Air pollution

Scientists at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the wind speed was slow throughout Thursday and is expected to remain so by Friday afternoon which will push the air quality into the ‘severe’ zone. read more

The dip in the air quality was attributed to meteorological factors, such as low wind speed, which was recorded at six kilometres per hour (kmph), as per the CPCB, which is insufficient to disperse pollutants. read more

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Air pollution can cause excessive rubbing of eyes resulting in weak vision. read more

A parliamentary panel met on Wednesday to take a stock of the measures taken and possible options for reducing air pollution. read more

The deterioration was expected but comes at a time when a key anti-pollution measure – the odd-even car use curbs – is no longer in force and schools have been reopened. read more

SC-mandated EPCA is the enforcing body for Graded Response Action Plan that defines specific measures to tackle different levels of air pollution throughout the year. read more

The air quality had improved to ‘very poor’ category on November 16 and further to ‘poor’ category on November 17. Since then, it remained in ‘poor’ category until Wednesday. read more

As per the State of Global Air 2018 report, the country lost 11 lakh people due to air pollution. But, we have still not understood the severity of the issue. read more

Weather analysts said the city’s respite from high pollution levels was only brief as the air quality is expected to fall into the ‘poor’ or the ‘very poor’ category on Wednesday and on Thursday. read more

Delhi’s air quality in this period was bad even without the effect of stubble-burning, which only made it worse. read more

The Finance Commission was likely to reject the power ministry’s spending proposal, according to the ministry official, who is not authorised to speak to media and so did not wish to be identified. read more

The UK has extensive experience of conducting atmospheric chemistry measurements and carrying out computer modelling of air pollution that is world-leading. India has a rapidly growing research base in this field and a huge amount of local knowledge... read more

The two steps are part of the graded action plan devised by the Supreme Court-mandated air pollution control body EPCA. read more

India’s losses from air pollution increased more than four times to $560 billion between 1990 and 2013, according to the World Bank, which attributed the economic burden to the rising costs of public health-care and workforce disruption. read more