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Delhi’s Air Quality Remains ‘Poor’ Despite Cloud Seeding Trial

Shvetank Maurya / 2 weeks

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Pilot cloud seeding fails to bring immediate relief as pollution levels remain high across Delhi and NCR Delhi’s air quality showed little improvement on Wednesday morning, remaining in the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ categories despite an artificial rain experiment conducted over several parts of the city a day earlier. According to the Air Quality Early […]

Delhi Bans Polluting Commercial Vehicles From November

BW Online Bureau / 3 weeks

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Only cleaner, compliant trucks allowed as Delhi strengthens pollution controls The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) will bar polluting commercial vehicles from entering Delhi starting 1 November 2025, in a bid to tackle the city’s worsening air quality. Only goods vehicles meeting BS-VI standards or running on CNG, LNG, or electricity will be allowed. […]

Delhi Chokes On Post Diwali Smog, Green Crackers Fail To Ease Pollution

BW Online Bureau / 3 weeks

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Supreme Court allowed green crackers under strict rules, yet Delhi’s air pollution surged, exceeding WHO limits by nearly 15 times New Delhi woke up on Tuesday under a thick blanket of smog, with the city’s air quality plunging into the ‘Very Poor’ category and several districts hitting ‘Severe’, according to the Central Pollution Control Board […]

Delhi’s Rising Heat & Humid Monsoon Push Electricity Demand To Peak: Study

BW Online Bureau / 2 months
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CSE report links higher cooling load to urban heat island effect and reduced night cooling New Delhi’s electricity demand has surged during the monsoon months despite fewer heatwaves, driven by higher humidity and rising night-time temperatures, according to a new policy brief by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The report highlighted that in […]

Study Shows 40% Pollution Reduction May Add Two Years Life

Shvetank Maurya / 2 months

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Achieving India’s clean air goals promises significant health gains, though challenges remain Residents of 130 cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) could gain an average of two years in life expectancy if India achieves its revised target of a 40 per cent reduction in particulate pollution by 2026, according to a new […]

Yamuna Crosses Danger Mark In Delhi, Evacuation Preparations Underway

BW Online Bureau / 3 months

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The Situation is under control and water level is going down said CM Rekha Gupta The Yamuna river in Delhi crossed the danger mark on Tuesday morning, with the water level rising to 205.79 metres at the Old Railway Bridge, just short of the 206-metre evacuation threshold. The river had already breached the 205.33-metre danger […]

Centre: Delhi to ramp up healthcare preps for pollution-triggered rush

Srabastee Biswas / 2 years

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In a letter to the health departments of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan this week, Director General of Health Services said air pollution not only accounts for not just acute illnesses The Union Health Ministry has asked Delhi and its neighbouring states to make necessary healthcare preparations to deal with any rush of patients […]

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