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TopicDelhi air quality

Topic: Delhi air quality

Delhi’s air quality improves as winds sweep city

The AQI in the national capital stood at 307, which falls in the 'very poor' category. However, it was down from 349 the previous day.

Delhi extends ban on entry of trucks, WFH for govt staff till 26 Nov to curb toxic air pollution

According to the directions of the Commission for Air Quality Management, schools and colleges will remain closed till further orders and a review meeting will be held on 23 November.

Ban trucks entry, 50% attendance in govt offices: Centre’s measures to curb Delhi’s toxic air

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a Supreme Court bench that rather than implementing work from home, the central government has advised pooling and sharing of vehicles.

History must acknowledge Chandragupta the Great, and cows now turn to earning notes

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Avoid going outdoors as air quality close to emergency, pollution board advises Delhi residents

The Central Pollution Control Board said the 24-hour average concentration of lung-damaging fine particles known as PM2.5 in Delhi-NCR crossed the 300 mark around Thursday midnight.

Air quality slips into ‘severe’ category in Delhi as season’s first smog episode kicks in

According to the Centre for Science and Environment, the ongoing smog episode is a public health emergency. The 24-hour average AQI was 372 in the national capital Wednesday.

Thick smog, ‘severe’ AQI — Sunday snapshots from Delhi the day after Diwali

The air quality in Delhi turned 'severe' in several parts Sunday. But that didn't stop people from coming out of their homes.

Stubble burning could decline this week but Delhi unlikely to get respite from toxic air soon

At 486, Delhi’s AQI in severe category Tuesday, according to CPCB. Pollution monitors hit 500, the maximum reading, in many areas.

Steps by Centre, Delhi govt not enough to curb pollution in capital, Parliamentary panel says

Parliamentary panel on urban development called for economic aid to farmers to help them buy machines that can help curb pollution because of stubble burning & hefty fines on polluters.

Air pollution could be linked to 15% of Covid deaths globally, new study says

The study estimates that air pollution contributed to 27 per cent Covid deaths in East Asia, 19 per cent in Europe and 17 per cent in North America.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.