Air pollution grave concern for Delhiites as air quality deteriorates
Odd-even will be last resort to control air pollution: Delhi Environment Minister
Air pollution can be controlled in less than 4 years through joint efforts of all parties: Kejriwal
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Air pollution may increase transmissibility of the novel coronavirus making people more vulnerable to the disease and aggravating the COVID-19 situation, experts have said, while warning that those who have had the infection in the past may also have to face new challenges.
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh administration to keep a vigil against the illegal operation of brick kilns to protect the air quality in the National Capital Region.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched a campaign to tackle air pollution in the national capital and urged people to switch off the engines of their vehicles while waiting at traffic signals.
The lockdown measures enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were associated with an unprecedented decline in global carbon dioxide emissions, larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of the 1979, or even World War II, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.
A study, published in the Journal of Clinical, discovered that air pollution was a risk factor that contributed to the common soil of other fatal problems like heart attack and stroke.
Only nine among 102 approved city-specific clean air plans have a budget outline for the execution of proposed air pollution mitigation activities, while the rest of them, including Delhi, lack it, a new study has found.
Even though the pollution levels in six major cities plummeted during the initial phase of the lockdown, it is on the rise again as the country gradually opens up, a recent study has revealed.
People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, warn researchers.
"We are worried for future", the Supreme Court said on Friday, asking the municipal corporations and other agencies in Delhi to consider purchasing BS-VI compliant diesel vehicles for their respective works to reduce pollution.
Satellite images by NASA and European Space Agency have shown a significant decline in pollution levels over China, partly due to the economic slowdown following the deadly coronavirus outbreak, the US space agency has said.
It's known that breathing in air pollution can have detrimental health effects beyond the lungs, but few studies have shown how it impacts the kidneys.
The minimum temperature in the city settled at 6.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's normal.
Air pollution may affect our physical and psychological health in the long run.
Researchers have found that air pollution is associated with detrimental impacts on human and animal health, including increased risk of heart disease and stroke.
Leading air purifier makers witnessed up to 60 percent jump in sales in the peak season, mainly October and November, this year, helped by growing pollution levels and a steep rise in air quality index (AQI) in Delhi-NCR and northern region.
Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, said light winds had been blowing over the Indo-Gangetic plains for the past few days.
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