Page 82 - Air Pollution

Environment ministry makes action plan for tackling winter pollution

UP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan to focus on hotspots, CPCB to do ground monitoring of stubble burning

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Punjab appoints 8k officers, to give agri-machines to check stubble burning

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to farmers not to burn crop residue, as it could aggravate Covid-19 conditions apart from leading to pollution

Delhi air pollution during winter likely to aggravate Covid situation: Docs

Every winter, Delhi's air quality dips to a dangerous low due to many reasons, including the city's geographic location, unfavourable weather, stubble burning and local sources of pollution

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North India's clean air days may be numbered as farmers clear fields

The toxic air costs the country as much as 8.5% of its GDP, according to World Bank calculations, besides shortening the lives of citizens

'Without legal mandate, funding & coordination, clean air plans won't work'

India launched its National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January 2019 with the aim to achieve a 20-30% reduction in particulate matter (PM) concentration by 2024

Mumbai traffic, Railway earnings: What weekly indicators tell about economy

Economic activity that ground to a halt with the shutdown for the coronavirus has now begun to slowly come back

Special campaign being worked out to reduce pollution in 100 cities: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that a special campaign was being worked out to reduce pollution in 100 selected cities of the country.

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Smog tower installation project in Delhi: SC asks Centre to start work soon

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to "start at the earliest" the work for installation of smog tower at Anand Vihar in east Delhi, which is aimed at helping in combating air pollution

Regional cooperation must to control air pollution in south Asia: Experts

Average life expectancy in India could increase by 5.2 years and in Delhi by 9.4 years if the WHO standards on air quality are achieved, they said

Air pollution shortened average Indian life expectancy by 5.2 yrs: Report

Lucknow was seen to have the highest level of pollution in the country, with pollution 11 times greater than the WHO guideline.

Nitrogen dioxide levels fell by 70% in coronavirus lockdown in Delhi: UN

Environmental gains will be temporary if economies reopen without policies to prevent air pollution, says policy brief

New global order (or disorder)

It's a time for cooperation and trust, so that local and global action can be decisive and meaningful

24,000 pollution-related deaths in Delhi in first half of 2020: Report

According to a new online tool by IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Delhi lost Rs 26,230 crore

Breathe easy: 40% drop in Sulphur Dioxide concentration in air across India

The observations are significant as India was in 2019 named the world's largest emitter of SO2

Countries burning fossil fuel can't give sermons on climate change: Joshi

Pralhad Joshi says he will replace mines from the auction if chief ministers object but they should understand this will change the economic situation in states.

Mukesh Ambani pushes for clean, affordable energy; tech to decarbonise

"It's not only imperative for us to be net carbon zero but I think that we should opt to recycle carbon," Ambani said.

Air pollution: NGT directs CPCB to recover Rs 71 lakh fine from Railways

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kunar Goel passed the order after perusing a report filed by an expert committee