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Pollution: Over 23.5 Lakh Premature Deaths In India In 2019

India saw over 23.5 lakh premature deaths due to pollution of all types -- including 16.7 lakh fatalities caused by…

2 years ago
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Delhi Is Most Polluted Capital In The World

Delhi was found to be the most polluted capital in the world for the fourth consecutive year in 2021 and…

2 years ago
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Why Don’t India’s Air Pollution Policies Work?

For the fourth year in a row, Delhi has topped a list of the world’s most polluted capitals. Air pollution…

2 years ago
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Pandemic Lessons For The Climate Change Age

If 2020 was the year the world woke up to the threat of a global pandemic, in 2021 we had…

2 years ago
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Delhi Pollution: Ban On Construction Activities To Continue

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said a ban on construction and demolition activities in the city will continue…

2 years ago
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Lockdown Didn’t Cut Air Pollution As Much As Thought: Study

Air quality in India did not improve as much during the first COVID-19 lockdown as originally thought, according to a…

2 years ago
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More Kids In Hospital, Schools Shut As Smog Smothers Delhi

More children are in hospital with breathing problems as pollution levels remain dangerously high in New Delhi, doctors warned on…

2 years ago
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Combustion Of Coal Led To Rise In Premature Mortality Rate

The combustion of coal, mainly in power plants, followed by industrial and household settings, has resulted in an increase in…

2 years ago
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Farmers Shouldn’t Be Blamed For Air Pollution: Rakesh Tikait

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said farmers or stubble burning should not be blamed for air pollution,…

2 years ago
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SC Orders WFH Over Delhi Pollution

The Supreme Court told authorities on Monday to shut offices in the capital and nearby cities, allowing millions to work…

2 years ago
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Delhi’s Smog Worsens, Prepare For Emergency, Says Pollution Board

The Centre's pollution control board on Friday ordered states and local bodies to be in "complete readiness" for emergency measures…

2 years ago
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The Struggle To Put Out Crop Waste Fires That Fuel Air Pollution

India's efforts to reduce crop-waste burning, a major source of air pollution during the winter, by spending billions of rupees…

2 years ago
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Air Quality Deteriorates In North, Central India

After the rampant cracker bursting on Diwali despite restrictions in place, air quality deteriorated in many parts of north and…

2 years ago
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Delhi Wakes Up To ‘Hazardous’ Air Quality, Day After Diwali

The air quality in Delhi's Janpath has reached the 'hazardous' category on Friday (November 5) morning, following the festival of…

2 years ago
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Air Pollution Linked To 6 Mn Preterm Berths Globally

Air pollution likely contributed to nearly six million premature births and almost three million underweight babies around the world in…

3 years ago
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57K Premature Deaths In Delhi Last Year Due To Air Pollution

An estimated 57,000 premature deaths in Delhi during 2020 can be attributed to air pollution, Greenpeace India said on Wednesday,…

3 years ago
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Delhi Orders Ban On Firecrackers Ahead Of Diwali

India is among the most polluted countries in the world, and air quality in Delhi and neighbouring northern states normally…

3 years ago
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UN Hails End Of Poisonous Leaded Gas Use In Cars Worldwide

Leaded gasoline has finally reached the end of the road, according to the U.N. environment office, after the last country…

3 years ago
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Unravelling Air Pollution In Asian Countries

When Trisha Mahajan was growing up in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, air pollution was never on her mind.…

3 years ago
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Air Pollution Adds To India’s Pandemic Pain

Anju Verma tested positive for the coronavirus in September 2020, along with the rest of her family. With chronic asthma…

3 years ago
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India’s Net-Zero Dream: Between Diplomacy And Reality

The diplomatic pressure on India to set a cut-off date to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has intensified, after…

3 years ago
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New Delhi Is World’s Most Polluted Capital For 3rd Straight Year

New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020, according to IQAir, a Swiss…

3 years ago
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Air Pollution Led To 54,000 Premature Deaths In Delhi

Air pollution caused an estimated 54,000 premature deaths in the capital New Delhi last year, a higher toll than in…

3 years ago
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FM Announces Voluntary Vehicle Scrapping Policy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and polluting vehicles.…

3 years ago
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Nature Is Not Healing: Pollution Remained A Problem In 2020

Dolphins did not return to cleaner canals in Venice, Italy this year. Nor was the critically endangered Malabar civet spotted…

3 years ago

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