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No respite from pollution, Delhi's air quality still in 'very poor
Updated : 2 hours, 4 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Delhi's air quality continues to remain in the "very poor" category on Friday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) hovering at 323, according to SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research).
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Study reveals cooking with wood may cause lung damage
Updated : 4 hours, 5 min ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): Advanced imaging with CT shows that people who cook with biomass fuels like wood are at risk of suffering considerable damage to their lungs from breathing in dangerous concentrations of pollutants and bacterial toxins, according to a study.
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Air quality in Delhi dips to 'very poor' category
Updated : 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Air pollution levels in Delhi dipped on Thursday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) being reported in the 'very poor' category.
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Gopal Rai urges Air Quality Management commission to make bio-comp
Updated : 2 days, 14 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Amid rising air pollution and Covid-19 cases in Delhi, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday urged the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to make the bio-decomposer technology mandatory for all states, which contribute to the rising air
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Kejriwal seeks PM Modi's intervention over stubble burning, says C
Updated : 2 days, 23 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to get rid of pollution due to stubble burning and also informed the coronavirus cases in the national capital have been steadily decreasing after Novem
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Stubble burning led to spike in Covid-19 deaths in Delhi, says Hea
Updated : 3 days, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Pollution caused by stubble-burning has led to the high number of Covid-19 deaths in Delhi, said Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday.
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HC refuses to hear plea seeking to impose lockdown in Delhi
Updated : 3 days, 22 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to hear a plea seeking directions for the imposition of a substantial lockdown in the national capital with immediate effect in view of the rising COVID-19 cases and air pollution.
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Volunteers clean banks of Yamuna in UP's Agra
Updated : 4 days, 21 hours ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 22 (ANI): People cleaned the banks of Yamuna under the River Connect Campaign on Sunday morning in Agra.
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NGT dismisses plea seeking review of order on cigarette butts
Updated : 5 days, 1 hour ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down a plea seeking review of its earlier order that directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to lay down guidelines for disposal of cigarette and bidi butts, in the interest of the environment.
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With low visibility and thick haze, Delhi's air quality remains 'v
Updated : 6 days, 1 hour ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Low visibility and a thick haze seem to have become a norm of an early morning in the national capital as the air quality continues to remain in the 'very poor' category on Saturday.
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Delhi records its lowest temperature in this winter season
Updated : 6 days, 19 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): A minimum temperature of 7.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in the national capital on Friday, which is its lowest in this winter season.
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Amid rising pollution, Sonia Gandhi likely to move out of Delhi on
Updated : 6 days, 21 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has been advised by doctors, in view of her chronic chest infection, to shift out of the national capital for a few days to avoid the heavy pollution in the city. Party sources stated that Sonia is likely to shift
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