Search For "severe"
"Responsibilities that an elected government...", says Hardeep Singh Puri
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As air quality in the national capital continues to remain in the 'severe' category, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that the Punjab government should act responsibly to reduce the incidents of stubble burning cases that had gone up in the State.
Read More
Nepal needs to counter Chinese expansionism at its northern border: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing's boundary activities are a severe threat to Nepal's northern border - not only because of negative ramifications for the country's cultural and religious traditions but also because of impacts on the local economy.
Read More
Delhi air pollution: Kejriwal urges Centre to lead in curbing toxic smog
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
With Air Quality in the national capital continuing to remain in the 'severe' category for consecutive two days, the SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research) Friday reveals that the stubble-burning contributed 34 per cent in Delhi's PM 2.5 pollution.
Read More
Pollution not Delhi's but North India's problem, says Kejriwal, takes resp
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kejriwal also said that the Delhi government is mulling whether the odd-even scheme for vehicles should be implemented.
Read More
Delhi AQI continues to remain 'severe', forecast says 'stubble burning' co
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
With Air Quality in the national capital continuing to remain in the 'severe' category for consecutive two days, the SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research) Friday reveals that the stubble-burning contributed 34 per cent in Delhi's PM 2.5 pollution.
Read More
Air Quality in 'severe' category in Delhi NCR; children upto age 16 more v
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Diminishing air quality in the national capital is affecting children up to 16 years of age more as compared to the adults. The pediatric population is suffering from frequent exacerbation, asthma, allergies, nasal blockage, allergic rhinitis and mental problems.
Read More
Delhi air pollution: Simple dos and don'ts to stay healthy when there's sm
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The smoke in the air due to industrialization and scenarios like farm fires when merged with fog, especially in winter create smog that comes with a bundle of severe conditions in humans, and animals and has the capability to kill plants. Smog has a direct effect on the respiratory system
Read More
"Kejriwal's negligence fatal for Delhi..." Manoj Tiwari on air pollution
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Approaching the winter season Delhi breached the 'severe' category as the AQI stood at 408 at 7 am on Thursday.
Read More
Parents of school going children worried as quality of Delhi air deteriora
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Parents in the national capital started worrying about their children, studying in Schools, as Delhi recorded the 'severe' category in the Air Quality Index (AQI) meter on Thursday.
Read More
People in Delhi-NCR complain of respiratory illness as AQI plunges to 'sev
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
People of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday woke up with complaints of choking and 'eye burning' due to smog and air pollution leaving people gasping for breath.
Read More
Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital at 8 am was at 364 (in the 'Very Poor' category) and at 7 am the recorded AQI stood at 408 ('Severe'). Unfavorable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and sudden spike in farm fire incidents are attributed to the dip in air
Read More
Infants less prone to develop severe Covid-19 symptoms than their mothers:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers from the University of Washington and at institutions at four other locations in the Western and Southern U.S. found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most close
Read More