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Delhi air pollution crisis NEW DELHI: Delhi on Monday woke up to hazy skies, with overall air quality in the ‘very poor’ category, while four areas of the city recorded severe AQI levels. According to Sameer app, city’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 366 at 7am.According to the Central Pollution Control Board…
NEW DELHI: A dense layer of smog blanketed large parts of Delhi-NCR on Sunday. According to real-time readings shared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Quality Index (AQI) levels remained in the ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ category at several locations. From Work-From-Home To Vehicle Ban- Delhi Rolls Out Fresh Pollution Curbs India Gate…
NEW DELHI: Dense smog continued to blanket the national capital on Wednesday, sharply reducing visibility and keeping air quality in the very poor to severe range, even as authorities stepped up curbs to rein in pollution. Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood near 350, a marginal improvement from day earlier, but conditions remained hazardous….
JAMMU: Security forces launched an extensive joint search operation along forward villages in Akhnoor and adjoining areas in J&K after BSF foiled an infiltration bid and arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist armed with an M-5 rifle and ammunition on Friday.Searches were also conducted in the nearby Phambla area of Reasi district in Jammu on Saturday.Official sources…
JAMMU: Dense smoke continues to billow up along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Bhimber Gali-Balakote areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts in Jammu & Kashmir after a massive forest fire broke out on Sunday, which is spreading across large swathes in the border districts.Officials said the fire started on the zero line ahead…
BENGALURU: Builders must insure common areas or risk footing the bill for disaster repairs – that is the message from Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-Rera).In a recent order, the authority directed the developers of an apartment complex on Kanakapura Road to furnish all insurance documents for the project within 30 days, while partly allowing…
NEW DELHI: The Assam Assembly on Tuesday passed “The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025,” aiming to ban polygamous marriages across the state and impose strict penalties on those who enter into or conceal a second marriage while the first is still valid.The law, introduced by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the first day…
NEW DELHI: Residents living around the capital’s waste-to-energy (WTE) plants at Okhla, Narela-Bawana, Ghazipur and Tehkhand are among the worst hit by pollution as Delhi gasps under a shroud of very poor air.People in these neighbourhoods say the air is foul all year, and the situation is unbearable in winter, especially when the plants, burning…
Strong earthquake tremors felt in Kolkata KOLKATA: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near Dhaka capital of Bangladesh on Friday. The tremors were reported in Kolkata and several parts of Northeast India, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).This is a developing story Source link
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday invoked stricter anti-pollution measures under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR after the city’s air quality slipped into the ‘severe’ category.The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said the decision was taken after Delhi’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) surged from 362 on Monday…
