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Delhi's air quality plunges to 'severe' category
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Smog and dust continued to blanket the national capital on Wednesday, as air quality in a number of areas fell to the 'severe' category.
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Delhi-NCR to observe 'Clean Air Week'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Amid growing concerns over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, a 'Clean Air Week' would be organised from November 1-5 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in collaboration with the Delhi government and the four major N
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Private vehicles may be banned if air quality worsens in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) chairman Bhure Lal on Tuesday said that private vehicles may not be allowed to ply on roads if air pollution continues to worsen in the national capital.
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Deteriorating air quality making residents fall ill in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): A haze enveloped the national capital on Tuesday as the air quality nosedived to 'very poor' category, with scores of areas inching towards severe pollution levels, according to the Pune-based System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)
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Delhi air quality remains 'very poor'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The national capital Delhi continues to have a 'very poor' air quality on Monday with PM 2.35 and PM 10 being the prominent pollutants.
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PM Modi urges farmers to give up stubble burning
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): As air quality in the city and adjoining areas continues to deteriorate due to stubble burning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat on Sunday urged farmers to do away with the practice.
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Stubble burning continues in Amritsar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Despite the deterioration in air quality in New Delhi and the adjoining areas, farmers in Amritsar continue to burn paddy-stubble and further deteriorate air quality, despite an order of prohibition.
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Delhi Environment Min finds 'violations' during Burari inspection
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): A surprise inspection team headed by Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Saturday found "serious violations" in norms for dust control at ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants operational at Burari crossing in front of Majlis park metro station in the natio
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In spite of sunny morning Delhi air quality remains 'very poor'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): The national capital woke up to a sunny morning on Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 18 degrees Celsius.
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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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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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