Delhi minister Gopal Rai wrote to Bhupender Yadav, his counterpart in Union govt, requesting meeting with states parts of which fall under NCR to discuss air quality management.
NCAP focuses only on PM10 reduction, and 64% of all funds are used for dust control measures, finds CSE; recommends green municipal bonds and transparency in SVS ranking criteria.
The first multi-city study to assess the relationship between short-term air pollution exposure and death in India, it assessed PM2.5 exposure in 10 cities.
EPI 2022, which placed Indian at bottom, was rejected by the Centre. Bad air quality, high projected emissions & low biodiversity-habitat scores behind poor rank this year.
As part of the public art project, Hawa Mein Baat, the women—domestic workers, waste pickers, and others in the informal sector—have come together to be heard and seen.
Researchers from IIT-Kanpur & Bose Institute compiled the peer-reviewed study & list 10 recommendations to stop degradation of Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest.
India’s rising global stature hasn’t solved its image issues. Pollution, travel advisories about women’s safety, and negative press are dragging down its standing as a tourist destination.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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