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Delhi smog: Over 60,000 trucks entered capital after expiry of entry ban

Incidentally, the ban on the entry of trucks was today extended till further orders due to fluctuating levels of air pollution, a senior Delhi government official said

Rs 1,500 cr green fund lies unused as Delhi battles to escape 'gas chamber'

CPCB plans to use a part of its green fund, collected as diesel cess, for conducting studies on improvement of air quality

CM Yogi suggests measures to curb pollution; directs ban on garbage burning

Yogi directed the district magistrates to run awareness campaigns, so as to stop farmers from burning farm waste

Reining in polluting power plants: Delhi air not getting clean anytime soon

North India's air is becoming more toxic with little hope for improvement unless the government cracks down on polluting power plants and enforces a variety of other pollution-control measures

It's time we really smelled the air

The fact is that pollution levels in Delhi and the rest of north India were alarmingly high in the past fortnight

Delhi air quality improves but still very poor; no end to stubble burning

The air quality in the national capital may see a slight deterioration.

OMCs ready to supply Euro-VI fuel to improve Delhi's air quality: IOC

Oil refineries will need to invest Rs 28,000 crore in upgrading petrol and diesel quality to meet cleaner fuel specifications by 2020

Delhi's air oscillates between 'poor', 'very poor'

The dominant pollutants captured by 17 CPCB monitors across the city were PM2.5 and NO2, largely products of vehicular emissions.

Delhi wakes up to cold morning, very poor air quality; situation may worsen

Respite likely towards Tuesday with possibilities of light rains

Delhi pollution: Air quality back to 'severe' category again

The air quality around India Gate was on Tuesday recorded at 258 under 'poor' category on the Air Quality Index (AQI)

Delhi govt draws up plans to combat air pollution

The Delhi government has issued the standard operating procedure to all authorities concerned

India stumped in efforts to clear Delhi's toxic smog as cricketers throw up

A task force headed by a top aide to PM Modi is driving a set of measures aimed at reducing pollution by next winter, a govt source said

Water jets, odd-even just desperation: Delhi's air needs a radical response

Attention is only turned to the problem in winter, when the pollution peaks and the government and regulatory bodies come out of hibernation

Environmentalists ask: Is India's government making bad air worse?

In 2015, pollution was linked to 2.5 million deaths in India

Delhi-NCR air quality improves from very poor to poor, but may worsen again

The air quality on Tuesday even after 7.8 mm rainfall over past 24 hours, but is liken to worsen again, said officials

Delhi air quality: 12-point plan against stubble burning, pollutants framed

The high-level task force headed by the principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formulated the draft 'Air Action Plan Abatement of Air Pollution in the Delhi NCR'

Delhi pollution: Govt approves Rs 100 cr project to tackle stubble burning

The project was approved at the meeting of the National Steering Committee on Climate Change chaired by environment secretary C K Mishra

How a new cooling panel can fix stubble burning challenge, save Delhi's air

The start-up, Green Screen developed during a course at Harvard University, which aimed at creating viable solutions to intractable problems facing developing countries, such as India

Centre devises Comprehensive Action Plan to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR

The plan also requires NCR to work on diverting transit truck traffic and checking overloading

The burning truth: As farmers set fire to fields, Delhi braces for smog

The World Health Organisation said earlier this year India was home to the world's 14 most polluted cities, with Delhi ranked the sixth most polluted