The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice on Friday to the Chief Secretaries of the States where the Air Quality Index (AQI) has dipped to severe, very poor and poor categories. They are directed to take immediate remedial action and submit the action taken report before the Tribunal
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday characterized the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by conflict in Ukraine on the global economy as "very traumatic" and predicted very "difficult and turbulent" times ahead.
With the worsening air quality in the national capital, the head of clinical oncology of Delhi State Cancer Institute Dr Pragya Shukla said that there will be long-term side effects of the air pollution.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at the Observer Research Foundation's (ORF) first edition of the Energy Transition Dialogue in New Delhi on Thursday said, "India's energy transition has a very large end-to-end dimension and the government is working towards the goal of m
As the air quality in the national capital has continued to remain in the 'very poor' category since Sunday, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked the third stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) on Thursday.
With the arrival of winter, the national capital is once again witnessing a deteriorating quality of air. On Thursday, the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 343, which falls in 'very poor' quality for the fifth consecutive day, triggering the risk of health emergency.
The Ambassador of the United States to India, Eric Garcetti has said that the pollution in Delhi brings back memories of growing up in Los Angeles' as the air was very polluted there in the past.
Taking a dig at INDIA ally, Congress, Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that the party is "busy with the state assembly elections" in five states and not very keen on taking the bloc forward.
Jai Anant Dehadrai said, "I can't comment about anybody else. It is a free country, anybody can say what they like. There are consequences to things that people say and at the appropriate time, I will certainly come out and explain what has happened. I will come out with the truth. I am not
As per the SAFAR-India, the city's AQI has been in the 'very poor' category since Sunday (309).
The AQI from 0 to 100 is considered 'good', while from 100 to 200 it is 'moderate', from 200 to 300 it is 'poor', from 300 to 400 it is said to be 'very poor' and from 400 to 500 or above it is c