Till Saturday, a majority of Delhi’s pollution load was from stubble fires (25.10%), followed by vehicular emission (12.58%), & contamination from neighbouring states.
Centre’s air quality panel has suggested online classes for Classes 6-9 and Class 11, besides recommending that offices in work at 50% capacity, with the rest working from home.
According to the earth sciences ministry, Delhi’s overall score on an air quality index (AQI) was ‘very poor’ at 384 and was likely to stay there until Thursday.
New Delhi: A day ahead of Diwali, air pollution increased considerably in the national capital on Wednesday with as many as eight monitoring stations...
The city's AQI Monday morning was slightly better than Sunday. Forecast agency SAFAR says emissions from firecrackers & stubble-burning will continue to affect air quality.
Pollution board has urged citizens to take public transport, minimise use of personal vehicles, avoid dust-generating activities & burning solid waste in the open.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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