Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana contributed 6 per cent to the air pollution in Delhi-NCR on Thursday, data put out by the central government’s SAFAR website show. A day earlier, this share was just 1 per cent, and had been 3 per cent each on the previous three days. The increase on Thursday coincided … Read more
The Delhi government on Thursday launched a new initiative to tackle the problem of rising air pollution in the national capital. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “We are launching a campaign ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ to tackle air pollution. There are one crore vehicles registered in Delhi. According … Read more
With Delhi’s air quality on the decline, stricter pollution control measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) will be implemented across Delhi-NCR, starting Thursday. GRAP was formulated for Delhi-NCR three years ago. Measures such as ban on diesel generators, mechanized sweeping etc to fight the persistent problem of severe air pollution in Delhi will … Read more
In a bid to check air pollution in Delhi, the CPCB will report major construction activities without proper control measures and dumping of garbage among other polluting sources to its HQ on an hour-to-hour basis. [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] (Photo Credits: PTI) In order to step up efforts for ensuring better air quality, 50 teams of the … Read more
The use of electricity generators is banned in the national capital from Thursday to curb the rising level of air pollution. The air quality in Delhi-NCR has been dipping due to the onset of the winter and stubble burning by farmers in the neighbouring states. On Wednesday, Delhi recorded an air quality index (AQI) of … Read more
The Delhi air quality on Monday turned ‘hazardous’ at several places with the beginning of stubble burning. According to Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) data, Air Quality Index was recorded at 275 in Anand Vihar, at 263 in Rohini, at 275 in ITO, and 229 in Nehru Nagar; all four in ‘poor’ category on Monday. … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the subject of memes on Twitter. A video of his interaction with Henrik Anderson, president and CEO of Vestas one of the leading wind turbine companies in the world and a pioneer in the industry has left Twitter in split. In that video, PM Modi sought to known if the … Read more
Covid-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said as it acknowledged concerns voiced by public health experts about the airborne transmission of the virus. The agency had published similar warning weeks back but took it down after it sparked debate … Read more