Pm 2.5

India added 180 manual air quality monitoring stations since the launch of the National Clean Air Programme, increasing their number to 883 in 2022, though a lot needs to be done to achieve the target of 1,500 by 2024, according to a new analysis.

Iraq has recovered "part" of $2.5 billion in public funds fraudulently withdrawn from a government account, the prime minister said Sunday.

The World Health Organization's most recent estimates are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution referred to as PM2.5.

Air Quality in Delhi continued to remain in the 'severe' category for the second consecutive day, a forecastng agency said on Friday. It also revealed that the stubble-burning contributed 34 per cent in the national capital's PM 2.5 pollution.

The minister's charges came on a day when smoke from farm fires contributed to up to 32 per cent of the tiny PM 2.5 lung-damaging pollutants in the city's air - the highest in the past two years.

Delhi registered a 64 per cent reduction in PM2.5 concentration and a 57 per cent drop in PM10 levels on Diwali this year as compared to last year, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) said in a report.

There is barely any difference in overall PM2.5 trends between cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) and those outside its ambit, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

The PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels that spiked drastically near the Supertech twin towers following their demolition returned close to usual levels on Monday, official data showed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the state governments to clear power sector companies' dues which are estimated at around Rs 2.5 lakh crore.

To combat the harmful effects of unhealthy air quality and keeping the viruses at bay, wearing a N-95 mask has become the need of the hour!

Diwali 2021 is set to see Delhi's air quality become "severe". Under a zero firecracker emission scenario, Delhi's PM 2.5 concentration is predicted to be in the upper end of the 'very poor' category from November 4 to November 6.

Rainfall in the national capital on Monday brought the much needed respite from air pollution with farm fires contributing only one percent to PM 2.5 in the city's air.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for international travel to be made easier, through "mutual recognition of vaccine certificates", amid a row with the UK over double-vaccinated Indians still having to quarantine.

India crossed 2.25 crore Covid vaccinations in a day for the first time today as the government raced to deliver a record on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. The government had set out with a target of 2.5 crore vaccinations.

Household heating and cooking accounted for 40 per cent of Delhi's PM 2.5 pollution in December 2020 and January 2021, according to a new study.

India added 180 manual air quality monitoring stations since the launch of the National Clean Air Programme, increasing their number to 883 in 2022, though a lot needs to be done to achieve the target of 1,500 by 2024, according to a new analysis.

Iraq has recovered "part" of $2.5 billion in public funds fraudulently withdrawn from a government account, the prime minister said Sunday.

The World Health Organization's most recent estimates are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution referred to as PM2.5.

Air Quality in Delhi continued to remain in the 'severe' category for the second consecutive day, a forecastng agency said on Friday. It also revealed that the stubble-burning contributed 34 per cent in the national capital's PM 2.5 pollution.

The minister's charges came on a day when smoke from farm fires contributed to up to 32 per cent of the tiny PM 2.5 lung-damaging pollutants in the city's air - the highest in the past two years.

Delhi registered a 64 per cent reduction in PM2.5 concentration and a 57 per cent drop in PM10 levels on Diwali this year as compared to last year, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) said in a report.

There is barely any difference in overall PM2.5 trends between cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) and those outside its ambit, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

The PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels that spiked drastically near the Supertech twin towers following their demolition returned close to usual levels on Monday, official data showed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the state governments to clear power sector companies' dues which are estimated at around Rs 2.5 lakh crore.

To combat the harmful effects of unhealthy air quality and keeping the viruses at bay, wearing a N-95 mask has become the need of the hour!

Diwali 2021 is set to see Delhi's air quality become "severe". Under a zero firecracker emission scenario, Delhi's PM 2.5 concentration is predicted to be in the upper end of the 'very poor' category from November 4 to November 6.

Rainfall in the national capital on Monday brought the much needed respite from air pollution with farm fires contributing only one percent to PM 2.5 in the city's air.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for international travel to be made easier, through "mutual recognition of vaccine certificates", amid a row with the UK over double-vaccinated Indians still having to quarantine.

India crossed 2.25 crore Covid vaccinations in a day for the first time today as the government raced to deliver a record on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. The government had set out with a target of 2.5 crore vaccinations.

Household heating and cooking accounted for 40 per cent of Delhi's PM 2.5 pollution in December 2020 and January 2021, according to a new study.