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Delhi AQI Level: Delhi residents woke up on Tuesday to heavy grey haze darkening the city skies, reduced visibility and the air quality in the 'red zone' after many celebrated Diwali last night by bursting firecrackers beyond the two-hour limit set by the Supreme Court. According to a Central Pollution Control Bureau (CPCB) bulletin, Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was 'very poor', with a reading of 352 at 8 am. It was 346 at 5 am, 347 at 6 am and 351 at 7 am. The toxic choked smog sky seemed ...Read More >
New Delhi: As the festive season approaches, so does India's recurring debate, whether "green crackers" can really make Diwali celebrations less polluting. In light of worsening winter smog and continued firecracker prohibitions, let's ask the very straightforward and approachable question: What are green crackers, and how do they compare and relate to conventional fireworks? Green crackers are a newer, advanced generation of firecrackers, developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial R ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The exemption of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) systems for some coal-based power plants is a positive for thermal power producers, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF), vide its notification dated July 11, 2025, has issued significant amendments to the Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) norms, particularly concerning the sulphur dioxide emission standards for coal and lignite-based thermal power ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) The government's move to ease sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants strikes a delicate balance between costs, climate and compliance and is expected to cut electricity costs by 25-30 paise per unit, officials said on Sunday. In a gazette notification, the government has restricted the 2015 mandate of installing flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems that remove sulphur from a power plants' exhaust gases, only to plants located within 10 kilometres of c ...Read More >
New Delhi: End-of-life vehicles (ELV) will not be able to refuel at any city filling station from Tuesday. It had been announced earlier that all ELVs would not only be denied fuel in the capital, but they would also be impounded on the spot and taken for scrapping from July 1. All fuel pumps have been equipped with technology to identify such vehicles, which are petrol-run vehicles older than 15 years and diesel-run vehicles older than 10 years. Only overaged vehicles running on CNG will be exe ...Read More >
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