The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said on Sunday that pollution levels were higher in Delhi this Diwali compared to last year and this could be attributed to a high proportion of stubble burning and unfavorable weather during the season. of festivals. In a special report, the CPCB said that …
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Firecracker retailers have been struggling to make ends meet for three years in a row. This year has been the worst so far. Crony-rupee deals have been hampered after the National Green Court banned the sale and use of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR until the end of November. The ban has …
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In recent years, air quality and pollution, aggravated by stubble burning, between November and December has become a concern in the National Capital Region (RNC). The National Green Court (NGT) ordered a ban on the sale and use of crackers in the region until November 30. Many state governments this …
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Experts warned Thursday that violations of the ban on firecrackers on Diwali, coupled with slower northwesterly winds carrying stubble smoke, will likely bring Delhi’s air pollution back to the ‘severe’ levels that witnessed earlier this week. Scientists from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that although the city’s air quality …
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A veil of haze hung over most of the city throughout Sunday as Delhi continued to receive a heavy load of pollutants from the agricultural fires that ravaged neighboring Punjab and Haryana, turning the city’s air into a toxic cocktail of particles. ultrafine microscopic and gaseous emissions. For the fourth …
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Air quality in Delhi: Levels are an annual problem with the arrival of winter and the burning of stubble (Archive) New Delhi: Delhi has reported more than 6,000 new Covid cases every day since Nov. 3, and 13 percent of this may be related to increased air pollution, the IMA …
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Of all the things that catch your eye when shopping for the holiday season in India, if you live in the National Capital Region of India for the past few years, an air purifier must have crossed your mind. With the Air Quality Index (AQI) topping 400 in Noida according …
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The air quality index (AQI) for the national capital improved marginally on Friday morning, compared to the night before, but continued to hover in the “severe” category. An AQI between 401 and 500 is considered “severe” and between 301 and 400 falls into the “very poor” category. Friday morning’s AQI …
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New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed concern about the increase in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and pushed for the mandatory retest of all people who test negative for rapid antigen tests. and develop symptoms of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). then. He said …
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On Wednesday night, as fog shrouded Delhi, it was clear that Thursday would be bad. Sure enough, the capital woke up to adequate smog on Thursday (the smog made things warmer due to the premature cold that set in on the northern plains). As this column, the 199th installment of …
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