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Delhi's air quality remains in 'severe' category, people complain of healt
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The national capital saw no significant improvement in the quality of air as the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi remained in the 'severe' category on Saturday.
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Pollution may increase risk of COVID-19 infections, can affect brain devel
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): As Delhi's air quality deteriorates to the 'severe' category, doctors opine that the pollution might increase the risk of COVID-19 infections in the national capital and can also hinder brain development in younger children.
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Kejriwal writes to PM Modi urging him to extend free ration scheme for 6 m
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): After the Delhi government extended the free ration scheme for another six months in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, requesting him to extend the Central government's quota of free
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Delhi govt bans 92 construction sites for violating dust norms
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The Delhi government has banned 92 construction sites in the national capital for violating dust norms, said Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday.
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Emissions from stubble burning reach 36 pc today, relief expected by tomor
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): With emissions from stubble burning contributing to a 36 per cent share of the pollution in Delhi on Saturday, the national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the "severe category" for the second consecutive day.
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Delhi's pollution levels dangerous for elderly, vulnerable for COVID recov
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): As the air quality of the national capital deteriorated following the festival of Diwali, Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute on Friday said the pollution levels are dangerous for the elderly people as well as COVID recovered patients.
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One dead in fire at house in Delhi' Jahangirpuri
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): A person died on Friday in a fire that broke out at a house in the Jahangirpuri area of the national capital, Delhi Fire Service informed.
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Fire breaks out in servants' quarter at Doordarshan director's residence i
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): A fire broke out in a servants' quarter at the residence of Doordarshan director at Shahjahan Road in the national capital on Friday, said fire officials.
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COVID-19, respiratory patients at higher risk due to rising air pollution
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): The overall air quality level in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) slipped to hazardous levels on Friday.
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Man killed after being hit by septic tank truck in Delhi's Tigri, one held
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): A man on Friday was killed after being hit by a septic tank truck in the Tigri area of the national capital, informed police.
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Delhi air quality in 'severe' category, says IMD DGM
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): The overall air quality in Delhi is in the 'severe' category on Friday after bursting for firecrackers on Diwali and the presence of bio-mass pollutants in the national capital, said RK Jenamani, deputy general manager (DGM), India Meteorological Departme
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Delhi Fire Services received around 152 calls on Diwali, 25 pc less than l
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): A total 152 calls for reporting fire were received by Fire Service Department in the national capital on the occasion of Diwali, yesterday, which is 25 per cent less compared to last year, said Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Services on Friday.
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