According to Central Pollution Control Board, air quality spiked to 'severe' levels in certain areas of NCR, with multiple parts of city witnessing alarmingly high pollution levels.
Teams of Transport Enforcement conducted strict vigilance on vehicles in the national capital as part of intensified measures to combat rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR region.
Yu Jing, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, in an X post shared the experience of combating air pollution in Beijing, once the 'smog capital of the world'.
In a meeting involving environment ministers from the states, led by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Manjinder Singh Sirsa added all 8000 km of roads in Delhi-NCR will be pothole-free & dust-free.
Almost all monitoring stations in national capital recorded 'severe' air quality, with AQI of 405 in Anand Vihar, 403 in Ashok Vihar, 431 in Chandani Chowk, and 406 in Jahangirpuri.
The Prime Minister has never been shy about centralising authority. Surely, he should treat this problem the way that the leadership in Beijing treated China’s smog crisis over a decade ago?
While PM2.5 levels saw a clear improvement between 2018 & 2022, they have stabilised at a high-level with no reduction signs since 2021-22 onwards, CSE analysis mentions.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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