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Delhi air pollution: Kejriwal urges Centre to lead in curbing toxic smog
Updated : 3 years, 5 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.
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Stubble burning in Punjab converted Delhi into gas chamber: LG Saxena asks
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"Request you to undertake urgent and substantive measures to control Parali (stubble) burning in Punjab, which has converted the national capital once again into a gas chamber," Saxena wrote.
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Drug syndicate busted in Delhi, Nigerian national among 3 held
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A team of Delhi Police Special Cell Thursday apprehended 3 main members, including a Nigerian national, of an international drug syndicate in the national capital and seized contraband drugs of over Rs 17 crore, officials said.
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Delhi AQI continues to remain 'severe', forecast says 'stubble burning' co
Updated : 3 years, 5 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.
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Punjab AAP failed to tackle cases of stubble-burning, says BJP's Shahzad P
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla blames the Punjab AAP government for the rise in stubble burning. He attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the diminishing air quality in the national capital region.
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Air Quality in 'severe' category in Delhi NCR; children upto age 16 more v
Updated : 3 years, 5 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.
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Sharp increase of Air Quality Index in National Capital a 'serious concern
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav blamed stubble burning in Punjab as a reason behind the worsening air quality in the national capital.
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Parents of school going children worried as quality of Delhi air deteriora
Updated : 3 years, 5 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.
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People in Delhi-NCR complain of respiratory illness as AQI plunges to 'sev
Updated : 3 years, 5 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.
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Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 5 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
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CM Kejriwal slams Centre for not finding solution to air pollution in Nort
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Aam Aadmi Party supremo rebuked Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav for blaming Punjab AAP for the rising level of air pollution in the national capital. Kejriwal said that it is being deliberately portrayed that only Punjab and AAP are the causes of air pollution.
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Delhi morning air remains 'very poor', NCR borders on 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city stood at 354. Noida, which is part of the national capital region, slipped to an AQI of 406, and continued to remain in the 'severe' category, whil
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