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No more din in this tiger’s lair |
DIVYA GANDHI |
The Hindu , Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
NGT cracks the whip on quarries near STR
Over three dozen illegal quarries on the fringes of the Sathyamagalam Tiger Reserve (STR), which for years have been the source of polluting stone dust and co ...More
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Experts bank on US air quality alert Jayashree Nandi |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: US and India haven't spelt out how their partnership on addressing air pollution will roll out, but scientists and advocacy groups are already excited about the possibilities. They say the ...More
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NGT sends notice to Agra over rise in air pollution |
Aditya Dev |
The Times of India , Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
Agra: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sent notices to Agra and seven other cities over the sharp surge in air pollution levels due to increase in number of privately-owned petrol and diesel-run ...More
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Obama offers India support to tackle climate change |
Mayank Aggarwal |
Live Mint , Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the world will not stand a chance against climate change if emerging economies such as India don’t cut carbon emissions even if the US doe ...More
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Pitch to jointly take on climate change |
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The Telegraph , Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
New Delhi, Jan. 27: America is doing its part to lead global efforts to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, but India will also need to pursue clean energy to avert the worst effects of global warming, ...More
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Britain’s ethnic minorities breathing most polluted air |
Kounteya Sinha |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
A first of its kind scientific analysis has found a big difference in air pollution across communities in England, with deprived and ethnic minority areas the worst affected.
Air pollution levels ...More
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Britain’s ethnic minorities breathing most polluted air |
Kounteya Sinha |
The Times of India , Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
LONDON: Britain's ethnic minorities are breathing the most polluted air.
A first of its kind scientific analysis has found a big difference in air pollution across communities in England, with dep ...More
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Even women are at odds with exemption |
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The Times of India , Monday, January 26, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Delhi government may have exempted single women drivers from the odd-even formula starting January 1, but this decision has received a mixed response from the public, especially women. Ques ...More
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'Better' but not clean air at Rajpath today |
TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, January 26, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Air quality during the Republic Day parade may turn out to be slightly better than the bleak smoggy mornings the city has seen this winter, but it will continue to be in the "poor" and "ver ...More
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Obama visit: pollution level ‘hazardous’ in Delhi |
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The Hindu , Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
A study conducted at six places, U.S. President Barack Obama is slated to visit, has found that air pollution levels are three times more than Indian safety standards and nine times than the WHO limit ...More
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Air pollution no big threat to Barack Obama: IMA |
Shashi Bhushan |
Deccan Chronicle , Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association has said regarding concern about the adverse effect of air pollutants on US President Barack Obama’s health that short-term exposure to air pollutants does no ...More
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Air pollution no big threat to Barack Obama: IMA |
SHASHI BHUSHAN |
The Asian Age , Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
The Indian Medical Association has said regarding concern about the adverse effect of air pollutants on US President Barack Obama’s health that short-term exposure to air pollutants does not result in ...More
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Misleading statistics can’t cut Gurgaon’s air pollution |
Shilpy Arora |
The Economic Times , Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
GURGAON: Going by government numbers, Gurgaon is not among India's most polluted cities. But if numbers from private organizations are taken into account, the city is almost as bad as Delhi, whose air ...More
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In Polluted Delhi, Breathe 'Davos' Air in this Biz Centre |
IANS |
The New Indian Express , Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Thanks to an innovative green technique involving some 1,200 indoor plants adopted by a business centre in south Delhi, one can actually breathe "Davos quality" air in the national capital ...More
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Beijing to close 300 companies in battle on air pollution |
Reuters |
The Economic Times , Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
BEIJING: Beijing plans to shut 300 companies this year to help reduce choking air pollution in the Chinese capital, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Beijing is "determined to migrate t ...More
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Peak pollution was high even after showers in Delhi: NGO |
TNN |
The Times of India , Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit to Delhi, Greenpeace India, an environmental NGO tracked air pollution levels at various locations in Delhi which he is likely to visit. Green ...More
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