New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The air quality in the national Capital dipped to 'very poor' quality as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city reached 302 on Sunday morning, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) stage-II has been invoked in Delhi and its peripherals as air quality is likely to dip into "very poor" category, owing to unfavourable Meteorological and climate conditions, said the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The air quality in the national capital dipped to "poor" quality as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city reached 266 on Saturday evening, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
New York, Oct 21 (IANS) Researchers from Emory University and Harvard University in the US have found a connection between childhood exposure to air pollution and the age at which girls experienced their first periods.
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) Environmentalists in West Bengal are irked over the decision of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to relax the decibel limit for firecrackers from the earlier level of 90 decibels to the 125 decibels.
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) The Maharashtra State Wildlife Board has accorded clearance for constructing a twin-tube tunnel road linking Borivali and Thane under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, officials said here on Friday.
Chennai, Oct 18 (IANS) As farmers in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur was fearing the withering of Kuruvai crops since the Cauvery water was not reaching the paddy fields, rain in the past few days has made them heave a sigh of relief and the water scarcity issue is almost cleared.
Brasilia, Oct 17 (IANS) The Rio Negro river, one of the main waterways in Brazil's Amazon region, has recorded its lowest water level since 1902, with dozens of boats stranded in the Manaus Port.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Apple leads the pack of six tech giants who have set targets for its suppliers to switch to renewable energy and among those top IT brands, it is the only company that has a 100 per cent renewable electricity target in its supply chain, a new report has revealed.
Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) Gurpreet Singh Kuthala, 26, a farmer from Ferozepur Kuthala village in Punjab’s Malerkotla district, has been earning huge from the paddy straw, which most of the farmers considered a liability.
