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Delhi air quality remains 'very poor', unlikely to change
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): People residing in the national capital woke up to a hazy morning on Friday, a day when the region's Air Quality Index (AQI) was rated as 'Very Poor' at 343 by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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Celebrate without harming environment: President Kovind
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): With air quality worsening in the national capital, President Ram Nath Kovind urged social organisations to spread awareness about celebrating festivals without harming the environment.
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Air pollution, noise putting you at risk of cardiovascular diseases
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Air pollution, clubbed with transportation noise, increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, finds a study.
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European Parliament votes for ban on single-use plastics
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Oct 25 (ANI): The European Parliament has voted for a ban on single-use plastics such as straws, cotton buds and also to ensure that most bottles are recycled as a measure to curb pollution of oceans, the CNN reported.
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Delhi's air quality plummets to 'very poor'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Delhi's air quality on Thursday dipped to 'very poor' barely few days after staying in the 'poor' category.
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No breather for Delhi as air quality remains 'poor'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): There seems to be no relief for the people residing in the national capital as the air quality continued to worsen on Wednesday with pollution levels remaining in "poor category".
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Delhi: Amidst declining air quality, Imran Hussain reviews action plan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday reviewed the preparedness and action plan of the various stakeholder departments for implementing the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) mandated by the Supreme Court for combating and mitigating air polluti
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SC stipulates bursting time of firecrackers on Diwali
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Keeping in view the increasing level of pollution and health hazards of firecrackers on citizens across the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stipulated the bursting time of firecrackers on Diwali and refused to put a stay on the sale of these substances.
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Delhi gasps for breath as air quality dips further
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): The air quality of Delhi nosedived on Tuesday just a few days after scores of effigies were burned across the region on the occasion of Dussehra.
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EPCA directs industries to stop burning waste in Narela, Bawana Industrial
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Monday held an urgent meeting here, where it instructed the industrialists to stop burning plastic and rubber waste in the Narela and Bawana industrial belt as it has escalated the leve
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Hyderabad: GHMC forms special team to combat Hussain Sagar pollution
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): The back-to-back immersions during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja have left the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad polluted.
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Delhi govt forms inspection team to check air pollution
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday constituted a six-member team to carry out surprise inspection in the national capital to check whether measures to control air pollution have been put in place.
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