Tag: Pollution

GRAP-4 Restrictions Reimposed In Delhi As Air Quality Dips To ‘Severe+’

December 16, 2024 admin

There’s ban on movement of BS IV Diesel and BS III Petrol cars in Delhi-NCR. New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further during the day, breaching the 400 mark, and dipping into the ‘Severe+’ category, forcing the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the Centre’s anti-pollution panel, to impose GRAP 4 restrictions in the national…

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Delhi’s Air Quality Improves After Weeks, Nears ‘Moderate’ Category

December 4, 2024 admin

Delhi’s air quality has seen consistent improvement this week. New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality improved significantly on Wednesday, with the AQI nearing the ‘moderate’ category at 211. Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 268 in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday. At 8 am on Wednesday, the AQI was recorded at 211, according to Central…

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Plastic-Eating Worms Could Be The Solution To Faster Reduction Of Pollution

December 2, 2024 admin

A plastic-eating insect may help solve the trash problem that has choked the Earth for a long time, scientists have concluded in a new study. The larvae of the lesser-eating Kenyan mealworm can digest plastic, making it the only insect species native to Africa capable of doing it, The New York Post reported. The study…

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Delhi’s Air Pollution Situation Is Like A Bad Marriage

November 22, 2024 admin

We, the people of Delhi, are in a bad marriage with the city. This marriage is beyond redemption, but both parties dither in calling it quits. Because calling it quits brings not only pain but also an acknowledgement that we made a mistake. So, we carry on with the burden of our past mistakes on…

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About 182 million children in poor nations lack nurture; pollution, climate change risk factors: Study

November 19, 2024 admin

In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), three-fourths of those aged three or four years lack — nearly 182 million children — access to adequate nurture, thereby risking healthy development, according to a new series paper, published in The Lancet journal. Child development is also affected by air pollution, climate change, and exposure to chemicals, which…

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Amid Rising Pollution, Haryana Authorises Deputy Commissioners To Temporarily Shut Schools Till Class 5

November 16, 2024 admin

Haryana Authorises Deputy Commissioners To Shut Schools Till Class 5. (Representational) Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Saturday authorised deputy commissioners to temporarily shut physical classes up to Class 5 in schools in their respective districts after assessing the situation in the wake of rising pollution levels. “Letters have been written to all the district deputy…

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More Than 80% Of Indians Exposed To Climate-Related Health Risks: Ex-WHO Chief Scientist

November 15, 2024 admin

Almost everyone in India is now vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said, underscoring the urgent need for cross-ministerial and international collaboration to address its effects on health, gender and economic stability in the country. Swaminathan pointed to women and children as…

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Pollution Chokes Delhi, New Restrictions In Place, Schools Go Online

November 15, 2024 admin

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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Delhi Engulfed In Blanket Of Smog For 2nd Consecutive Day, AQI At 432

November 14, 2024 admin

At 5:30 am, Amritsar and Pathankhot airports in Punjab reported zero visibility. New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to another smoggy morning with a thick layer of white blanket (smog) engulfing the city. The air quality index (AQI) at 6 am was recorded at 432, falling under the “severe” category”, according to the Central Pollution Control…

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AAP MP Swati Maliwal Pours Dirty Water Outside Chief Minister Atishi’s Residence

November 2, 2024 admin

The chief minister said the government is working to find solutions. New Delhi: Expressing her anguish over the condition of water being supplied to the residents of the national capital, Aam Aadmi Party MP Swati Maliwal on Saturday filled a bottle with polluted water and poured it outside the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Atishi….

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