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Indian refiners face $13 billion clean fuels bill |
Nidhi Verma |
Live Mint , Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
New Delhi: Indian oil refiners will need to invest Rs80,000 crore ($13.4 billion) in upgrades to produce cleaner fuels, a government official said, as the world’s fourth biggest oil consumer seeks to ...More
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Two-stroke scooters are 'super-polluters', says study |
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Indian Today , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
Scientists on Wednesday pointed the finger at two-stroke scooters, a ubiquitous sight in developing countries, for massively contributing to local air pollution, in a study published in the journal Na ...More
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BAD AIR CONTEST |
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The Telegraph , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
Whether or not Delhi is the world’s most polluted city, it is an incontrovertible fact that, together with several other Indian cities, Delhi’s air pollution level far exceeds the limits for risk to h ...More
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Agra doctor moves green tribunal over air pollution |
Jayashree Nandi |
The Times of India , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Raising alarm bells over the adverse effect of air pollution on fetuses and newborns, a paediatric surgeon has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking directions to the authoritie ...More
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Agra doctor moves green tribunal over air pollution |
Jayashree Nandi |
The Times of India , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Raising alarm bells over the adverse effect of air pollution on fetuses and newborns, a paediatric surgeon has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking directions to the authorities ...More
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WHO report prompts air pollution panel |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: After a WHO urban air quality database released last week sounded alarm bells on the city's extremely high air pollution levels, lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung has set up a high-powered co ...More
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Sudden showers bring down air pollution in Pune |
Anvi Mehta |
DNA India , Monday, May 12, 2014 |
Pune: Sudden rains and thundershowers are proving to be good news for citizens. Since the showers, there has been a gradual reduction in the air-pollution level, especially in the suspended particulat ...More
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Ahmedabad air: India's 5th most polluted |
Smitha R |
DNA India , Sunday, May 11, 2014 |
Against the accepted level of 40 micrograms of particulate matter (2.5 microns), the city has 100. Delhi on top with 153, followed by Patna and Gwalior
Megacity Ahmedabad that has won awards and reco ...More
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‘Mumbai highly polluted’ |
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The Asian Age , Sunday, May 11, 2014 |
According to WHO, nearly half of city faces higher risk of air pollution
It may be the city of dreams for a large majority of people but Mumbai also features among the cities with high pollution lev ...More
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Fight to curb pollution remains on paper |
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The Indian Express , Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
As the denials against WHO’s Ambient Air Pollution (AAP) Database — adjudging Delhi as the most polluted city in the world — poured in, environmentalists said the government should reevaluate why exis ...More
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‘Dirtiest’ tag off Delhi but worries remain |
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The Telegraph , Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
New Delhi, May 9: The World Health Organisation today distanced itself from suggestions that it had earlier this week portrayed Delhi as having the worst air quality among 1,600 cities worldwide, afte ...More
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Choking on air |
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The Indian Express , Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
A WHO study released earlier this week confirmed that the air quality in India’s capital is among the worst in the world — indeed, it found Delhi’s air to have the highest concentration of fine partic ...More
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