World Air Quality Report 2020
Twenty-two of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi being ranked as the most polluted capital city globally, a new report said . The report is prepared by Swiss organisation, IQAir,
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China steel hub Hebei moves 2019 industrial capacity cutting targets forward
China’s top steelmaking province of Hebei has moved up the target dates for cutting industrial capacity and relocating plants by two months to the end of October, the provincial environmental department
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China starts implementing tougher vehicle emission standards
Several provincial-level regions on Monday started implementing the "China VI" vehicle emission standards ahead of schedule to ramp up efforts against a major source of air pollution. Sales and registrations
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Environmentalists question Bengal pollution control board's PM2.5 findings
Interim report by board could not identify the source of around one-fifth of Calcutta’s PM2.5 pollution Environmentalists have raised questions about an ongoing study ordered by the state pollution
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Bad air: Mumbai risks going the Delhi way, warn experts
Concentration of fine pollutants found to be way beyond permissible limit Mumbai’s average annual concentration of particulate matter (PM) 2.5, the extremely fine pollutants that penetrate our lungs,
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Data visualization and analytics of PM 2.5 air pollution in 5 Indian cities
This report presents the results of an air quality performance evaluation project. The goal of this project is to deploy 50 real-time air quality monitors (known as "Atmos") spread over 10 Indian cities,
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Pollution puts women at greater hypertension risk
Hyderabad: Women exposed to higher air pollution levels are more at risk of hypertension, says a recent study. The study covered 5,531 adults from 28 peri-urban villages near Hyderabad. Researchers led
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Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce PM2.5 concentrations? if so, for whom? empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia
Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a
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Air pollution in India linked to increased hypertension risk in women: Study
Exposure to higher levels of indoor air pollution in India is associated with an increased risk of hypertension among women, according to a study. Researchers led by the Barcelona Institute for Global
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Increase in Level of Particulate Matter, 21/06/2019
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Increase in Level of Particulate Matter, 21/06/2019. Ambient air quality data of Delhi monitored under Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS (real time))
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Ambient air quality and indexing with reference to suspended particulate matter and gaseous pollutants around a cement plant in OCL India Limited, Rajgangpur, Odisha, India
<p>Cement industry is a potential anthropogenic source of air pollution. Emissions from cement plants are one of the major sources of global warming.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cement-plant-air-quality.pdf"