Delhi: Allow people to work from home, pollution control board advises private firms and government

The pollution monitoring agency also urged people to carpool to work, and asked schools to provide transport services to students.

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· Oct 18, 2019 · 05:33 pm

Delhi’s air quality deteriorates, NASA images show stubble burning in neighbouring states

An action plan, including a ban on diesel generator sets and intensifying cleaning of roads, to tackle air pollution in NCR was enforced on Tuesday.

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· Oct 16, 2019 · 10:53 am

Delhi: Air quality remains in poor category for fourth straight day, likely to deteriorate

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has blamed stubble burning in neighbouring states for the rise in pollution.

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· Oct 13, 2019 · 03:03 pm

Odd-even policy: Women will be exempted from scheme, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

However, unlike in the past, privately-owned CNG vehicles will not be exempted.

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· Oct 12, 2019 · 03:22 pm

Delhi: Air quality slips to ‘poor’ category, Arvind Kejriwal blames stubble burning in other states

The Central Pollution Control Board’s Air Quality Index read 228 at 1 am on Friday.

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 05:43 pm

Delhi records cleanest air since 2015 a day after Dussehra celebrations

On Wednesday, the Central Pollution Control Board data recorded the Capital’s overall air quality index at 173 as opposed to 326 last year.

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· Oct 10, 2019 · 11:15 am

Coal India fourth worst polluter among state-owned companies since 1965: Global study

Just 20 fossil fuel companies have accounted for 35% of all carbon emissions in the world in this period, the study showed.

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· Oct 09, 2019 · 10:28 pm

Delhi pollution reduced by 25%? Government claim is based on hazy data

The central government has submitted contradictory data in Parliament.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Oct 08, 2019 · 09:00 am

Delhi to get BS-VI compliant vehicles by April 2020 to check air pollution, says Prakash Javadekar

The Union minister said nobody talked about air pollution nor did any work improve the situation before 2014 though the problem has been there since 2006.

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· Oct 07, 2019 · 03:17 pm

Basmati blues: As paddy stubble burning begins in the North, Delhi prepares for a polluted winter

Despite the promotion of technological means – such as the Happy Seeder and Super SMS – to deal with crop residue, there have been 350 stubble fires in a week.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 01, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Punjab: At least 117 incidents of stubble burning reported in two days of harvesting season

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking cost compensation of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy.

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· Sep 25, 2019 · 08:34 pm

Is the smog blowing from South Asia affecting the air quality in US?

Ozone alerts in the US advise people to skip car trips and against prolonged exposure to high levels of the lung-damaging greenhouse gas on specific days.

Sahana Ghosh

· Sep 22, 2019 · 08:30 pm