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Nandini Sharma and Kabir Arora, Class 11 students of Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, bagged the innovation award on Wednesday after a two-month-long science competition on the topic Mitigating Air Pollution in Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Odd-even may return for clean air

Gahlot directs DTC to gear up for implementation of scheme, chalk out plan.

27 Oct 2017 4:32 AM IST

Severe air quality affects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases.

Air quality improves but still in very poor category

8 CPCB monitoring stations record severe' quality of air.

22 Oct 2017 4:23 AM IST

Union Environment minister Harsh Vardhan

Air quality much better, says Harsh Vardhan

Mr Vardhan said that for monitoring of air quality days have been classified into good', satisfactory' and moderate'.

21 Oct 2017 1:41 AM IST

Severe air quality affects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases.

Delhi's air quality enters red zone, forecast grim

A poor' AQI essentially means that people will have breathing discomfort on prolonged exposure to such air.

5 Oct 2017 2:09 AM IST

New Delhi and several other North Indian states have been enveloped with toxic smog for over a week, forcing authorities to enforce emergency measures. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi: Air quality becomes very poor' again

The Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) National Air Quality Index has Delhi in the 'very poor' zone with a score...

20 Nov 2017 6:20 PM IST

Air pollution a growing concern in India. (Photo: AP)

Parts of city, suburbs witness poor air quality

IITM scientists are attributing this to the dip in temperature with onset of winter.

17 Nov 2017 2:56 AM IST

Air pollution also increases the lifelong risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer (Photo: AFP)

Smog-filled Indian, Pak cities may turn into snow globes'

New Delhi & several other North Indian states have been enveloped with toxic smog for over a week, forcing authorities...

17 Nov 2017 2:01 AM IST

The state government announced the implementation of the odd-even car rationing scheme for five days from November 13 as part of a graded response plan to tackle the alarming level of pollution in the city. (Photo: PTI/File)

Delhi: After a day of gains, pollution back to emergency' levels

The CPCB's air quality index for the day (based on pollution levels till 5 pm) had a score of 403, as against Friday's...

12 Nov 2017 2:09 AM IST

National Green Tribunal

NGT slams civic bodies, govt; bans stubble burning

The NGT also directed the authorities and the civic bodies to sprinkle water where PM 10 is found to be in excess of 600...

10 Nov 2017 4:58 AM IST

The deteriorating air quality has added to the misery, leading to a sharp surge in cases of respiratory problems and doctors doing overtime.

Smog clouds funfare

With air pollution at unprecedented levels, the city has become a virtual gas chamber and it is certainly killing' all...

9 Nov 2017 12:26 AM IST

Glitches in Metro service have become a routine affair now with around 13 major technical glitches having hit the Delhi Metro in the last two years.

Four-fold hike in parking charges, Delhi Metro fares cut

The GARP (Graded Action Response Plan) has an advisory for each category of air pollution emergency, severe, very poor,...

8 Nov 2017 3:16 AM IST

People commute through smog in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Delhi air quality reaches alarming levels, primary schools shut

The Delhi government may reintroduce its odd-even scheme to regulate vehicular movement, Mr Sisodia said.

8 Nov 2017 2:50 AM IST