State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Green Min seeks agencies’ reply on EPCA’s deadlines
With Environment Ministry granting a week’s time to various agencies to respond whether deadlines listed in a mega plan to clean Delhi’s air by a Supreme Court-monitored panel suit them or not, some clarity
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30% of premature deaths in India due to air pollution: CSE
Thirty per cent of all premature deaths in the country are due to air pollution. As per the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report, more than 2.7 million people in India die of heart diseases
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Power Min unveils India’s first rooftop solar plant
Promoting the use of energy-efficient measures and encouraging rooftop solar power generation, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday inaugurated India’s first rooftop solar plant at a carport commercial
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NGT asks Civil Aviation Min to ensure use of reverse thrust by aircraft
In a bid to curb noise pollution at IGI airport, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to ensure judgement-based use of reverse thrust by aircraft, building
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Air quality slips to ‘red' zone again
After a brief respite with relatively clean air over the last two days, city's air quality slipped to "very poor" zone on Monday. Despite favourable weather conditions such as wind speed, temperatures
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Thermal power main contributor to industrial emissions: CSE
Not only construction dust, vehicular emission and stubble burning are responsible for polluting Capital's air but also the use of coal in thermal power sector is another factor that escalates values of
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Delhi and NCR begin to breathe easy as stubble fires doused
Delhi and NCR saw a substantial drop in pollution levels on Tuesday as air quality in six out of 15 regions in the national Capital improved to “very poor” level from “severe” for the first time in the
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Go vegan for environment and personal health
The World Vegan Day celebrated by vegans around the world on every 1st of November has become an annual event since 1994 when the Chair of the Vegan Society in the United Kingdom, Louise Wallis, celebrated
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Give temporary power connections within 24 hrs’
An apex court-mandated authority directed the discoms in the city to provide temporary power connections within 24 hours of receiving applications in view of a region-wide ban on the use of diesel generator
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Air pollution monitoring stations delayed
A more comprehensive picture of air pollution in Delhi-NCR is likely to be available only in January when 20 new monitoring stations become operational in areas of Haryana bordering the Capital, four months