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Delhi CM attacks Modi govt for not okaying his travel to Denmark
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed BJP-led Centre for not granting him the permission for attending the C-40 Climate Summit at Copenhagen, Denmark, which was scheduled for October 11.
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"Feeling suffocated": Delhi residents complain as air quality plunges to '
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Dust and smog continued to blanket Delhi and its nearby regions on Thursday, as air quality index (AQI) in several areas fell to the 'very poor' category.
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EPCA calls meeting to address concern over implementation of GRAP
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has called for a meeting on Friday to address the concerns raised over the implementation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which came into effect on Tuesday.
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Doctors urge people not to burn crackers as air pollution chokes Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): As air pollution remains a serious health hazard, city-based pulmonologists have started urging the people not to burn crackers this Diwali and take preventive measures to deal with the menace of air pollution.
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Centre should pay more to farmers for produces to check stubble burning: C
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that if stubble burning has to be stopped in the state, then the Central government should give Rs 100 extra per quintal on the produce of farmers.
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Haryana: Stubble burning continues in Fatehabad despite ban
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Haryana government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in Fatehabad town of the state. Farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack alternatives.
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Hazy morning in Delhi-NCR, air quality continues to be 'poor'
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): People residing in the national capital and its adjoining areas such as Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad woke up to a hazy morning on Tuesday as the air quality index (AQI) dipped again to the poor category for the sixth consecutive day.
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Punjab: Minister Ashu denies reports of stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Monday denied the allegation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that stubble burning in the state was further aggravating the problem of air pollution in the nationa
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Smoke coming from outside increasing pollution levels again: Kejriwal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): In the backdrop of deteriorating air quality in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged neighbouring state governments to take measures to prevent stubble burning.
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Yogi Adityanath tells farmers to stop stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday here appealed to farmers to avoid burning the stubble that is left in the fields after harvesting of crops.
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Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari distributes masks as protest against AAP govt
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Sunday protested against Delhi government over the current air quality in the capital by distributing pollution masks at Connaught Place.
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Delhi air quality poor for fourth consecutive day
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Delhi air quality remained poor for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday with overall Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 266.
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