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Supreme Court (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the failure of several air quality monitoring stations in Delhi during Diwali, observing that authorities cannot wait for pollution levels to hit the “severe” mark before acting.During the hearing of the MC Mehta case, a bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai…
NEW DELHI: Had most ambient air quality stations in Delhi not gone on the blink during peak pollution hours on Diwali night and the subsequent morning, the capital’s average AQI the next day is likely to have been much closer to ‘severe’ levels than official data suggests, a TOI analysis of hourly air quality readings…
Elon Musk’s Starlink reportedly plans to set up gateway earth stations across India. According to a report in Economic Times, these gateway stations will be set up at nine places across India, including Mumbai, Noida, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Lucknow. Quotng sources the report says that the Elon Musk-owned company is readying infrastructure ahead of the…
Elon Musk-owned Starlink is preparing to establish 9 gateway earth stations across India as it gears up to launch its satellite communication (satcom) services in the country.The proposed stations will be located in Mumbai, Noida, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow.“The company has applied for 600 gigabit per second capacity over India through its Gen 1…
Delhi’s Diwali festivities ringing in this year brought an unexpected surge of noise, with several monitoring stations recording decibel levels well beyond what is legally acceptable. Even with a green cracker initiative and allotted hours for bursting, the decibel meter was pushed to its limits, particularly from 9 pm until 11 pm, spilling over into…
Most AQI monitoring stations in ‘red zone’ as Delhi celebrates Diwali with fireworks NEW DELHI: As residents across the national capital celebrated Diwali with fireworks on Monday night, Delhi’s air quality took a sharp hit, with the majority of monitoring stations entering the ‘red zone’. Although the Supreme Court had permitted the use of green…
For nearly 25 years, the International Space Station has shone as a moving symbol of human achievement and endurance. Since November 2000, NASA and its global partners have sustained an unbroken human presence in low-Earth orbit, marking one of the longest continuous collaborations in space history. This orbiting laboratory has hosted thousands of experiments, advancing…
Mumbai Metro Aqua Line-3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugrated the final phase of Mumbai Metro Aqua Line-3, marking a key milestone in easing commuting across the city. The latest Mumbai Metro Line-3 phase, constructed at a cost of over Rs 12,000 crore is set to be a crucial link connecting business hubs, entertainment zones…
Gurgaon: After remaining offline for several months, all four air-quality monitoring stations of the city are now back online, restoring access to real-time pollution data. Officials said the monitors have been recalibrated and integrated with both the state and central dashboards under a new maintenance contract. However, stations in Panchkula, Ballabhgarh, Charkhi Dadri, Dharuhera, Fatehabad,…
The Centre has unveiled operational guidelines for the rollout of nearly 72,300 public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country, with an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore under the Rs 10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE scheme.According to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the framework provides a tiered subsidy structure to accelerate the installation of charging…
