US President Donald Trump’s description of India as a dirty place with polluted air has sparked calls on social media for urgent clean-up actions, particularly in New Delhi, the world’s most polluted capital. In defense of clean air in America, Trump made the comment during his final debate Thursday with …
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India posted the world’s average annual exposure to the highest PM 2.5 concentration last year, according to the State of Global Air 2020 (SOGA 2020) report released on Wednesday. India was followed by Nepal, Niger, Qatar and Nigeria with high exposures to PM 2.5. This means that people in India …
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Every year as the air gets colder and the festive season draws near, the residents of Delhi prepare for a new outbreak of pollution. But this year, Aam Aadmi chief minister and party chief Arvind Kejriwal appears to be turning no stone unturned to ensure air quality remains within the …
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Initial results from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on trials on the efficacy of a microbial consortium to break down rice stubble show that the latter can break down in 25 days amid reports from the national capital region of Delhi (NCR) and several other northern countries. Western …
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New Delhi: Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday that the odd-pair scheme will be implemented in the national capital only if the rest of the methods to curb air pollution fail. “We have implemented the odd-pair scheme many times in Delhi. It would be our last resort and …
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NEW DELHI: The politics over the burning of stubble and the ensuing air contamination in Delhi has warmed up with the Bjp responding at Aam Aadmi’s party on Saturday, the day after the AAP blamed the Center for it. The BJP stated that it has been “proven” that there is …
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Image for representation. (Image source: Reuters) As air quality deteriorates in Delhi-NCR, it is heavily focused on vehicular pollution, which is a major source of poor air quality and one way to reduce fuel consumption is to embrace electric mobility. News18.com Last update: October 12, 2020 12:33 PM IST FOLLOW …
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Air quality in Delhi deteriorated on Monday morning as pollutants rose, turning the atmosphere into several ‘dangerous’ areas. According to data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the air quality index was recorded as ‘poor’ with 275 AQI in Anand Vihar, 263 in Rohini, 275 in ITO and 229 …
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To curb the threat of air pollution, the Delhi government has decided to establish a ₹20 crore “smog tower” in Connaught Place, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday. He said the tower will be up in 10 months. This tower will suck in air from the top and release …
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Despite the average wind speed of 15-16 km / h, the air quality in Delhi remained poor on Thursday for the second day in a row. According to the daily bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi posted an AQI value of 208, putting it in the ‘poor’ area. …
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