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Climate Change Driving Heatwaves, Worsening Air Quality: United Nations
Climate change is driving more intense and more frequent heatwaves, which in turn generate a "witch's brew" of pollutants, threatening the health of humans and other living things, the United Nations warned Wednesday.
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Delhi's Air Quality Enters 'Severe' Zone Yet Again
Delhi's air quality today entered the 'severe' zone yet again after steadily deteriorating over the last two days and it may dip further.
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Delhi's Air Quality In 'Severe' Category
People of Delhi continued to inhale copious amounts of pollutants, with air quality being in 'severe' zone, but emergency measures, enforced to arrest peak levels of pollution, stayed out of sight.
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Delhi Records Its Most Polluted Day Of The Year
It was the most polluted day of the year in Delhi today with the authorities recording the highest levels of suspended particulate matters PM 2.5 and PM 10, taking the air quality into the 'severe' category across the city.
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Greenpeace Urges India to Improve 'National Air Quality Index'
Claiming that the current information dissemination system was "unreliable", Greenpeace India today urged the government to make improvements to the National Air Quality Index (NAQI).
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Soon, Check Your City's Air Pollution on Your Mobile, Thanks to This Team
The National Air Quality Index, which was launched on Monday, was developed by professors and students of IIT Kanpur, in one of UP's most polluted city. The team behind the project is now in the process of developing a mobile app to take the index to the smartphones of those on the move.
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National Green Tribunal Raps State Governments For Failing To Tackle Pollution
A day after the launch of the National Air Quality Index, the National Green Tribunal or NGT today rapped the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for not complying with its 2014 order on tackling pollution.
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India to Measure Air Quality in World's Most Polluted Capital
The government today launched a new air quality index on, under intense pressure to act after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared New Delhi the world's most polluted capital.
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'India Should Guide the World on Fighting Climate Change,' Says PM Modi: Highlights
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the two-day Conference of State Environment Ministers in New Delhi today. He also launched the National Air Quality Index, to monitor pollution levels in 10 major cities. He also addressed the gathering of ministers and officials. Here is what he said in his speech.
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'India Should Guide the World on Fighting Climate Change,' Says PM Narendra Modi
As he launched a National Air Quality Index on Monday morning at a two-day environment conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused western countries of double standards saying, "People who lecture us on environment protection refuse to give us nuclear fuel for clean energy."
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National Air Quality Index to be Launched Today
The Environment Ministry is all set to hold a two-day national conference today which is seen as a final step of consultations and taking states on board before bringing amendments in existing green laws.
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Soon, Most Cities to Get Real Time Information on Quality of Air We Breathe
The Centre today launched the National Air Quality Index, a system which aims to provide real time information about air quality in our cities. So far, just 246 Indian cities have some level of air quality monitoring, while only 16 cities have real time monitoring. Under the index, which the Centre hopes to evolve over the next few months, all citi...
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Climate Change Driving Heatwaves, Worsening Air Quality: United Nations
Climate change is driving more intense and more frequent heatwaves, which in turn generate a "witch's brew" of pollutants, threatening the health of humans and other living things, the United Nations warned Wednesday.
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Delhi's Air Quality Enters 'Severe' Zone Yet Again
Delhi's air quality today entered the 'severe' zone yet again after steadily deteriorating over the last two days and it may dip further.
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Delhi's Air Quality In 'Severe' Category
People of Delhi continued to inhale copious amounts of pollutants, with air quality being in 'severe' zone, but emergency measures, enforced to arrest peak levels of pollution, stayed out of sight.
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Delhi Records Its Most Polluted Day Of The Year
It was the most polluted day of the year in Delhi today with the authorities recording the highest levels of suspended particulate matters PM 2.5 and PM 10, taking the air quality into the 'severe' category across the city.
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Greenpeace Urges India to Improve 'National Air Quality Index'
Claiming that the current information dissemination system was "unreliable", Greenpeace India today urged the government to make improvements to the National Air Quality Index (NAQI).
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Soon, Check Your City's Air Pollution on Your Mobile, Thanks to This Team
The National Air Quality Index, which was launched on Monday, was developed by professors and students of IIT Kanpur, in one of UP's most polluted city. The team behind the project is now in the process of developing a mobile app to take the index to the smartphones of those on the move.
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National Green Tribunal Raps State Governments For Failing To Tackle Pollution
A day after the launch of the National Air Quality Index, the National Green Tribunal or NGT today rapped the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for not complying with its 2014 order on tackling pollution.
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India to Measure Air Quality in World's Most Polluted Capital
The government today launched a new air quality index on, under intense pressure to act after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared New Delhi the world's most polluted capital.
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'India Should Guide the World on Fighting Climate Change,' Says PM Modi: Highlights
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the two-day Conference of State Environment Ministers in New Delhi today. He also launched the National Air Quality Index, to monitor pollution levels in 10 major cities. He also addressed the gathering of ministers and officials. Here is what he said in his speech.
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'India Should Guide the World on Fighting Climate Change,' Says PM Narendra Modi
As he launched a National Air Quality Index on Monday morning at a two-day environment conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused western countries of double standards saying, "People who lecture us on environment protection refuse to give us nuclear fuel for clean energy."
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National Air Quality Index to be Launched Today
The Environment Ministry is all set to hold a two-day national conference today which is seen as a final step of consultations and taking states on board before bringing amendments in existing green laws.
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Soon, Most Cities to Get Real Time Information on Quality of Air We Breathe
The Centre today launched the National Air Quality Index, a system which aims to provide real time information about air quality in our cities. So far, just 246 Indian cities have some level of air quality monitoring, while only 16 cities have real time monitoring. Under the index, which the Centre hopes to evolve over the next few months, all citi...
