The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
पृथ्वी की संसाधन उत्पादन करने की जितनी क्षमता है उससे ज्यादा हम उसका दोहन कर रहे हैं। हम ये भूल जाते हैं कि हमारे पास सिर्फ और सिर्फ एक पृथ्वी है लेकिन अमेरिका जर्मनी जैसे देशों की उपभोग दर पर अगर पूरी दुनिया जीने लग जाए तो हमें 3 से …
Ganga, the 2600-km-long trans-boundary river of India, has witnessed "unprecedented low levels of water in several lower reaches" in the last few summer seasons. This is as per a study undertaken by a professor of IIT-Kharagpur. Abhijit Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, along with researchers …
On Trending @ 10, we look at a new study with devastating conclusions. It claims non-smokers in Delhi are as much at risk as smokers because of the overwhelming air pollution. Children in our national capital are effectively smoking several cigarettes daily, it says. Just how bad is the situation? …
NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India's Season 5 agenda for the year is to not only motivate people to keep their ten yards clean but also ask people to lend a hand and help others learn to do so, thereby, creating a ripple effect in the Swachh ecosystem.
Development is the real casualty after the Supreme Court clamped down on construction activity in three states including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The blanket ban, which is the result of the states' failure to implement solid waste management systems, will bring to grinding halt construction activities, dealing a body …
ईंधन के बिना हम और आप अपनी जिंदगी की कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकते । अगर ईंधन न हो तो जिंदगी की गाड़ी के पहिए थम से जाएंगे । साथ ही जिस ईंधन का हम इस्तेमाल कर रहे है । वो स्वच्छ हो । दोनों पहलुओं को ध्यान में रखकर …
Supreme Court has restricted the use of firecrackers across India saying that only green crackers will be allowed. To avoid increasing air pollution, inducing fire accidents, health problems like shortness of breath, eyes burning and respiratory problems, the Supreme Court came up with this judgment. Air quality in Delhi is …
The National Capital these days is in the grip of an emergency. An emergency triggered by air pollution. Delhi's air quality has begun to show a trend towards the 'very poor' category... forcing authorities to kick in an emergency plan that will see the implementation of several measures to improve …
On today's Prime Time, a discussion about the deteriorating air quality in NCR. We ask whether the Centre and the state governments of Delhi, UP and Haryana are doing enough to control pollution. With Delhi's air quality levels deteriorating day by day, the Supreme Court directed the transport department of …
On Prime Time, Ravish Kumar asks whether the government has done anything at all to revive River Ganga till now. Even though the PM Modi had spoken about the neglect that the river had been suffering all these years before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, has the current NDA government …
This is truly India's shame. Why did 87-year-old GD Agarwal die after he spent years fighting to save the Ganga? The veteran activist was fasting for 111 days, demanding that the government get serious about cleaning up the Ganga. His death shows that despite all the big promises and the …
As winter slowly sets in in North India, so is the toxic smog. The air quality in Delhi has fallen so badly already that the government's graded response action plan came into effect this week. But will this be enough? Clearly not. And what of the farm fire in Punjab …
As the air quality index in Delhi-NCR deteriorates, the Delhi government and Centre have decided to jointly combat it from November 1st. Teams will be mandated to take action against garbage burning, stubble burning, vehicular emission/traffic choke points/measures to ease congestion, dug up and dusty roads, industrial emission, construction and …
The Air Quality Index (AQI) according to pollution apex body Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was 291 on Tuesday, just nine points away from 'very poor' marker. Watch this video to know more.
India is fighting its biggest health crisis at the moment. The air quality of the national capital has spiked as the respiratory distress speaks. The people are gasping for fresh air. When will they be able to breathe pure air? When will the government find a solution to all these …
Two days before Diwali, residents of Delhi and its neighbouring cities woke up to dense smog this morning. The capital's weather index showed a sharp decline in air quality across the city. While the Air Quality Index in Delhi's Anand Vihar showed a reading of 912, which means 'hazardous' pollution, …
Air pollution in Delhi continued to worsen, causing serious health concerns among residents even as weather officials warned of further worsening of air quality in the coming days. On 5 November, the levels of particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5 in the National Capital spiked to ‘hazardous’, leaving Delhiites gasping for …
आज वायु प्रदुषण हमारे जीवन के लिए सबसे बड़ा खतरा बन गया है। हाल ही में विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने रिपोर्ट जारी कर दुनिया में बढ़ते वायु प्रदूषण पर गंभीर चिंता जताई है। इसके मुताबिक 15 साल से कम उम्र के दुनिया के 93 फीसदी बच्चे जहरीली हवा लेने को …
