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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: air pollution

India records first sulfur dioxide emissions drop in 4 years, report shows

India accounts for 21% of global SO2, mostly from coal-fired power plants that lack pollution-curbing equipment, the report said.

Delhi starts efforts to fight pollution with plan to give free stubble decomposer to farmers

The low-cost chemical, called the Pusa decomposer, will also be used on a trial basis in some paddy fields of Punjab and Haryana this year.

‘No straight count’ on Covid, sends ‘dirt up into air’ — what Trump said about India in debate

During first presidential debate, US President Donald Trump bracketed India with China and Russia and said they don't give a ‘straight count’ of Covid deaths & contribute to climate crisis.

Modi govt to hold review meeting on air pollution measures, stubble burning on 1 October

The meeting, to be held virtually, will also be attended by chiefs of the Municipal Corporations of Delhi and the New Delhi Municipal Council.

What China’s pledge to be carbon neutral by 2060 means for big economies

For all of the economies now linked in aspirations to end emissions, reaching net zero will mean a fundamental rewiring that accelerates clean-energy investments and dials back fossil fuels.

India’s clean air days might be numbered as crop-burning season starts

Covid gave India some of its cleanest skies early this year, but as lockdown measures ease, crop burning could resume, bringing with it chronic air pollution in northern India.

This is what it costs to buy clean air in the UK

A recent survey finds that air pollution is one of the top-three public health concerns in all countries surveyed, including India, Nigeria, Poland & the UK.

Admire clear blue skies, but continue pollution fight even in pandemic

We now have cleaner air to breathe, but this could easily fade away. New research shows the most effective type of anti-pollution campaigns & when to run them.

Delhi air clean in lockdown but high pollution seen for few hours after dawn — JNU-DU study

The study says although the overall PM2.5 levels went down, there was a significant jump in their levels during the early morning hours, leading to haze formation. 

India reduced air pollution by 10.7% in 2018, Lucknow most polluted, finds study

Data by researchers from University of Chicago stated India’s air pollution level reduced to 63.0 micrograms per cubic metre in 2018 from 71.7 micrograms per cubic metre in 2016.

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.