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'Delhi, We Need to Talk': Kohli urges people to battle toxic smog
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Raising concern over the toxic blanket that enshrouds Delhi and the surrounding areas over the last few days, Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli has urged the public to do something about pollution in the national capital region rather than playing
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Clean UP: Adityanath directs measures to be taken to curb pollution
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 16 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, in a cleanliness drive, directed the municipal corporation of the state to implement complete ban on garbage burning in urban areas.
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Kejriwal, Khattar promise to jointly address smog situation
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana/Punjab) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Haryana counterpart, Manohar Lal Khattar, on Wednesday promised to jointly address the toxic smog situation that has beset the northern India.
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Centre to prepone introduction of BS-VI grade auto fuels in NCT Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 15 (ANI): Amid serious pollution levels in Delhi and adjoining areas, the Petroleum Ministry on Wednesday decided to prepone introduction of BS-VI grade auto fuels in National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi with effect from April 1, 2018 instead of April 1, 2020.
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Pollution can increase risk of infertility in both men, women
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Delhi is reeling under extreme levels of pollution currently. The air quality index has reached an all-time high of 451, which is way beyond the acceptable limits.
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AQI of Delhi-NCR in 'very unhealthy' category
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Tuesday evening released the new air quality index (AQI) data of Delhi-NCR, with the pollution level hovering in 'very unhealthy' category.
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AIIMS student heads to Norway to do new research on air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.14 (ANI): Early exposure to environmental toxins like lead, air pollution, and arsenic can have long-lasting and irreversible consequences for children's brain development, especially in the developing world.
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Delhi Smog: Air Quality Index falls in 'severe' category
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Monday reported that Delhi's air quality index (AQI) for last 24 hours was 460, while Ghaziabad at 497, Gurugram and Noida at 466.
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SC seeks expeditious action to tackle smog
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 13 (ANI): In wake of the prevailing smog situation in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court on Monday sought expeditious action to tackle the worsening air quality.
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Hooda asks PM to use funds for tackling air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], November 13 (ANI): Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to use the National Clean Energy and Environment Fund towards tackling the problem of air pollution in North India, while alleging that the
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SC's intervention sought to tackle air pollution crisis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): Supreme Court lawyer R. K. Kapoor on Monday mentioned the matter of air pollution before a bench helmed by Chief Justice of India (CJI), seeking its direction to tackle the annual air pollution crisis in the national capital.
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Haryana CM to meet Kejriwal on air pollution issue
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], November 13 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar may meet Delhi state chief, Arvind Kejriwal on Monday to discuss the issue of pollution that has beset the northern part of India.
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