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  Delhi govt. clears way for small industries, no pollution clearance needed

  India | February 18, 2015 22:58 IST

  New Delhi: The newly elected Delhi government has decided to strike out the requirement of consent from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and MCD trade license for setting up small scale industries. The issuance

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  Fuel-guzzling vehicles to go off Taj Trapezium Zone

  India | January 30, 2015 12:27 IST

  Agra: Commercial vehicles running on diesel and petrol will not be permitted to run in the eco-sensitive Taj Trapezium Zone from July 31.The Central Pollution Control Board delineated the Taj Trapezium Zone on the basis

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  Stop polluting Ganga or face shut down, National Green Tribunal warns tanneries

  India | January 21, 2015 14:57 IST

  Kanpur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sternly warned tannery industries in Kanpur that it will have them shut down if they fail to stop polluting Ganga.There are 700 tanneries in Kanpur and this city

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  Developed countries should compensate for emissions: India

  India | December 04, 2014 13:07 IST

  Lima (Peru): Asserting that it has been a strong champion of equity, India today said developed countries should compensate developing nations for the effects their greenhouse gas emissions have had on climate.Susheel Kumar, interim head

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  Delhites may have to face serious health issues as air pollution level soars 4 times higher

  India | November 06, 2014 9:46 IST

  New Delhi: The air quality of Delhi has been deteriorating rapidly over the past few decades. With winter setting in, research has it that the condition is getting worse with pollution levels soaring four times

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  Is Diwali turning us into hypocrites?

  India | November 06, 2015 17:40 IST

  Most of us have come across numerous heartening messages and videos giving sermons on how to celebrate our festivals.During such occasions esp. around Diwali & Holi, social media is flooded with endless posts & photographs

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  Global warming driving migration of species in India

  India | October 01, 2014 16:57 IST

  New Delhi: Rising temperatures are forcing a huge, untold number of species to move their homes northward or climb to higher altitudes, says an alarming study.Global warming and changing rainfall patterns have resulted in shifts

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  Protest planned to save Yamuna from pollution

  India | November 26, 2013 8:18 IST

  Mathura: A nation-wide protest is being planned early next year to save the Yamuna river from pollution, the organisers said Monday.Spearheading the Yamuna Bachao Abhiyan, volunteers from the Yamuna Rakshak Dal will on Dec 5

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  Pollution exceeds permissible limit in most Indian cities

  India | September 27, 2013 14:31 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released on Thursday.The analysis is part

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  Air pollution kills over two million people each year

  World | July 14, 2013 9:41 IST

  Washington, July 14: Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said.A

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  Central Pollution Control Board official gets six extensions

  India | July 04, 2013 15:16 IST

  Shimla, July 4: J.S. Kamyotra, member-secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the ministry of environment and forests, is one officer the central government does not want to let go of.Since 2011, his

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  Australia extends help to check pollution in Ganga river

  India | June 27, 2013 11:50 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 27: To save the Ganga from industrial pollution, the Victorian government in Australia is preparing an eco-friendly business model for tanneries, which discharge effluents into the river.Experts from 'Sustainability Victoria', an Australian agency

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  Environment Day: Agra seems to have lost the battle to pollution

  India | June 05, 2013 14:20 IST

  Agra, June 5: Even after 20 years of judicial activism, major policy pronouncements and projects worth millions of rupees, this Taj city remains pock-marked with mounds of garbage. Air and water pollution threaten the health

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  Save Rohtang from pollution, says Himachal court

  India | April 27, 2013 9:22 IST

  Shimla, April 27: The damage to the Rohtang Pass's fragile eco-system by the increasing tourist inflow and exhaust fumes of vehicles is likely to get curbed with the Himachal Pradesh High Court acting tough against

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  SC expresses concern over smog and pollution in Delhi

  India | November 06, 2012 20:54 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 6: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the rising pollution and smog in the national capital and decided to deal with it. "We are concerned with the level of smog in

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  Chinese Go Online To Vent Anger Over Pollution

  World | December 06, 2011 20:36 IST

  Beijing, Dec 6: Millions of Chinese went online on Tuesday to vent their anger over the thick smog that has blanketed Beijing in recent days, raising health fears and causing hundreds of flights to be