCA writes to Chief Secretaries of Punjab, UP and Haryana to take action
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) wrote to the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to take stock of the situation and take action after early burning of crop residue was brought to notice on Tuesday.
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PMO-led panel to initiate action in advance for managing air pollution in
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): A high-level taskforce led by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will initiate action in advance for the management of air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), said the PMO on Saturday.
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Surat's Deputy Mayor Nirav Shah pledges to plant 70,000 trees on Prime Min
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Surat (Gujarat) [India] September 17 (ANI/PNN): India's most loved Prime Minister is turning 70 on September 17th, 2020 and to celebrate this, Surat's Deputy Mayor - Nirav Shah has pledged to plant 70,000 trees across the city and make the city pollution-free and beautiful in support of PM M
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Environmentalist in Jammu creates vertical gardens using plastic bottles
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 16 (ANI): In an attempt to reduce environmental pollution using waste management, environmentalist Dr. Nazia Rasool Latifi has begun to create vertical gardens in Jammu using plastic bottles.
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UK to begin trials of lower motorway speed limit to reduce traffic emissio
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London [UK], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Speed limits on stretches of motorways in England will be reduced as a trial measure to reduce air pollution, Highways England announced on Saturday.
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CPCB can order environmental audit against Amazon, Flipkart, recover compe
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New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has held that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) can consider ordering environmental audit against the concerned entities -- Amazon, Flipkart and others -- and assess and recover compensation for violation of environm
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Indian diplomat Abhay K quotes Kalidasa's poems to highlight climate chang
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New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Abhay K, Ambassador of India to Madagascar and Comoros, used classical 5th century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa's poems to highlight the triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution that the world faces today.
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Centre changed fuel standards to BS-VI to reduce air pollution: Javadekar
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New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): The central government changed the fuel standards to BS-VI as part of efforts to combat pollution and people were getting quality diesel and petrol, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.
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