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March 15, 2023 11:37 AM IST Bhiwadi had pollution levels at 92.7, with Delhi close behind at 92.6. Darbhanga, Asopur, Patna, Ghaziabad, Dharuhera, Chapra, Muzaffarnagar, Greater Noida, Bahadurgarh and Faridabad are among the other Indian cities mentioned
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March 07, 2023 09:11 AM IST About 99.82 percent of the global land area is exposed to levels of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) above the safety limit recommended by the Word Health Organization
- March 03, 2023 11:25 AM IST
Mumbai can no longer bend its rivers, landfill water bodies, cut thousands of trees, denude the city’s forests, reduce its wetlands and open spaces to make space for more buildings and roads -- and not suffer the consequences
- February 28, 2023 10:37 AM IST
Fossil fuel pollution is declining faster than anyone anticipated. But far older practices like cutting down forests, livestock and crop farming account for a significant chunk of emissions too
- February 27, 2023 03:04 PM IST
71-year-old Godrej, a south Mumbai resident, says he would love to walk to work but has no immediate plans to shift out of his family house in Malabar Hill.
- February 27, 2023 02:35 PM IST
No casualties reported so far. The fire, which broke out at 11:35 pm on Sunday, has not been doused till Monday noon. Six fire tenders are on the spot. Fire brigade officials say a live cigarette stick thrown into a garbage area could be the cause.
- February 13, 2023 03:07 PM IST
The rankings are based on Swiss air quality technology company IQAir's update as of 2.30 pm on February 13. IQAir offers real time pollution ranking of cities.
- February 08, 2023 01:05 PM IST
In a major win for the environment, Australian environment minister Tanya Plibersek rejected a large-scale coal mining project proposal, stating that the irreversible damage that the reef would get exposed to wasn’t worth it
- January 31, 2023 06:55 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal said the reason for pollution changes on an hourly basis and until "we calculate the source of the pollution on a realtime basis, we cannot have an effective policy on the issue".
- January 30, 2023 04:50 PM IST
Kejriwal inaugurated the real-time source apportionment supersite at Rouse Avenue and a mobile van.
- January 30, 2023 01:33 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the real-time source apportionment supersite at Rouse Avenue and a mobile van.
- January 18, 2023 12:02 PM IST
Carrying bottles filled with ''heavily polluted" Yamuna water, the BJP leaders said they will raise the issue inside the House.
- January 09, 2023 07:11 PM IST
An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said low temperatures, calm winds and high moisture content led to trapping of pollutants.
- January 04, 2023 06:47 PM IST
Delhi's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 343 at 4 pm, improving from 385 on Tuesday. An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
- December 30, 2022 07:57 PM IST
The Commission for Air Quality Management invokes Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan, including a ban on non-essential construction and demolition in the National Capital Region
- December 19, 2022 12:13 PM IST
Pollution levels were high in the national capital with the air quality index (AQI) settling at 409 at 11 am.
- December 16, 2022 07:05 PM IST
The Paris-based agency said in a new report that while coal use grew by only 1.2% in 2022, the increase pushed it to an all-time high of more than 8 billion metric tons, beating the previous record set in 2013.
- December 09, 2022 02:14 PM IST
Authorities deployed nearly 400 disaster relief personnel in Tamil Nadu state, and urged people to stock up on essentials and be prepared to move to shelters as cyclone 'Mandous' approached.
- December 05, 2022 01:14 PM IST
Around 60 percent of construction and demolition waste cleared; delay on account of the GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan) ban on construction, claims the company tasked with the removal of debris. The Supreme Court deadline was November 28.
- November 19, 2022 04:47 PM IST
Bringing down the level of air and water pollution is the party's top-most priority, followed by "restoring communal harmony" in the union territory and doubling the income of municipalities to meet their responsibilities.
- November 15, 2022 04:33 PM IST
The most common plastic products found in India were food packaging, household products and other packaging materials
- November 14, 2022 07:08 AM IST
During the first week of the climate talks, developed countries desired that all top 20 emitters, including India and China, discuss intense emission cuts and not just the rich nations which are historically responsible for climate change, they said.
- November 13, 2022 02:37 PM IST
For those who suffer from asthma and still choose to lead an active life, they need to monitor the symptoms such as cough and difficulty in breathing and persist with the prescribed medication, according to Fortis pulmonologist Dr Manoj Goel
- November 12, 2022 07:12 PM IST
The Commission says, “After considering the responses of the concerned states and the Government of NCT of Delhi, and the deliberations thereon, is of the opinion that the farmers are burning stubbles under compulsion.”
- November 11, 2022 07:02 PM IST
Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality index stood at 346 at 4 pm on Friday, deteriorating from 295 on Thursday.
