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Delhi To Expand Tree Adoption Policy, Citizens Push For Tree Census First

Delhi’s Tree Authority is planning a tree adoption policy as part of its efforts to preserve the trees of the…

2 years ago
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Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the…

2 years ago
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‘Environment Protectors’: Punjab Move To Curb Stubble Burning

In a bid to stop stubble burning, the Gurdaspur district administration in Punjab has implemented a novel idea. Now, those…

2 years ago
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Swachh Vayu Survekshan And The Search For Clean Air

Every year during the winter season, air quality across India deteriorates to hazardous levels. The combination of low temperatures and…

2 years ago
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Could Airshed Management Be The Solution To India’s Pollution Woes?

India’s flagship programme to reduce air pollution has seen slow progress, spurring discussions on airshed-level management for air pollution control.…

2 years ago
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Gig Workers Are Exposed To Highly Polluted Air, Carcinogens: Study

Rohit Vishwas, 28, started working as a delivery person for a grocery delivery app in 2021 after he lost his…

2 years ago
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MP’s Stubble Burning Problem Goes Unnoticed

For the past few decades, crop residue burning has been the grim news story of the state of Punjab. The…

2 years ago
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Are Haryana Stone Crushing Units To Blame For Respiratory Troubles?

A two-kilometre detour from the six-lane national highway 152-D (Narnaul-Ambala), towards the interior villages in Haryana, where stone-crushing units are…

2 years ago
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MP 2nd In Stubble Burning, Farmers Unaware Of Govt Schemes

Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country in terms of wheat production, which is a matter of pride for the…

2 years ago
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Residents Reeling From Construction Projects In J&K Fear Lithium Mining

The announcement from India’s key scientific agency in February this year that it had found “inferred sources” of 5.9 million…

2 years ago
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4 ‘Cs’ Pose Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN Report

Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…

2 years ago
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Mothers Seek Action To Create Liveable Future For Their Children

Source: PTI Mothers in several countries, including India, staged protests on Saturday under the banner of “Mothers’ Rebellion for Climate…

2 years ago
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Covid, Conflict, Climate Change Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN

Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…

2 years ago
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Funds To Curb Pollution Remain Underutilised By Regulators

Ten state pollution control boards across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, which faces severe air pollution, have a surplus of funds each…

2 years ago
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Bauxite Mining In Jharkhand Impacting Is Soil Fertility, People’s Health

Dumbarpath is a tribal village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a primary area of bauxite mining in India. Mining activities…

2 years ago
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Dangers Of Poor Housing In Remote, Off-Grid Communities

At first glance, remote communities in Outback Australia and villages in India don’t have much in common. Look closer, however,…

3 years ago
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Kochi’s Brahmapuram Fumes Over Waste

On March 2, 25-ft-high ‘hills’ of garbage, extending over 40 acres at the Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi caught fire,…

3 years ago
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Increasing Atmospheric Pollution In Rural India: Research

Source: PTI Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing atmospheric pollution in rural India using Nitrogen…

3 years ago
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Divided By Borders, Lahore & Delhi Are United In Smog

The sister cities of Lahore, in Pakistan, and New Delhi, in India, share many things – food, culture, and now…

3 years ago
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How A United South Asia Can Beat Air Pollution

At a recent meeting for the launch of a new World Bank report on air pollution, held in Kathmandu, Pema…

3 years ago
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Paradise Polluted: Kashmir’s Poor Air Quality Poses Health Risks

It was a foggy afternoon in December, and people – young and old – were walking uphill to reach the…

3 years ago
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Environment Overlooked In Infrastructure Rush In 2022

Infrastructure development continued on a grand scale and at a rapid pace in South Asia and the Himalayas in 2022,…

3 years ago
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Air Pollution Linked With Multiple Long-Term Health Conditions: Study

(Source: PTI) Exposure to traffic related air pollution is associated with an increased risk of multiple long-term physical and mental…

3 years ago
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How ‘Airshed Management’ Could Tackle India’s Air Pollution Crisis

In 2019, air pollution in India caused the premature deaths of more than a million people. That same year, the…

3 years ago
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Crackers Burst Despite Ban, Delhi’s Air Quality Turns ‘Very Poor’

(Source: PTI) A large number of high-decibel firecrackers thundered throughout Diwali night on Monday as people in Delhi flouted the…

3 years ago

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