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Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal spreads message on pollution
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Santoshpur Lake Pally committee has got designed the Durga Puja pandal in a manner to create awareness about the problem of pollution, which is fast assuming a critical proportion.
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What emits more carbon? Direct or connecting flights?
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 2 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Texas, San Antonio has conducted a study to understand how flight routes are impacting the amount of air pollution.
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Delhi govt taking all steps to prepare for onset of 'parali', winter seaso
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met OP Aggarwal, CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), to discuss ways to implement staggering office hours to combat heavy traffic congestion and air pollution in the national capital during the crop burning
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BS-VI fuel to be available in 7 more districts of Haryana from Oct 1
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): The fight against air pollution will receive a boost from October 1, as the sale of BS-VI petrol and diesel through 2,200 outlets will be expanded to seven more districts of Haryana covering the entire National Capital Region (NCR) with BS-VI fuels.
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Delhi-Meerut Expressway will be ready in six months: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Monday that Delhi-Meerut Expressway will be ready for commuters within six months that will lead to a reduction in travel time by more than an hour and bring a significant reduction in p
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Disqualify farmers burning stubble on panchayat land: Punjab Agri Dept
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): In a bid to reduce pollution, Punjab Agriculture Department has urged Rural Development and Panchayats Department to bar farmers who are cultivating panchayat land and indulging in stubble from taking the land on lease in the future.
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Taxi drivers most susceptible to black carbon
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 29 (ANI): The carbon levels on Earth are on a continuous rise and the people who are the most susceptible to its ill effects are taxi drivers.
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This is how Swara Bhasker is doing her bit to conserve resources
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 29 (ANI): With people becoming more concerned about climate crisis and pollution, everyone tries to do something to mitigate the burden on the existing resources and actor Swara Bhasker is also trying to do her bit but in an innovative way.
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Washing clothes in machines releases microfibres that ultimately reach oce
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 28 (ANI): Researchers have found that even delicate wash cycles in washing machines account for release of microfibre plastics from clothes that ultimately reach the oceans.
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Kejriwal urges Punjab, Haryana CMs to take urgent action on crop stubble b
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wrote to his counterparts in Punjab, Haryana, and the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar urging them to take urgent action on the issue of crop stubble burning.
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Study says plastic teabags release microscopic particles into tea
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 26 (ANI): While the world is trying to reduce plastic pollution which has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, researches have found that microscopic particles from plastic teabags can also have a direct impact on our health.
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Motor Vehicle Act: Petrol pump distributes free refreshments at pollution
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): A petrol pump in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Monday distributed free refreshments to customers queuing up to obtain their Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates.
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