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The Anti-Firecracker Campaign launched in Delhi
The Government of Delhi has come to a conclusive decision, ahead of the Diwali festival, regarding the bursting of firecrackers in the city. An Anti-Firecracker Campaign is to be launched from 7th November 2020 by the Environment Minister Gopal Rai. On Wednesday, he requested people in Delhi not to burst any crackers. This is being […]
Delhi temperatures drops below normal
Delhi residents are waking up to chilly mornings, signaling a possible early onset of winter. On November 1, 2020, the capital city recorded 11.4 °C which is about 5° below the normal temperature at this time of the year. This could be attributed to chilly winds blowing from the Himalayan Mountains over the north-western part […]
The air quality will get improved by 2024 when compared to 2016
New Delhi: The city has recorded a 25% diminishing in PM10 degrees and statement in PM2.5 in 2019 whilst differentiated and 2016. However, neither the improvement of those key air defilements nor the cutting-edge aim beneath the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) might be fair enough to make the city’s air breathable by the end […]
Delhi Govt Plans to conduct Marketing Campaign on the Green Crackers
The Delhi authorities have prepared a large care challenge to propel ‘green crackers’ (slow-release types) earlier than Diwali and except make sure that sufficient inventory is available inside the market to prevent preparations of unlawful, sullying collections, Delhi environment serves Gopal Rai stated on Tuesday. “Our point of 12 months is to decorate care approximately […]
Give China a Cheer for making Polluters Pay
China’s driven guarantee to decarbonize by 2060 requires the world’s top polluter to altogether raise the cost of spewing ozone hurting substances into the climate. A hotly anticipated public carbon market that is finally set to begin exchanging this year will be less mentioning yet rather more confined than from the outset imagined. A long-awaited […]
More Cyclones and Cold Winter likely in India this year
La Nina conditions have set; they are identified with a higher repeat of genuine cyclones over the Bay of Bengal and colder winters. This year could see perpetual and more genuine cyclones over the Bay of Bengal during October-November and a respectably higher repeat of cold waves throughout the winter season, India Meteorological Department (IMD) […]
Lake Outbursts in the Karakoram Range of the Himalayas
According to scientists from the WIHG (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology) at Dehradun, about 30 advancing glaciers in the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh regions might experience glacial lake outbursts. The Karakoram Range is home to K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Starting in Afghanistan in the Wakhan Corridor, the range extends all the way to […]
Rescue of more than 2,400 birds in over 6 months by Delhi firefighters
The past six months turned out to be very busy for firefighters in Delhi. From mid- March to September, Delhi saw a rapid increase in the number of cases for bird and animal rescue. The highest cases were reported especially during the time of Independence Day. Due to people flying kites, many birds were trapped […]
Delhi Air Quality may Worsen in the Coming Days
Due to the imposed lockdown, residents of Delhi, Gurgaon, and Noida experienced improved quality of air. A gradual restart of the economy and reopening of many sectors have increased automobile movement all over the country. With this, the air pollution is expected to worsen and residents of Delhi are gearing up for another winter of […]