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Noida Covered In Thick Layer Of Smog, Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor'
Noida AQI: The overall air quality in Delhi also fell into the 'Very Poor' category, with an AQI of 306, slightly worse than the 302 recorded on Sunday afternoon.
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Farm Fires Contribute 38% In Delhi's Pollution Today, Highest In 2022
The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution jumped to 38 per cent today, which, experts said was the reason behind the thick layer of pungent smog over the national capital.
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Delhi Holds Its Breath As Burning Farms Herald Pollution Season
Harpal Singh struck a match and watched his fields burn, the acrid smoke drifting toward New Delhi where a lethal smog cocktail is once again intensifying over the world's most polluted megacity.
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Instagram Abandons #NoFilter For Photos On Delhi's Deadly Smog
Delhi seems to have become a gas chamber, giving birth to a real life filter - smog
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'Please Meet Me:' Arvind Kejriwal Blames Punjab, Haryana Farm Fires for Delhi Pollution
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged neighbours Punjab and Haryana to stop their farmers from burning crop stubble to clear their fields for the next sowing season, blaming that as the primary reason for the thick, toxic fog that has enveloped the national capital over the last few days. He has again requested the chief ministers of the t...
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As Toxic Smog Suffocates Delhi, Schools Shut, Decision On Odd-Even Today: 10 Points
With Delhi turning into a "gas chamber" with thick toxic smog engulfing the national capital and its suburbs for the second straight day on Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party government will take a decision today on whether to bring back the odd-even scheme to regulate vehicles on the road in a bid to curb air pollution. A Supreme Court-mandated pollut...
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As Delhi Chokes In Toxic Air, Farmers Defend Burning Farmland
As he surveys his acres of charred farmland outside New Delhi, Ishwar Singh has little sympathy for people choking in India's capital or any reason to stop the fires that are fuelling pollution.
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4 Things To Know About Delhi's Toxic Smog, Including Why It's So Harmful
The country's top environmental court has given authorities two days to devise a plan to tackle choking levels of smog in Delhi which have prompted warnings of a health "emergency" in the world's most polluted capital.
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Punjab's Burning Fields, Delhi's Deadly Smog And The Politics
60 per cent of the unprecedented pollution that has wrapped Delhi in toxic smog for days, says experts, is because of smoke from Punjab, where farmers are continuing to burn crop to clear their fields. With state elections now months away, the Akali Dal government has been accused of not trying hard enough to get them to stop.
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Delhi Government Begins Deregistration Of 15 Year-Old Diesel Vehicles
Under intense presure in the wake of health alarm due to pollution situation, the Delhi government today began phasing out diesel vehicles over 15-year-old numbering around two lakh, while a ban was imposed on the bursting firecrackers.
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Burning Crop-Residue Not The Only Factor Behind Smog: Haryana Chief Minister
Haryana Government today decided to implement a multi-pronged strategy to improve air quality in the districts facing smog-like conditions, even as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar claimed the severe air pollution in Delhi cannot be "entirely" blamed on stubble burning.
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Delhi Pollution Forces BCCI to Cancel Two Ranji Trophy Matches
The Ranji Trophy matches between Bengal and Gujarat in New Delhi was cancelled by BCCI following high smog and pollution. Another match between Tripura and Hyderabad was also cancelled.
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Delhi's exceptional smog: Government searches for reasons
With the thick smog cover over the city, the Delhi government today said it will punish those found burning leaves and garbage. The law provides for a jail term of up to five years and a fine of Rs one lakh against the offenders.
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Noida Covered In Thick Layer Of Smog, Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor'
Noida AQI: The overall air quality in Delhi also fell into the 'Very Poor' category, with an AQI of 306, slightly worse than the 302 recorded on Sunday afternoon.
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Farm Fires Contribute 38% In Delhi's Pollution Today, Highest In 2022
The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution jumped to 38 per cent today, which, experts said was the reason behind the thick layer of pungent smog over the national capital.
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Delhi Holds Its Breath As Burning Farms Herald Pollution Season
Harpal Singh struck a match and watched his fields burn, the acrid smoke drifting toward New Delhi where a lethal smog cocktail is once again intensifying over the world's most polluted megacity.
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Instagram Abandons #NoFilter For Photos On Delhi's Deadly Smog
Delhi seems to have become a gas chamber, giving birth to a real life filter - smog
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'Please Meet Me:' Arvind Kejriwal Blames Punjab, Haryana Farm Fires for Delhi Pollution
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged neighbours Punjab and Haryana to stop their farmers from burning crop stubble to clear their fields for the next sowing season, blaming that as the primary reason for the thick, toxic fog that has enveloped the national capital over the last few days. He has again requested the chief ministers of the t...
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As Toxic Smog Suffocates Delhi, Schools Shut, Decision On Odd-Even Today: 10 Points
With Delhi turning into a "gas chamber" with thick toxic smog engulfing the national capital and its suburbs for the second straight day on Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party government will take a decision today on whether to bring back the odd-even scheme to regulate vehicles on the road in a bid to curb air pollution. A Supreme Court-mandated pollut...
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As Delhi Chokes In Toxic Air, Farmers Defend Burning Farmland
As he surveys his acres of charred farmland outside New Delhi, Ishwar Singh has little sympathy for people choking in India's capital or any reason to stop the fires that are fuelling pollution.
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4 Things To Know About Delhi's Toxic Smog, Including Why It's So Harmful
The country's top environmental court has given authorities two days to devise a plan to tackle choking levels of smog in Delhi which have prompted warnings of a health "emergency" in the world's most polluted capital.
-
Punjab's Burning Fields, Delhi's Deadly Smog And The Politics
60 per cent of the unprecedented pollution that has wrapped Delhi in toxic smog for days, says experts, is because of smoke from Punjab, where farmers are continuing to burn crop to clear their fields. With state elections now months away, the Akali Dal government has been accused of not trying hard enough to get them to stop.
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Delhi Government Begins Deregistration Of 15 Year-Old Diesel Vehicles
Under intense presure in the wake of health alarm due to pollution situation, the Delhi government today began phasing out diesel vehicles over 15-year-old numbering around two lakh, while a ban was imposed on the bursting firecrackers.
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Burning Crop-Residue Not The Only Factor Behind Smog: Haryana Chief Minister
Haryana Government today decided to implement a multi-pronged strategy to improve air quality in the districts facing smog-like conditions, even as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar claimed the severe air pollution in Delhi cannot be "entirely" blamed on stubble burning.
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Delhi Pollution Forces BCCI to Cancel Two Ranji Trophy Matches
The Ranji Trophy matches between Bengal and Gujarat in New Delhi was cancelled by BCCI following high smog and pollution. Another match between Tripura and Hyderabad was also cancelled.
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Delhi's exceptional smog: Government searches for reasons
With the thick smog cover over the city, the Delhi government today said it will punish those found burning leaves and garbage. The law provides for a jail term of up to five years and a fine of Rs one lakh against the offenders.
