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Comprehensive air plan developed to combat pollution in Delhi NCR: Prakash
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 21 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that a comprehensive air plan for Delhi NCR has been developed identifying the timelines for abating and controlling the air pollution.
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Gautam Buddh Nagar: FIRs registered over bursting crackers, playing loud m
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 21 (ANI): Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration on Wednesday registered FIRs against different individuals for bursting firecrackers and playing loud music in two separate wedding programs in the district.
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PM 2.5 exposure leads to decline in memory: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 21 (ANI): Particulate matter 2.5, one of the air pollutants which is known to worsen health conditions like asthma, heart attack among others, has also been found to be a reason behind declining memory in older women.
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Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 PM
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 21 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 PM on Thursday and will take up air pollution calling attention notice when it will reconvene after the adjournment.
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Stubble burning issue: 81 FIRs filed against defaulting Bareilly farmers
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): In a drive to contain stubble burning amid worsening levels of air pollution, Bareilly administration has registered 81 FIR's against the erring farmers indulging in the prohibited practice.
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'Very poor' air quality leaves Delhi gasping for breath, AQI likely to fal
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas such as Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad again plunged to 'very poor' category on Thursday and is expected to fall into 'severe' category by tomorrow, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting
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Parliamentary panel discusses air pollution in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): A meeting of Parliamentary panel on urban development was held on Wednesday in New Delhi to discuss ways to check air pollution in Delhi.
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Metal pollution poses new danger to corals in warming oceans: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 20 (ANI): Agricultural runoff, especially the metal copper and marine plant leaching from boat hulls pose as an emerging threat to Coral Sea fans in the waters around Puerto Rico.
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MPs from other states not taking interest in Delhi's pollution crisis: Hem
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Hema Malini on Wednesday said that the MPs from other states are hardly taking any interest in the issue of rising pollution in New Delhi as the matter does not concern them.
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Delhi: Parliamentary panel to meet at 3 pm today over environment issue
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): A meeting of Parliamentary panel on urban development will be held on Wednesday over the issue of the environment.
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Air pollution crisis: Noida continues to struggle with toxic air
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Noida and its adjoining areas continued to suffer poor air quality which has been oscillating between 'Poor' and 'Severe' category for the past couple of weeks.
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Air quality in Delhi back to 'Very Poor'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): After "poor" air quality on Tuesday, the air quality in the national capital again deteriorated into the "very poor" category in most places in the region on Wednesday.
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