Hyderabad: Stop honking, fight pollution
Hyderabad: In a unique initiative, the Hyderabad Traffic Police is sending out text messages asking motorists not to sound the horn unnecessarily. About 20 lakh motorists received a text message on Tuesday
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Call to solve Siliguri pollution problems
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned
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Filtration Systems on School Buses Are Needed to Protect Children from Pollutants
An on-board air filtration system developed specifically for school buses reduces exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of
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Ban on registration of diesel vehicles: NGT to hear plea
The NGT Friday had issued an interim ban on registration of all diesel-based vehicles in Delhi till January 6, after noting that vehicular pollution was one of the major causes of air pollution. Days
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Convert old vehicles into EVs is the answer to check pollution
The Supreme Court recently banned plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR) to check "very critical" level of pollution, upholding the earlier verdict
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Traffic pollution caused asthma in 350,000 Indian kids in 2015: Lancet study
Traffic-related pollution caused asthma among 350,000 children in India in 2015, second only to China, according to a Lancet study unveiled Thursday that analysed 194 countries and 125 major cities worldwide.
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11 US States To Challenge EPA Rollback Of 2025 Fuel-Efficiency Standards
The US EPA is pursuing a rollback of earlier plans (implemented under Obama’s presidency) to raise the new-vehicle fuel-efficiency standard to nearly 50 miles per gallon by 2025 (that would be a fleet-level
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Doctors spread awareness on noise pollution
MUMBAI: Several ENT specialists from the BMC-run hospitals took to the streets on Wednesday to spread awareness about the health hazards of unnecessary honking. Honking remains one of the key causes behind
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South Africa: Capetonians Can Now Be Jailed If Their Cars Smoke Too Much
Keep cars healthy, or face up to 30 days in jail, the City of Cape Town has warned. The City of Cape Town's Health Directorate said in a statement on Sunday that cars were the biggest source of air
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State to use Wipro technology to improve air quality
BENGALURU: The state government on Tuesday revealed it is keen on adopting technology developed by IT major Wipro to tackle urban air pollution. “Wipro has developed technology to improve urban air quality
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BS-VI put pricing pressure on diesel cars; petrol and electronic vehicles in focus: Mahindra & Mahindra
In its annual report for 2018-19, M&M said the cost differential involved in meeting BS-VI emission for diesel vehicles will be higher, which is likely to put pricing pressure on the diesel fuelled vehicles.
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On Rajasthan-Haryana border, car pollution checks on push carts
A recent report by the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) had described these hand-carted PUC pop-ups as an “extreme form” of “unauthorised PUC certification”. It’s half past six in the
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Needless honking by motorists, auto-rickshaws troubles residents
Unnecessary honking by vehicles on roads has become a common sight which is immensely contributing to noise pollution. Even the youth of the can be found to have modified the silencers of their Bullet
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EPCA bats for hydrogen, CNG mixed fuel to curb pollution
The EPCA told a bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta that colour-coded stickers, as used in Paris. New Delhi: The Environment Pollution Control Authority told the Supreme Court on Monday
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After NCR, no-honking drive goes to Mumbai
GURUGRAM: After carrying out 'Do Not Honk' campaigns in Gurugram and other cities of NCR, over 100 Gurugrammers are going to Mumbai to participate in a similar campaign there. The campaign, which will
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NGT dismisses plea seeking policy of one car per family
Green panel calls plea premature, asks petitioner to approach authority concerned The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday dismissed a plea which sought directions to formulate a policy to register
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Over 50 Percent of the World Breathes in Toxic Air
Everyone needs clean air to survive, yet somehow it is not an internationally recognized human right. That probably has something to do with the fact that over half of the world’s population live in areas
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Lakhs of Delhi vehicles plying without pollution under control certificates
The blatant violations, that potentially imperil the health of millions, have put the spotlight on around 970 centres in the city, that are certified to check the emission content of around 70 lakh vehicles
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‘Patna sixth most polluted city in world’
PATNA: Believe it or not, but Patna is the sixth most polluted city in the world. According to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report, Gwalior, Allahabad, Raipur and Patna from India are among
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German city of Stuttgart bans older diesel vehicles from April 1
A ban on older diesel vehicles in the German city of Stuttgart will take effect on April 1 and will include car owners who live in the city, the city said on Thursday, following a local court ruling last