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EPCA writes to Chief Secretaries of Punjab, UP and Haryana to take
Updated : 13 hours, 40 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) wrote to the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to take stock of the situation and take action after early burning of crop residue was brought to notice on Tuesday.
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PMO-led panel to initiate action in advance for managing air pollu
Updated : 3 days, 14 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): A high-level taskforce led by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will initiate action in advance for the management of air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), said the PMO on Saturday.
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Surat's Deputy Mayor Nirav Shah pledges to plant 70,000 trees on P
Updated : 5 days, 19 hours ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India] September 17 (ANI/PNN): India's most loved Prime Minister is turning 70 on September 17th, 2020 and to celebrate this, Surat's Deputy Mayor - Nirav Shah has pledged to plant 70,000 trees across the city and make the city pollution-free and beautiful in support of PM M
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Environmentalist in Jammu creates vertical gardens using plastic b
Updated : 6 days, 16 hours ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 16 (ANI): In an attempt to reduce environmental pollution using waste management, environmentalist Dr. Nazia Rasool Latifi has begun to create vertical gardens in Jammu using plastic bottles.
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UK to begin trials of lower motorway speed limit to reduce traffic
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
London [UK], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Speed limits on stretches of motorways in England will be reduced as a trial measure to reduce air pollution, Highways England announced on Saturday.
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CPCB can order environmental audit against Amazon, Flipkart, recov
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has held that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) can consider ordering environmental audit against the concerned entities -- Amazon, Flipkart and others -- and assess and recover compensation for violation of environm
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Indian diplomat Abhay K quotes Kalidasa's poems to highlight clima
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Abhay K, Ambassador of India to Madagascar and Comoros, used classical 5th century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa's poems to highlight the triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution that the world faces today.
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Centre changed fuel standards to BS-VI to reduce air pollution: Ja
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): The central government changed the fuel standards to BS-VI as part of efforts to combat pollution and people were getting quality diesel and petrol, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.
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Governments should prioritise health of citizens, observes conclav
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Air pollution is hazardous to health and governments should prioritise the health of citizens by ensuring clean air as people recover from COVID-19, 'Doctors for Clean Air' conclave observed on Sunday.
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Pi Green Innovations combating air pollution on several fronts
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI/Mediawire): Pi Green Innovations is a cleantech company which works with the single mission of providing Clean Air for All. With its indigenously developed technology, the company has developed products keeping in mind the various daily life situations that cau
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Filter Concept is making revolutions in the industrial Air filtrat
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India, Aug 31 (ANI/PRNewswire): According to WHO, air pollution is the greatest environmental risk to health. The microscopic air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5), airborne lead, VOCs, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and more create seriou
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Drivers who don't shut their car windows exposed to more air pollu
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
London [UK], Aug 15 (ANI): A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Surrey finds that car users from the world's least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening their windows for ventilation.
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