Pollution
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Delhites may have to face serious health issues as air pollution level soars 4 times higher
India | Nov 06, 2014, 09:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: The air quality of Delhi has been deteriorating rapidly over the past few decades. With winter setting in, research has it that the condition is getting worse with pollution levels soaring four times
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Is Diwali turning us into hypocrites?
India | Nov 06, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTMost of us have come across numerous heartening messages and videos giving sermons on how to celebrate our festivals.During such occasions esp. around Diwali & Holi, social media is flooded with endless posts & photographs
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Global warming driving migration of species in India
India | Oct 01, 2014, 04:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rising temperatures are forcing a huge, untold number of species to move their homes northward or climb to higher altitudes, says an alarming study.Global warming and changing rainfall patterns have resulted in shifts
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Protest planned to save Yamuna from pollution
India | Nov 26, 2013, 08:18 AM ISTMathura: A nation-wide protest is being planned early next year to save the Yamuna river from pollution, the organisers said Monday.Spearheading the Yamuna Bachao Abhiyan, volunteers from the Yamuna Rakshak Dal will on Dec 5
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Pollution exceeds permissible limit in most Indian cities
India | Sep 27, 2013, 02:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released on Thursday.The analysis is part
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Air pollution kills over two million people each year
World | Jul 14, 2013, 09:41 AM ISTWashington, July 14: Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said.A
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Central Pollution Control Board official gets six extensions
India | Jul 04, 2013, 03:16 PM ISTShimla, July 4: J.S. Kamyotra, member-secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the ministry of environment and forests, is one officer the central government does not want to let go of.Since 2011, his
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Australia extends help to check pollution in Ganga river
India | Jun 27, 2013, 11:50 AM ISTKolkata, Jun 27: To save the Ganga from industrial pollution, the Victorian government in Australia is preparing an eco-friendly business model for tanneries, which discharge effluents into the river.Experts from 'Sustainability Victoria', an Australian agency
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Environment Day: Agra seems to have lost the battle to pollution
India | Jun 05, 2013, 02:20 PM ISTAgra, June 5: Even after 20 years of judicial activism, major policy pronouncements and projects worth millions of rupees, this Taj city remains pock-marked with mounds of garbage. Air and water pollution threaten the health
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Save Rohtang from pollution, says Himachal court
India | Apr 27, 2013, 09:22 AM ISTShimla, April 27: The damage to the Rohtang Pass's fragile eco-system by the increasing tourist inflow and exhaust fumes of vehicles is likely to get curbed with the Himachal Pradesh High Court acting tough against
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SC expresses concern over smog and pollution in Delhi
India | Nov 06, 2012, 08:54 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 6: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the rising pollution and smog in the national capital and decided to deal with it. "We are concerned with the level of smog in
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Chinese Go Online To Vent Anger Over Pollution
World | Dec 06, 2011, 08:36 PM ISTBeijing, Dec 6: Millions of Chinese went online on Tuesday to vent their anger over the thick smog that has blanketed Beijing in recent days, raising health fears and causing hundreds of flights to be