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Odd-even rerun to face vital ozone test |
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The Times of India , Friday, February 12, 2016 |
NEW DELHI: Having announced another round of odd-even driving in April, the Delhi government has to gird itself for a crucial test. Particulate matter (PM) levels are usually "moderate" to "poor" duri ...More
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Lung disorder due to morning walk? Blame it on pollutants |
Banjot Kaur Bhatia |
The Times of India , Thursday, February 11, 2016 |
Patna: Morning walk, they say, is the panacea for many ills. However, many health freaks are giving up this habit as a supposedly healthy exercise, according to them, has become a health hazard due to ...More
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HC to hear plea on city’s dipping air quality index |
Shibu Thomas |
The Times of India , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
Mumbai: Mumbai's worsening air quality index (AQI) has come under the Bombay high court scanner. Bandra resident Shadaab Patel, who had last month filed a public interest litigation seeking implementa ...More
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Think before you breathe easy: Air pollution above limit |
RiyanRamanath V |
The Times of India , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
Bhubaneswar: The air that you breathe in the city is not as safe as you may believe it to be. In fact, it's polluted enough to cause respiratory disorders.
A report by the Odisha State Pollution Co ...More
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HC to hear plea on city’s dipping air quality index |
Shibu Thomas |
The Times of India , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
Mumbai: Mumbai's worsening air quality index (AQI) has come under the Bombay high court scanner. Bandra resident Shadaab Patel, who had last month filed a public interest litigation seeking implementa ...More
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Traffic crawl, longer commutes mean more smoke in your lungs |
Ajanta Chakraborty |
The Times of India , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
Kolkata: How much toxic air would you inhale travelling from the airport to New Garia in a cab? Or from Behala to Ballygunge? In the first case, the range is anything between 187 g to 548 g of particu ...More
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Air pollution increases asthma risk in babies |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic sources during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing asthma before the age of five, finds a new study.
Exposure to air pollut ...More
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Vehicle restrictions reduced air pollution |
MOHIT M. RAO |
The Hindu , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
With the ‘positives’ of strict traffic restrictions that saw private heavy vehicles kept out of Bengaluru during the Invest Karnataka meet, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board will urge the St ...More
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After Gurgaon and Delhi, Ghaziabad to go car-free today |
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The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
Following a call given by the Ghaziabad RWA federation for a voluntary car-free day on Wednesday, several quarters of the district administration have come out in support of the event in order to cu ...More
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Plywood Units Told to Curb Pollution: Government |
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The New Indian Express , Tuesday, February 09, 2016 |
KOCHI: The State Government has submitted before the Kerala High Court that instructions had been issued by the State Pollution Control Board to the plywood manufacturing units to take measures to mi ...More
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Odd-even not enough: Neighbours’ help key to clean Delhi’s air |
RitamHalder and Mallica Joshi |
The Hindustan Times , Tuesday, February 09, 2016 |
When the AamAadmi Party (AAP) government launched a full-fledged war against air pollution in Delhi last year, the measures it introduced were drastic. But so was the situation in the nation’s capital ...More
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Govt gets aamaadmi views on odd-even |
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The Times of India , Sunday, February 07, 2016 |
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday kicked off an exercise to get citizens' views on its proposal to launch the second phase of the odd-even scheme. SDMs and MLAs were told to organise the two ...More
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