The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Delhi Government to set up a 'smog tower' to fight pollution in the capital. SC gave the government 3 months to do so. A Bench, comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Deepak Gupta, didn't agree with authorities' submissions seeking time until August-September 2020. "We don't want to waste one more year," said the Bench.
One of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder has filed a petition in the Supreme Court appealing against his death sentence. In the plea, convict Akshay presented a series of bizarre claims.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that Delhi has become worse than "Narak" (hell) in the wake of deteriorating air quality, mounting garbage and unfit drinking water, and asked why should not the state administration be held accountable to compensate people.
The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Punjab and Haryana government for increase in stubble burning despite its orders.
The Delhi Fire Services on Saturday began sprinkling water in 13 pollution hotspots in the city to check the spread of pollutants like dust, a top official said. The exercise was initiated following orders from the Delhi government, he said.
Only 10% of members present during discussion over Delhi pollution in Parliament, Jaya Bachchan condemns non-participation of MPs
Members cutting across party lines on Tuesday demanded in the Lok Sabha integrated action by the government to deal with air pollution while stressing that it was wrong to blame farmers alone for deteriorating air quality in Delhi.
AirAsia India on Tuesday said it is entering into a partnership with health technology start-up Mfine to provide pollution masks to its passengers taking flights to Delhi from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Oxy Pure Bar has opened in Saket that is providing its visitors 15 minutes of pure oxygen to breathe for a good INR 299.
"74 per cent parents from Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and Gurgaon want there should be a scheduled smog break from November 1-20 every year when the air quality is at its worse," according to findings of the survey done by online platform "LocalCircles".
Delhites woke up to a windy Sunday morning with a significant decrease in air pollution. the AQI in most areas of the capital remained below the 200 mark. The decision on the odd-even scheme extension will be taken on Monday by the Delhi government.
On Saturday morning, the AQI in Delhi remained above the 500 mark around 7 am. The numbers improved slightly by 9 am but the quality overall remains very much in the severely unhealthy category. Some schools have partly opened in the capital but the strength of the students remain low.
According to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data, Indirapuram at 480, Loni at 479, Sanjay Nagar at 479 and Vasundhara at 489 - all in 'Severe' category.
Pollution levels in the national capital dropped further on Wednesday as the impact of stubble burning on Delhi's air quality reduced significantly due to a change in wind direction.
Supreme Court slams chief secerataries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab for not taking enough measures to curb pollution
The Supreme Court, which lashed out at authorities on Wednesday for failing to curb severe air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to provide support of Rs 100/quintal within 7 days to small and marginal farmers who have not burned the stubble.
The share of stubble burning in Delhi's pollution dropped to a meagre 3 per cent on Wednesday due to a change in the wind direction, according to the government's air quality monitoring and forecasting service SAFAR.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on concerned state governments of Delhi, Punjab and Haryana over severe air pollution in the region. Delhi's air quality on Wednesday improved further from 'severe plus' to 'poor' as schools reopened in the national capital.
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An AQI between 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe'. An AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' category.
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