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| Govt drafts rules for cleaner coal power |
| Vishwa Mohan |
| The Economic Times , Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: Moving to tighten norms for emissions of major pollutants by coal-based power plants in the country, the environment ministry has proposed a fresh standard for old and new units seeking the ...More
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| Time to check air pollution in B'luru |
| Charan Singh |
| Deccan Herald , Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
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Bengaluru, an important metropolitan city and Silicon Valley of India, also suffers from bad air quality and as reported, nearly 36 per cent of children suffer from weak lungs. This has implications f ...More
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| New ethanol emission norms for vehicles |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday issued notification on mass emission standards for flex-fuel ethanol E85 and ED95 in vehicles. This move is aimed at pushing production of vehicles that run on clean f ...More
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| Air pollution can give you a stroke, says study |
| BINDU SHAJAN PERPPADAN |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
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AIIMS begins first ever study to ascertain the threat
Pollution is known to give you respiratory disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and lung cancer. The horror, however, doesn’t stop at ...More
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| Air pollution causes 8m deaths/yr |
| Sushmi Dey |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: Deaths due to air pollution have increased fourfold across the globe over the past decade, the latest assessment by the World Health Organization shows. The database on which the report is ...More
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| Air pollution leads to six-fold rise in premature deaths |
| Amrita Madhukalya |
| DNA India , Saturday, May 16, 2015 |
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Air pollution in the country has lead to a six-fold jump in premature deaths in the last decade, revealed a standing committee report by the environment ministry. The report, quoting the Global Burden ...More
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| Can vitamin E protect lungs from air pollution? |
| IANS |
| Business Standard , Friday, May 15, 2015 |
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British researchers have found that vitamin E may help offset the negative effects of air pollution on our lungs.
Lower amount of vitamin E concentrations in the blood is linked to higher exposure to ...More
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| Green road to Paris |
| Arvind Subramanian |
| The Indian Express , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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How should India approach the forthcoming, and highly anticipated, climate change negotiations planned for December in Paris (COP-21, as it is called)? The answer is, confidently and constructively, b ...More
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| India, China need to talk on air pollution: Expert |
| IANS |
| Business Standard , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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India and China need to strike up a dialogue on common problems such as air pollution, an expert on China's environmental issues said, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the neighbouring ...More
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| Vehicles Inflaming City's Pollution Woes |
| S Gopalakrishnan |
| The New Indian Express , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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COIMBATORE:The immense increase in their numbers has made motor vehicles the main contributors to air pollution in cities, often much more than industry. Civil society, environmentalists and governmen ...More
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| Breathing dust, toxins round the year |
| Shilpy Arora |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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For the second time in a month, 10-year-old Rohit Pandey, a resident of Vipul Belmonte on Golf Course Road, had a severe asthma attack. His condition stabilized only after he was admitted to a hospita ...More
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