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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in village Leta, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, 23/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …

Fighting Air Pollution: Are We Ready For The Winter?

Pollution levels in Delhi are already high and as we head into winter, it is going to get worse. On the show, we do a reality check on the promises made by governments on the steps that were meant to be taken. Are we ready? Or is there a lack …

Combating Toxic Air: Can India Regain Clean Air?

Its fight for clean air and it is no longer limited to Delhi. There was a ban on sale of crackers but not on bursting them and the capital woke up to another haze filled morning today. Yes, it wasn't as bad as it was last year, in fact it …

5 Lakh Deaths In 2015: Is India Losing The Battle Against Pollution?

Did the deadly PM2.5 pollutant kill half a million or 5 lakh Indians in 2015? That's the alarming finding of a major new report by the Lancet Countdown. The report estimates that the ultra-fine PM2.5 pollutant was responsible for 1.9 million deaths in Asia and one out of every four …

Pollution Panel Bans Diesel Gensets In Delhi Till March 15 I The News

NEW DELHI : In a move that will impact marketplaces, housing societies and the upcoming wedding season, diesel generator sets were banned in the capital from Tuesday as the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to improve Delhi's air quality during the high-pollution winter months kicked in.

To The Point: Delhi Chokes, But Less Than Last Diwali

Is it the time for a cracker ban all across India? Even though the pollution levels have risen during the past few days, the overall pollution levels were 32% less than those compared to last Diwali.

The Growing Public Health Crisis: Air Pollution

Lancet came out with a study that stated that Air Pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths worldwide in 2015, that is 16% of all deaths worldwide. This figure is also 3 time more than the deaths from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. On the show, we also speak with …

Cricket & The Pollution Conundrum

India vs New Zealand first T20 in Delhi - Just how difficult and dangerous is it to play at a time when pollution levels are at their highest? A researcher, a cardiologist and a former tennis player's take on cricket and the pollution conundrum

DNA: Analysis of Delhi's alarming air pollution | दिल्ली के वायु प्रदूषण का सटीक विश्लेषण

Delhi became a gas chamber today with smog engulfing the India's capital and people forced to breath dangerously harmful air. DNA analyses this worsening situation.

Delhi Chokes On Toxic Air: Time To Declare Public Health Emergency?

The national capital and many parts of north India become a gas chamber as pollution literally chokes people. Is it time to declare a public health emergency?

How to Improve Air Quality?

Delhi and the National Capital Region is in a state of emergency. With the Air Quality Index at the `Severe’ level people are confronting that hard truth about toxic air - it’s hazardous to health and life. With the Delhi government and various central agencies scrambling to provide relief measures …

Haryana, Punjab, Ghaziabad, And Noida; The 'Deadly' Neighbours Polluting Delhi

Delhi may be the worst polluted city in the world but not all is Delhi's fault. The neighbouring areas of Delhi, that is, Haryana, Punjab, Ghaziabad and Noida holds many industrial areas that emit poisonous gases every single which then accumulates in Delhi's atmosphere. So, Delhi will never be rid …

Heart Diseases, Cancer, Obesity: Is Our Lifestyle Killing Us?

A new report from the Centre for Science and Environment shows that lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India. Whether it is heart diseases, respiratory illnesses, cancer, obesity or food allergies, new research reveals that the rise in their …

www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/heart-diseases-cancer-obesity-our-lifestyle-killing-us

With the pollution crisis in Delhi becoming an annual feature, the government has now announced a drastic plan to help clean up the air in the National Capital Region. Bharat Stage-VI fuel, equivalent to Euro-6 standards, will now be introduced in Delhi by 2018 and NCR by 2019. Will this …

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