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Nirvana Being launches Airific Car Cabin Filter- Solution for Pollution
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 28(ANI/ PR Newswire): The onset of winters brings farm fires with it, massively impacting the nation's capital and bringing its air quality index down and increasing the pollution up to 20 times higher than the safe threshold levels defined by the World Health Organ
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Act with determination on Afghanistan, says UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 28 (ANI): As the humanitarian situation continues to get worsen in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said countries must unite and act urgently to secure a better future for Afghan people.
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Study finds living near oil, gas wells increases air pollution exposure
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): Stanford researchers have observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, likely worsening negative health outcomes for residents.
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Worsening communal atmosphere, bad economic situation discussed in CWC mee
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Meira Kumar said on Friday that various issues like the "worsening communal atmosphere" and "bad economic situation" of the country, were discussed during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Delhi.
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UNHCR calls on nations to expedite family reunification procedures for Afg
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 16 (ANI): Amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced across the region.
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Living near oil, gas wells increases air pollution exposure
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): In a 14-year analysis of air quality across California, Stanford researchers have observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, likely worsening negative health outcomes for residents.
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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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Afghanistan: Money changers flag increase in smuggling of US Doller
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 10 (ANI): There has been an increase in US dollars being smuggled out of Afghanistan to some neighbouring countries mainly Pakistan, which may worsen the country's already fragile economy, according to a new report which cites currency convertors in the Taliban-ru
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Afghan drug menace might worsen as Taliban indicate legalising poppy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): When the Taliban overran Kabul in August, concerns were raised that the drug menace in the country could get worse. However, the group then promised to eradicate the poppy cultivation will be stopped.
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Afghanistan records drop in COVID testing, vaccinations as crisis worsens
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that there has been a drop in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the troubled country and that around 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire in near
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Border restrictions eased in Australian states despite surge in COVID-19 c
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], October 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The border restrictions between Australia's Victoria, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and New South Wales (NSW) will be eased, as the "relative risks" change in Victoria amid the worsening COVID-19 situation.
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Research: Increased food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic linked to wor
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], September 24 (ANI): According to a nationwide survey in Canada conducted during the first wave, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns might have worsened worries over food insecurity among many Canadians and negatively impacted their mental health.
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