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Udhampur-based govt school takes lead for clean and green India, planted m
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): With an aim to reduce air pollution and increase the green cover, Udhampur-based government school in Jammu and Kashmir has organised a plantation drive.
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Western disturbance likely to cause rainfall over Himalayan region: IMD
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): For the next two days, under the influence of the fresh Western Disturbance (WD), light to moderate rains are likely to batter Western Himalayan Region and Peninsula, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.
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Delhi's air quality remains in 'very poor' category
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): The overall air quality in Delhi stood in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 319, said Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
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Delhi gasps for breath as AQI crosses 300 mark
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 04 (ANI): After a brief improvement in the air quality of the national capital, the pollution level is down to the 'very poor' category with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 309 on Tuesday morning.
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GCPL and HICA join hands for an initiative to promote plastic waste dispos
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): With plastic waste regarded as the severest environmental concern, Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), a leader in the household insecticide (HI) category in India, has joined hands with Home Insect Control Association (HICA), an ind
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Traffic-related air pollution can lead to affecting brain's structural dev
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): A new study has revealed that infants and kids exposed to air pollution due to traffic congestion can influence the brain's structure at an early age of one.
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Foggy weather disrupts traffic movement in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): A thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital on Sunday. The vehicles were seen moving at a snail's speed in the morning hours due to low visibility in the area around the Delhi airport.
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Budget 2020: Govt sets aside Rs 4,400 cr to battle climate change
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Underlining India's focus on environment preservation and climate change, the government has set aside Rs 4,400 crore to spend under this head in this year's Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday.
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Netizens laud Mumbai Police for 'Punishing Signal' campaign
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Dealing with traffic jams is one menace that everyone on the road has to deal with and people honking repeatedly makes it all the worse.
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Delhi needs BJP govt for city's all-round development, resolution of myria
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that Delhi needs a BJP-led government for the city's all-round development and resolution of various issues facing the national capital such as pollution and water shortage.
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Urban pollution damages cardiovascular system: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], 30 Jan 2020: A study that simulated pollution levels similar to a city center revealed how just two hours of exposure to bad air adversely affected the heart and blood vessels of the subjects during the course of an entire day.
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Javadekar presents 'report card' of work done by Centre in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): In view of the ensuing assembly elections in Delhi, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday presented a "report card" of the work done by the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the capital city.
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