Friday, March 29, 2024

air quality

Two Himachal towns get ‘Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2022 Awards’ for air quality

By PTI SHIMLA: Sundernagar and Nalagarh towns of Himachal Pradesh bagged second and third places, respectively, at the national Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2022 Awards...

Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to ‘severe’

By ANI NEW DELHI: Delhiites woke up on Thursday to a thick envelope of smog as air quality in the national capital and in...

Punjab sees nearly 1,900 farm fires on Saturday

By PTI CHANDIGARH: Despite the Punjab government carrying out a massive awareness programme to dissuade farmers from setting crop residue on fire, the state...

Many cities record poor air quality after Diwali

By PTI NEW DELHI: A day after Diwali, air quality was recorded as 'poor' or 'very poor' in Delhi and several other cities and towns,...

Many places in Punjab, Haryana report ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’ air quality

By PTI CHANDIGARH: After Diwali, several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday morning recorded air quality in the 'poor' and 'very poor' categories.Gurugram...

Air quality remains ‘very poor’; authorities forecast significant deterioration on Sunday

Delhi's air quality continued to remain in the 'very poor' category Thursday due to unfavourable meteorological conditions that slowed down dispersion of pollutants even as authorities forecast "significant deterioration" in pollution levels over the weekend.The overall air quality index...

Artificial rain in Delhi unlikely due to unfavourable met conditions

The chances of using artificial rain to reduce pollution may not be possible in the near future due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and pending clearance to fly an aircraft for cloud seeding, an IIT Kanpur professor working on project said Tuesday.Delhi's...

Air quality slips to ‘very poor’

While the overall quality of Delhi is in “very poor” category some areas and pockets in the national Capital are  on the verge of entering into the “severe” category with slightest dip in air quality.The overall Air Quality Index...

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Now weapons will not be raised… 3 Naxalites including rewarded Naxalite surrendered, 685 Maoists have returned home

Dantewada. Influenced by the Lon Varatu (Come Back Home) campaign, 3 Maoists including 1 rewarder have laid down...