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Toxic smog blankets Delhi after revellers ignore ban on bursting firecrackers for Diwali
• 4 years agoIndia's environmental court had imposed a ban stressing that residents were already reeling from the impact of COVID and the pollution crisis that arises every winter.
Air pollution can lead to type-2 diabetes, heart attacks, stroke finds new research
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe team of researchers also found that being exposed to air pollution was comparable to eating a high-fat diet.
World Environment Day 2020: Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launches online portal to manage waste collection and disposal in state
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoOn World Environment Day. the Andhra Pradesh government launched an online waste management platform, which will allow it to monitor all the industrial garbage generated in the state
Wildfires aftermath: Drinking water sources contaminated with ash, debris, pollutants
• 5 years agoMore than 60 percent of the water supply for the world’s 100 largest cities originates in fire-prone watersheds.
Delhi's air pollution has already caused irreversible lung damage in its youngest residents, and it’s only getting worse
Kavyan • 5 years agoMonuments may be yellowing and the weather worsening, but the biggest burden of air pollution is undoubtedly its impact on public health.
Scientists develop a wastewater treatment process that remove pollutants from water
• 6 years agoThe team used rice hulls, discarded at rice harvesting, to create eco-friendly and economical, biochar
App to measures pollution levels created by Indian students wins global award
Indiascience • 6 years agoAir Cognizer is a portable app that analyses air quality of the surroundings in real-time.
Delhi's air quality dips to 'severe' category as volume of pollutants spike due to falling wind speed, moisture
Ians • 7 years agoAir quality in the National Capital Region (NCR) worsened to "severe" on Saturday with a drop in wind speed and lowering of effluents' mixing height
Delhi's air quality in 'very poor' category as volume of pollutants spike due to falling wind speed, moisture
• 7 years agoDelhi had a grey Christmas on Monday under a thick cover of haze which brought down visibility even as volume of pollutants spiked, keeping air quality in the 'very poor' category.
AAP govt tries anti-smog gun in Delhi's Anand Vihar as air quality reaches "severe" level of pollution
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAmid the latest instance of fog engulfing the national capital, the Arvind Kejriwal government on Wednesday began the trial of the Anti-Smog Gun to fight the perrenial problem affecting Delhi.