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Air emergency worse than 1975 Emergency: SC

By Sumit Saxena Nov 4, 2019 New Delhi:  “Why do you call it air emergency? This is worse than ‘The Emergency’. Emergency days were better,” said a shocked Justice Arun Mishra at the appalling state…

No room is safe from air pollution, says angry SC

Nov 4, 2019 New Delhi:  Describing air pollution in Delhi and adjoining areas as a “very serious situation”, the Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the state governments, saying they have not been…

Environment

Today’s climate crisis needs moral response

By Guncha Prakash Nov 4, 2019 New Delhi: The wildfire outbreak in California is a grim reminder of how human actions have caused immense and irreparable damage to the environment. According to the IPCC Report,temperatures…

Odd-Even kicks off in Delhi

Nov 4, 2019 New Delhi:  As Delhi battles to breathe, the third Odd-Even car rationing scheme aimed to provide relief from pollution kicked-off on Monday. The scheme will remain in force till November 15 and…

Delhi Chokes: PM’s Principal Secy holds emergency meet

Nov 3, 2019 New Delhi:  The Principal Secretary to Prime Minister has reviewed the grave situation of severe air pollution in Delhi, it’s adjoining NCR region and other parts of North India on Sunday. P.K.…

32 flights diverted from Delhi airport due to low visibility

Nov 3, 2019 New Delhi:  With a thick smog engulfing the Delhi airport and areas around it, as many as 32 flights were on Sunday diverted to nearby cities. Most of the flights were domestic…

People begin to collapse as air quality worsens in Lucknow

Nov 3, 2019 Lucknow:  Seven-year-old Disha was climbing the stairs in her house in Gomti Nagar on Saturday when she suddenly started gasping for breath and collapsed. Her father rushed her to a private hospital…

AQI touches dangerous levels in Delhi

Nov 3, 2019 New Delhi:  It seems like Armageddon in Delhi on Sunday as the air quality index (AQI) touched dangerous levels of 625 pushing the city back into the severe plus category after a…

Environment

Forget air purifier, try Peace Lily at home

By Bharat Upadhyay Nov 1, 2019 New Delhi:  If you are planning to purchase an air purifier with your hard-earned money as air around you gets toxic, think again. According to health experts, air purifiers…

Environment

Sea level rise to affect 36mn people in India by 2050

Oct 30, 2019 New Delhi:  Rise in sea level may put some of India’s greatest cities in the flood-risk zone, affecting a total of 36 million people in the country by 2050 – about 31…

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