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For cleaner air: Delhi govt's Innovation Challenge contest gets 48 entries, deadline extended till November 15

October 27, 2025 3:56 am

Around 68% of the entries focus on air purification, while 32% address vehicular emissions. The earlier deadline for submitting proposals was October 31

Particulate matter pollutant levels cross Indian, International AQI standards: As air quality plummeted, Ahmedabad choked on Diwali night

October 26, 2025 12:57 am

While the average number of cases reporting breathing problems in the city is 78, this rose to 89 the day after Diwali. Patients who had not visited a hospital in four-six months returned with breathing difficulties in the past 2-3 days, say doctors

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Nikhil Kamath podcast row: As Bryan Johnson walks out over 100-plus AQI, know how it impacts your body

February 07, 2025 5:10 pm

Why maintaining your indoor AQI has to be your daily drill

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Delhi pollution: Here’s how the concentration of particulate matter in air impacts our organs, hormones

November 27, 2024 11:32 am

According to Dr Mayank Saxena, Additional Director-Pulmonology at Fortis Hospital, Noida, pollutants like PM 2.5 are so microscopic that they can reach the lungs and cross over into the bloodstream.

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High levels of air pollution observed in Bengaluru, says study

February 28, 2022 8:29 pm

However, particulate matter 2.5 in Delhi-NCR and Kanpur was found to be three times higher than that of the Karnataka capital in the 2019 study.

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Study: Long-term exposure to PM 2.5 may raise COVID-19 death risk by 20 times

April 09, 2020 7:36 am

The study includes over 3,000 counties in the US and covers 98% of the country's population.

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How pollution killed over 1 lakh children in 2016: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:12 pm

Over 1.25 lakh children in India below the age of five died in 2016 due to the impact of polluted air and almost one in five children who die from toxic air exposure across the world is from India, a new study by the World Health Organisation has sai

Supreme Court puts a partial ban on firecrackers just before Diwali

June 22, 2020 6:13 pm

The Supreme Court has put a partial ban on firecrackers and asked central and state pollution boards to monitor air quality a week before and after Diwali. Here’s what the court said.