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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicDelhi air pollution

Topic: Delhi air pollution

Kejriwal tells Punjab, Haryana ‘with folded hands’: Stop Delhi from becoming gas chamber

Kejriwal’s Delhi govt said effective stubble fire counts in Punjab & Haryana increased to 2,577 in the last 24 hours, pushing air pollution levels to severe.

After-Diwali respiratory illnesses see a dip this year, numbers could go up in coming days

Doctors say cases related to worsening of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder have reduced by half this year compared to last Diwali.

Diwali crackers leave Delhi-NCR gasping as air quality drops to season’s worst: CSE report

CSE report says Delhi recorded relatively clean air between 15 September and October 27 (Diwali). But bursting of crackers spoilt the air in the city.

Ayodhya’s record-breaking diyas and BJP-Shiv Sena’s fiery Diwali

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Pollution monitors max out on Diwali night, CPCB says it’s studying impact of firecrackers

Despite SC ban, firecrackers heard in almost all parts of Delhi. But the morning-after AQI is better than last 3 years.

Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’ after Diwali, but better than last 3 years

Delhi sprung a surprise with air quality sensors recording only a marginal increase in pollution levels even as people continued bursting crackers until late Sunday night.

64% people in Delhi-NCR say they won’t burst crackers this Diwali, finds survey

Survey by LocalCircles finds that most people in Delhi-NCR don’t support Arvind Kejriwal government's odd-even car rationing scheme.

Centre directs Haryana & Punjab to completely stop stubble burning ahead of Diwali

Environment Secretary CK Mishra said the next 3 weeks, especially between 26 October - 4 November, are critical for Delhi's air quality.

Pollution control body likely to announce stricter steps as Delhi records season’s worst air quality

The measures could include banning construction work at night in Delhi-NCR from 26 to 30 October and closure of industries without piped natural gas.

Why Kejriwal and Modi govt can’t agree on source of Delhi’s air pollution

As Kejriwal dismisses Modi govt’s data that stubble burning causes just 10% of Delhi’s pollution, ThePrint on why there is such confusion on the source of the capital's chronic winter problem. 

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Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.