Commission for Air Quality Management, noted a significant rise in Delhi’s Air Quality Index owing to unfavourable climatic conditions and local pollution sources.
Children return to school wearing masks, Yamuna still covered in toxic foam. Monday’s AQI of 336 was down from Thursday’s level of 509, but still 'hazardous', Swiss group IQAir said.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai had mentioned the possibility of the return of the odd-even car rationing measure if the AQI crosses the 450-mark.
The rainfall in the national capital comes amid the Delhi government's ongoing efforts to implement the idea of 'artificial rain' to curtail the pollution situation in the city.
In letter to Delhi’s transport commissioner, Uber says 'indiscriminate restriction' on CNG cabs would force people to move to the more-polluting diesel and petrol vehicles.
TV news shows it like it is, newspapers tell it like it is. Together they are fighting for our ‘Right to Breathe’, and have been at it well before Dehi turned ‘sick’.
India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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