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Choking over foul air – in rural India |
DEBAJIT PALIT |
Business Standard , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
Particulate emission from cookstoves is killing rural women. It’s worse than the pollution in Delhi
The year 2016 started in Delhi with the launch of the Odd-Even traffic policy with the aim of reduc ...More
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Air quality in smoking zones worse than outside |
TEENA THACKER |
The Asian Age , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
Even as the government claimed that the recent odd-even plan brought down pollution and proposed to bring it back, here is something to gulp down. A new research has indicated that the air quality ins ...More
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Pebbles for repairs to cut dust pollution |
BagishJha |
The Times of India , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
GURGAON: The state government has directed civic bodies to use pebbles to repair road dividers before the Happening Haryana investors' summit in order to curb air pollution caused by cementing of cent ...More
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Has odd-even policy worked in Delhi, HC asks |
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The Hindu , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know whether the odd-even policy for traffic management, experimented with in Delhi, will work in Mumbai if implemented.
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Govt to impose stiff penalty on polluting trucks |
TNN |
The Times of India , Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
New Delhi: Delhi government has announced that it will impose a stiff penalty on polluting trucks entering the capital. It will also strictly monitor construction projects and fine those not adhering ...More
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‘Want odd-even car system in the city’ |
Vijay Singh |
The Times of India , Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
NAVI MUMBAI: City based activists have urged CM DevendraFadnavis to consider implementing odd-even traffic formula of Delhi in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mumbai, to curb the rising air pollution. "I recen ...More
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Centre seeks report from KSPCB on pollution in City |
Bosky Khanna |
Deccan Herald , Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
In the wake of the increasing pollution levels in the City, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has written to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), seeking details ...More
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Prioritise pollution control, govt told |
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Deccan Herald , Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
Karnataka High Court judge Justice N K Patil on Tuesday took note of the increasing water and air pollution and said that it should be the priority of the government to ensure clean drinking water and ...More
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Smog blankets Rajpath lawns on Republic Day |
PTI |
DNA India , Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
Delhi's day out at the Rajpath lawns to celebrate the 67th Republic Day was veiled by its characteristic smog and 'very poor' air quality.
The average levels of PM 2.5 and PM 10, fine respirable part ...More
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Air pollution exposure increases premature birth risk |
PTI |
Deccan Chronicle , Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
Washington: Mothers-to-be, take note! Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of premature birth, a new
study has found.
Researchers at the US Ci ...More
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Air pollution exposure may up risk of preterm birth |
PTI |
The Times of India , Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of premature birth, a study has found. Researchers at the US Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre ...More
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Masks don’t shield us against foul air |
Aparajita Ray |
The Times of India , Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
BANGALURU: For SarmilaKarmakar, wearing a dupatta is not just a style statement; it comes handy as a protective gear whenever she steps out. The threat of inhaling dust prompts her to create a balacla ...More
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Prioritise pollution control, govt told |
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Deccan Herald , Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
Karnataka High Court judge Justice N K Patil on Tuesday took note of the increasing water and air pollution and said that it should be the priority of the government to ensure clean drinking water and ...More
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