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Pithampur to get 3rd air pollution monitor |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
INDORE: To monitor real time air pollution levels at Pithampur, the state's largest industrial belt, a continuous ambient air quality monitoring station will soon be placed in the region. Real time po ...More
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Temperature rise, cab strike help improve Mumbai's air |
Shilpy Arora |
The Times of India , Monday, February 20, 2017 |
GURUGRAM: After months of suffocation, citizens could breathe easily on Saturday and Sunday due to a sudden fall in pollution levels and an improvement in the air quality index.
The 24-hour average c ...More
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China urges crackdown on high-emission vehicles |
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Business Standard , Monday, February 20, 2017 |
China's Environment Minister has urged strict monitoring and crackdown on automobiles with excessive exhaust emissions to improve air quality.
Emissions from mobile sources, such as heavy diesel truc ...More
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Patna, Delhi among most polluted cities: Report |
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The Times of India , Monday, February 20, 2017 |
NEW DELHI: Air pollution is killing two people in India every minute, with the country's environment turning more toxic by the day, says a new study published in the journal 'The Lancet'.
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Every breath you take |
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The Indian Express , Monday, February 20, 2017 |
If nothing else, a recent graphic in The Guardian, based on data from the journal, Preventive Medicine, and the World Health Organisation (WHO), should awaken the government to the terrifying dangers ...More
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Serious risk for India as pollution deaths rise: Report |
Ajanta Chakraborty |
The Economic Times , Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
New estimates of the global burden of disease (GBD) released today by the US-based Health Effect Institute (HEI) paint a grim picture for India. Globally, air pollution is estimated to cause more than ...More
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Govt plays down global alarm on India pollution |
Vishwa Mohan |
The Economic Times , Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
NEW DELHI: The Union government expressed concern on Friday over a recent global report attributing over a million deaths in the country in 2015 to air pollution. However, it adhered to its stated pos ...More
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Air pollution kills 10 lakh Indians every year: study |
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The Hindu , Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
The study says causes of air pollution and climate change are intricately linked and needed to be tackled together.
The air Indians breathe is turning more toxic by the day and an average of two deat ...More
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1 in 9 people die of air pollution: WHO |
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DNA India , Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
The World Health Organisation on Friday published a video that claimed that one in nine people in the world die due to air pollution. The video, which has garnered a lot of traction on Facebook becaus ...More
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So, let's talk green: Death in every breath |
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Deccan Chronicle , Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
A year ago, I wrote about the harmful effects of air pollution. While I knew that this was an issue in India and many parts of the world, I was not prepared for what I read in the Health Effects Insti ...More
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Haryana yet to give EPCA plan to fight pollution |
Shilpy Arora |
The Times of India , Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
GURUGRAM: It's been nearly a month since the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) asked Delhi, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to submit an action plan to implement Centre's graded response system ...More
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