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Smoke rising from burnt garbage at a dumping site at Chinniyampalayam in Coimbatore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN Residents of Chinniyampalayam and commuters travelling along the arterial Avinashi Road in Coimbatore are forced to breathe noxious smoke of burnt plastic and other waste materials due to frequent burning of municipal solid waste….
The Edayar industrial stretch on the banks of the river Periyar near Kochi on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The inspections carried out by the Environmental Surveillance Centre of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in Eloor here to check the efficiency of odour control systems in bone meal units, chicken waste…
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CM Rekha Gupta said the PARIVARTAN scheme will accelerate the modernisation of the commercial vehicle fleet in Delhi. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Delhi Cabinet has cleared the implementation of the PARIVARTAN (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions) scheme, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta…
Construction bans in Delhi-NCR due to air pollution have lead to project delays and rising costs. File. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Air pollution has moved from the margins of environmental reporting to the center of corporate boardroom conversations in India — and increasingly, into earnings calls. In 2025, the phrase “air pollution” was mentioned…
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Stubble burning solution: Chennai students win IIT Kharagpur award | Video Credit: The Hindu Every November, Delhi chokes under a blanket of smog. There are many reasons for why this happens. One is the much discussed and debated stubble burning in the nearby states of Punjab and Haryana. Farmers have taken to using alternative varieties…
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New Delhi: Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, which had crossed the 500-mark on Monday and stayed there, has started dropping, indicating that the stringent GRAP 4 measures have started taking effect. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Arvind Nautiyal, Member-Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management, said the Air Quality Index or AQI — which…
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With AQI 498, Delhi is the worlds second most polluted city, after Pakistans Lahore. New Delhi: Delhi continues to be wrapped in a blanket of smog, with the air quality in the “severe” category for the third consecutive day. With AQI 498, Delhi is the world’s second most polluted city, after Pakistan’s Lahore with AQI…
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Thermal inversion is a big factor behind the sudden spike in dense smog. New Delhi: Since Wednesday morning, north India has been covered in a thick blanket of smog, leading to low visibility, a drop in temperature and the air quality deteriorating to the ‘Severe’ category. Air quality remained a concern all over the Indo-Gangetic…
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Delhi has raised the air pollution alert level to GRAP-3 New Delhi: Primary schools in Delhi will switch to online learning mode from Friday due to severe air pollution in the national capital, Chief Minister Atishi announced in a post on X. She said the online classes for primary school children will continue “until further…
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The air quality index in Agra stood at 193. A thick blanket of smog covered the Taj Mahal on Thursday morning as the pollution levels worsened in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. Visuals showed the UNESCO World Heritage site disappearing behind the smog, making it barely visible to tourists. In one of the pictures, tourists can be…
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