Graded Response Action Plan Stage III came into effect in NCR region today, imposing strict ban on various construction activities & on entry of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel vehicles.
Following implementation of GRAP-III measures to mitigate the effects of air pollution and worsening AQI, Delhi Metro will add 20 extra trips Friday onwards.
Farm fires to clear fields of paddy stubble in preparation for planting of wheat in the north has risen steadily this week to almost 2,300 on Wednesday from 1,200 Monday.
At Delhi's RML Hospital, India's 1st pollution OPD, doctors said patients began trickling in from early October as pollution levels rose. They are now seeing 10-12 patients per week.
CPCB bulletin showed AQI in Delhi Friday, a day after Diwali, was 339, only 11 points higher than that Thursday (328). Accumulation of pollutants started to ease by Friday.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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