Toxic Waste From Bhopal's Union Carbide Moved For Disposal After 40 Years Of Gas Tragedy
Toxic waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide Factory finally moved for disposal after 40 years, details below.
Jan 02, 2025, 10:53 AM IST
Air Pollution: With AQI Levels Below 300, Delhi Sees Slight Improvement in Air Quality
As per the data from the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI at Anand Vihar stood at 291, in the IGI airport area at 279, in the ITO at 252, and in the Narela area at 283 on Wednesday.
Dec 06, 2023, 10:42 AM IST
Rohit Sharma Expresses Concern Over Mumbai's Hazy Skies Ahead Of India Vs Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup 2023 Game
Rohit Sharma's concern regarding Mumbai's challenging weather isn't unique. Earlier, England cricketer Joe Root also expressed his unease with the city's conditions, describing it as an experience like no other.
Oct 31, 2023, 18:57 PM IST
Delhi's AQI at 271; Cold weather to hit parts of North India- check weather Update here
The coldest day of the season, according to IMD, occurred on Thursday in the Safdarjung area of Delhi, with a minimum temperature of 11.3 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature in Gurugram was 9.4 degrees Celsius
Nov 18, 2022, 07:47 AM IST
Delhi's air quality in May poorest for month in 3 years, experts cite THIS as reason
Delhi: Experts attributed the poor air quality to the lack of rainfall in the first half of the month.
May 31, 2022, 23:46 PM IST
SC directs pollution control boards to conduct surprise inspections of brick kiln industries in NCR
The Supreme Court has directed the officers of both the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB) to conduct surprise inspections of the brick kiln industries in the National Capital Region without any notice and warning, as per ANI.
Apr 15, 2022, 16:47 PM IST
Ganga water fit for bathing: Government report
The dissolved oxygen level of River Ganga, which is a parameter to assess the health of the water body, has been found to be within acceptable limits of the bathing criteria.
Mar 14, 2022, 17:07 PM IST
Diesel generator sets older than 15 years likely to be scrapped in Noida
Air pollution is an increasing menace across Delhi-NCR and amongst the point sources of emissions, generators using different fuels are a prominent source.
Mar 09, 2022, 10:44 AM IST
Yamuna river: Delhi bans soaps, detergents not conforming to latest BIS standards to curb pollution
The NGT had also directed to launch awareness campaigns about the harmful effect of using substandard soaps and detergents.
Jun 14, 2021, 21:37 PM IST
Delhi's air quality improves to 'moderate' category with AQI value standing at 156
Anand Vihar, Rohini and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium recorded ‘moderate’ air quality, with the AQI values standing at 193, 177, and 155 respectively, according to the CPCB data.
Mar 25, 2021, 12:13 PM IST
CPCB orders closure of hot mix plants, stone crushers in Delhi-NCR till November 17
Considering a likely increase in pollution levels, the CPCB directed the closure of hot mix plants and stone crushers in the Delhi-NCR region.
Nov 11, 2020, 17:40 PM IST
When will Delhi's air quality improve?
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said that the Meteorological conditions in Delhi have been "extremely unfavourable" for the dispersion of pollutants since this September as compared to last year.
Oct 17, 2020, 12:10 PM IST
CPCB to deploy teams to check air pollution in Delhi-NCR region
Air quality in the winter season is a major environmental concern in Delhi and NCR region.
CPCB writes to Delhi govt for urgent action on major polluting sources
The central pollution watchdog expressed concern over the menace of air pollution in Delhi during winters.
Oct 07, 2020, 16:59 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to chair Ganga Council meet in Kanpur today
Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are also scheduled to attend the meet, which is expected to kickstart at 10:30 am today.
Dec 14, 2019, 08:58 AM IST
Air quality deteriorates in Delhi-NCR, No relief for next 2 days
The quality of air in the national capital is deteriorating to the "very poor" category, thanks to stubble burning in Punjab & Haryana and firecracker emissions on Diwali.
Oct 30, 2019, 17:52 PM IST
Delhi air quality deteriorates to ‘severe’ category
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the air quality index was 415 at 11 am.
Oct 30, 2019, 15:14 PM IST
Ganga River water unfit for direct drinking, bathing: CPCB
According to the latest data with the CPCB, most of the Ganga River water in the Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal stretch is unfit for drinking and bathing.
May 30, 2019, 10:36 AM IST
Review ground-level action to curb pollution: CPCB to municipal commissioners, district magistrates
The task force also sought a daily action-taken report to CPCB and Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority.
Jan 18, 2019, 22:28 PM IST
NGT orders audit of all state pollution control boards
The green Tribunal expressed serious concern over the pollution situation in the country and said that it raises serious questions as to how, despite several environmental protection laws, 351 river stretches across the country are still highly polluted.
Jan 17, 2019, 00:35 AM IST