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New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed Punjab and Haryana to ensure zero stubble burning during the upcoming paddy harvest season and strictly enforce measures to manage crop residue. The directions came after detailed review meetings held on Thursday and Friday with senior officers, deputy commissioners, district magistrates and police officials from 23 districts of Punjab and 22 districts of Haryana. The meetings, chaired by CAQM chairperson Rajesh Verma, fo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (UNI) Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari today said that India has surpassed Japan to become the third-largest automobile market globally, and the government is targeting the number one position within the next five years. "All major global automobile brands are now present in India. Their focus has shifted from merely assembling to exporting vehicles from India to the world," Gadkari was quoted as saying in an official statement here. He unveiled an ambitiou ...Read More >
Zirakpur (Punjab) [India], September 13 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda criticised the staet government for lack of flood relief measures and said that the government is not taking concrete steps to help and provide relief to the flood victims. He made the remarks in a press conference on Friday. He noted that people are very angry at the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government for not taking flood relief measures and how there has been huge devastation in Haryana due ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned why the year-round blanket ban on firecrackers should apply only to Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) and not the entire country, saying it is the right of all citizens to have pollution-free air. A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran orally expressed the need to explore a pan-India ban on firecrackers. The right to pollution-free air is for all citizens and not just those residing in Delhi-NCR, obser ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday questioned why the year-round blanket ban on firecrackers should apply only to Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) and not the entire country, saying it is the right of all citizens to have pollution-free air. A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran orally expressed the need to explore a pan-India ban on firecrackers. The right to pollution-free air is for all citizens and not just those ...Read More >
Punjab govt will be better advised to -- instead of spending time and energy on constitutional, legal minutiae -- focus on fiscal prudence, economic policy framework, good governanc What does our political class do when they fail on all fronts? Well, it takes recourse to religion, hoping that it could be a useful opiate to numb the cognitive and cogitative faculties of people, thus diverting their attention from the real issues. So, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, having failed ...Read More >
All buses, tourist and commercial vehicles entering Delhi to have cleaner fuel modes In a move to combat air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining areas, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) convened two pivotal high-level review meetings in Chandigarh which were attended by Chairperson and members of the Commission, senior officials, Chief Secretaries and officers from Haryana and Punjab. Both the meetings aimed to boost inter-departmental coordination and e ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management is yet to comment on Delhi govt's communication asking for the drive against end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) to be put on hold. However, CAQM did say on Saturday that it had a review meeting with Haryana govt on Thursday about multi-sectoral air pollution mitigation measures and strategies, including progress made towards the liquidation of ELVs.Sources in CAQM said the panel is likely to comment on ELVs next week. CAQM had earlier directed that E ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): In a concerted effort to accelerate coordinated action towards abatement of air pollution in the region, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) under the Chairmanship of Rajesh Verma, held two significant high-level review meetings on July 3. The senior officials of the Commission, along with the Chief Secretaries and senior officers of the two State Governments, Haryana and Punjab, were present at the meeting. According to ...Read More >
New Delhi: The debate among scientists and environment policy experts over what really drives vehicle pollution has heated up in Delhi after the Commission for Air Quality Management's (CAQM) directive of denying fuel and impounding end-of-life vehicles from July 1 onwards.Petrol vehicles that are over 15 years old and diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old are in the direct line of fire of CAQM's Direction 89.The policy's aim is to reducing emissions, but environmentalists and automotive ex ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) Chairperson of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) Rajesh Verma on Thursday chaired a meeting regarding implementation of various environmental directives for abatement of air pollution in Haryana. During the meeting, Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi unveiled a comprehensive and multi-pronged strategy to combat air pollution across the state, particularly in the NCR region. Among others, the meeting was also attended by senior members of CAQM, Virinder Sh ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) Chairperson of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) Rajesh Verma on Thursday chaired a meeting regarding implementation of various environmental directives for abatement of air pollution in Haryana. During the meeting, Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi unveiled a comprehensive and multi-pronged strategy to combat air pollution across the state, particularly in the NCR region. Also Read | Delhi: Moisturiser Bottle Gets Stuck in Woman's Private Parts After Sh ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The Centre has revised guidelines for the Biomass Programme under Phase-I of the National Bioenergy Programme to promote cleaner energy solutions, ease of doing business, and accelerate the adoption of biomass technologies across the country, according to a statement. 'The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued revised guidelines for the Biomass Programme under Phase-I of the National Bioenergy Programme, applicable for the period FY 2021-22 to ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued revised guidelines for the biomass programme to promote cleaner energy solutions, ease of doing business, and accelerate the adoption of biomass technologies across India. The norms are revised under Phase-I of National Bioenergy Programme, applicable for the period FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. These amendments aim to promote cleaner energy solutions, ease of doing business, and accelerate the adoption of biomass tech ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Director Dr Ajai Singh spoke to Free Press on problems and facilities at AIIMS. People feel that AIIMS doors remain closed for them in case of emergency. Earlier, there was infrastructure and manpower for 960 beds. Increased number of beds to 1400 with same infrastructure and manpower. So, there is acute shortage of manpower and facilities specially to accommodate more patients in case of emergency. We have sent the proposa ...Read More >
Ludhiana, Jun 7 (PTI) BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Saturday said the Election Commission (ECI) should immediately ban AAP leaders facing criminal charges from campaigning for the upcoming bypoll to the Ludhiana West Assembly seat. Taking strong exception to AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia - both accused in the Delhi excise policy case - campaigning for the by-election, Chugh demanded that they be prohibited from entering the constituency. The bypoll to the Ludhi ...Read More >
In the 2016 Bollywood hit Pink, a scene introducing Amitabh Bachchan's character shows the actor emerging from his home on a winter morning into Delhi's smog-filled streets, wearing a mask. The mask and Delhi's smoggy air feature in other scenes of the film but are of little relevance to its plot. Yet, it is one of the rare examples of mainstream Indian films taking notice of the deadly air that makes many parts of India dangerous to live in every year. The toxic air pollution and recurrent w ...Read More >
Defying pollsters, exit polls, and predictions, the BJP scored a hat trick in Haryana, albeit with a narrow lead in the recent Assembly election. It formed a government on its own sans any ally, and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini assumed office for a second consecutive term with relative ease. But the euphoria did not last long. In the first Assembly session convened after the new government took over, the opposition, led by the Congress and the electorally diminished Indian National Lok Dal, ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 18 (ANI): Following the implementation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage IV in Delhi to combat air pollution, environmentalist Vimlendu Kumar Jha on Monday said that these measures "similar to lockdown" were important to be executed in the national capital. "This is the second day when the air quality index of Delhi NCR has been in the severe plus category. Glad that the government or Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has announced GRAP ...Read More >
Even as paddy harvesting is at its fag end, there is let-up in farm fires in Punjab, with 404 cases being reported on Sunday. Of these, 332 (82%) cases were recorded in south Malwa districts, where harvesting is still on. According to the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, from September 15 to November 17, the state has seen 8,404 stubble-burning incidents, registering a 75% dip in such cases over the corresponding period last year. The state saw 47,788 and 33,082 farm fires during the same period i ...Read More >
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