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FirstUp: Ethics panel’s report on Mahua Moitra and more… The big stories today
Fp Explainers •The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee will meet to likely adopt a draft report on the cash-for-query charges against TMC MP Mahua Moitra. Delhi schools are closing from today amid worsening air pollution. Here's what else to expect from the day
Delhi Air Pollution: 340 buses impounded, 162 four-wheelers fined for violating GRAP III restrictions
Fp Staff •At present, only BS VI emission standards-compliant light motor vehicles, electric vehicles, CNG vehicles are allowed to ply on the roads. So far, 301 overloaded trucks have been impounded while 3,683 vehicle owners were challaned for not having pollution under check.
Delhi Air Pollution: High time to stop blame game & initiate measures to protect people, says BJP
Fp Staff •The national capital recorded an AQI of 433 at 7 pm, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The AQI at Anand Vihar was 488. It was 487 at Shadipur, 474 at Wazirpur, 465 at Punjabi Bag, 454 at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, 463 at Bawana, 448 at Okhla and 459 at Rohini.
The City that Chokes: How Mumbai is handling air pollution, which has more than doubled over 5 years
Fp Explainers •Authorities in Mumbai have announced measures to curb air pollution, which has taken a serious toll on the air quality index. Fitting vehicle-mounted air filters on buses, setting up virtual chimneys at traffic congestion spots, and installing air purification systems are some of the steps
In graphics | NASA issues warning as farm fires return to Delhi, NCR
Fp Explainers •The National Capital Region (NCR) and Delhi are witnessing declining air quality with each passing day as winter approaches. This is because of crop residue or stubble burning in neighbouring states like Punjab and Haryana
Delhi air pollution: Can afforestation help cleanse world's most polluted city?
Bikrant Tiwary •Trees not only help in regulating micro-climate by releasing oxygen but also sequester carbon dioxide to help curtail air-pollution that causes respiratory infections
Delhi air pollution: Govt may lift ban on plying of BS-III petrol, BS-IV diesel 4-wheelers; meeting today
•The restrictions were in place till 13 November and they have not been extended yet.The AQI has been stable in the last four days in the city
In dig at Kejriwal, Meenakshi Lekhi says Delhi doesn’t need a ‘part time CM’ busy eyeing other states
•Citing RTI replies, the senior BJP leader said out of over Rs 1,286 crore collected as environment cess in the past seven years, the Kejriwal government had spent only a little more than Rs 272 crore on fighting air pollution
Cloudy, hazy skies over Delhi; air quality likely to deteriorate further
•Farm fires in Punjab dropped from 2,487 on Monday to 605 on Tuesday. Their share in Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution dipped from 14 per cent on Monday to 9 per cent on Tuesday, according to data from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute and SAFAR
'Pollution on, Kejriwal gone': Congress demands CM's resignation over Delhi air quality
•Thick smog blanketed Delhi on Friday as the air quality remained in the 'severe' zone for the second consecutive day, primarily due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and raging farm fires in Punjab