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Pollution has started increasing again in Delhi, there has also been an alarming increase in AQI. Talking about stubble burning, Haryana and Punjab governments say that their farmers have stopped burning stubble. If we look at the figures of the last 4 years, there has been a decrease in it, yet why is pollution increasing?…
Last Updated: October 16, 2024, 11:05 PM IST Anti-smog gun being used to sprinkle water near the India Gate in New Delhi. (PTI file photo) Emissions from transportation account for approximately 19.2 per cent of Delhi’s air pollution, according to the Centre’s Decision Support System for Air Quality Management in Delhi Delhi’s air quality remained…
Last Updated: October 03, 2024, 11:35 PM IST Focusing on three key areas–Jahangirpuri, Rohini, and Karol Bagh–the study was conducted between July 2023 and March 2024. (Representational image via PTI) The study titled “The Impact of the Dispersed Sources Program on Local Air Quality,” conducted by IIT Delhi, showcased an average 15 per cent reduction…
Air Pollution: The Supreme Court has reprimanded the pollution control body CAQM for not taking effective action against stubble burning. CAQM President Rajesh Verma was present in the online proceedings. The court said that not a single provision of the Act was complied with by CAQM. Every year there is the same problem of stubble…
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) before egg retrieval in IVF (in vitro fertilisation) can reduce the chances of a live birth by almost 40%, according to a new study presented at the ESHRE 40th Annual Meeting in Amsterdam. The research focused on PM10 exposure in the two weeks leading up to egg collection. It…
Short-term air pollution exposure is leading to 7.3 percent of the total deaths in Kolkata, according to a study. As per the findings, Kolkata has the third-highest figure of short-term air pollution-related deaths among the ten cities surveyed by researchers. The highest figure on this count is Delhi at 11.5 percent followed by Varanasi at…
The study stressed the need to make the national air quality standards more stringent. (PTI/File) The study showed increases in the risk of death were steep at lower concentrations of PM2.5 and tapered off at higher concentrations Short-term air pollution exposure claimed 33,000 lives annually in 10 cities in India and Delhi tops the list…