Number of bad air days increased as compared to same period in 2023 & 2022, according to CSE. Local sources in Delhi & neighbouring areas responsible for this, it adds.
In UP & Himachal, International media notes, it's now mandatory for restaurants to publicly display names of owners & employees, a move seen as an attack on Muslim workers & establishments.
The increase in AQI levels comes after the Centre removed curbs including a ban on construction work on linear projects and the entry of polluting trucks in Delhi.
Increase in AQI levels comes after Centre removed stringent curbs, including a ban on construction work and the entry of polluting trucks in Delhi following drop in pollution levels.
Delhi govt has imposed ban on construction, putting thousands of labourers out of work. Heavy vehicles have also been stopped from entering the city & schools have been temporarily closed.
Haryana govt says farmers already being incentivised for sowing crops other than 'non-native' paddy. Farmers, though, point out wheat & paddy both came to the region with green revolution.
Cloud seeding has been around for 100+ years, but scientific validity & environmental impact are still debated. Delhi govt exploring possibility of inducing rain to combat pollution.
Winter vacation dates changed to 9-18 November. Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on national capital’s neighbouring states, ordering an immediate stop to crop burning.
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.
Also, a major source (almost 30 percent) came from pollution sources in areas outside Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. But, as the report specified, this 30 percent did not include pollution from farm fires. Why this study does not clearly specify the aforesaid pollution? What ‘concrete’ steps (not ad-hoc ones) Delhi govt is taking to rein in the menace of air Pollution here?
O no god help us please ??
Also, a major source (almost 30 percent) came from pollution sources in areas outside Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. But, as the report specified, this 30 percent did not include pollution from farm fires. Why this study does not clearly specify the aforesaid pollution? What ‘concrete’ steps (not ad-hoc ones) Delhi govt is taking to rein in the menace of air Pollution here?
Hence, the chief minister and the mostly unemployed Kejriwal must be banned from using ICE vehicles.