The study, published in the Lancet journal, noted that life expectancy in India has risen from 59.6 years in 1990 to 70.8 years in 2019, ranging from 77.3 years in Kerala to 66.9 years in Uttar Pradesh

Kejriwal said that every year 2,50,000 students pass Class 12 boards from schools in Delhi but only 1,25,000 of them manage to get admission in Delhi colleges

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The Delhi government on Thursday launched a new initiative, 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off', to tackle the problem of rising air pollution in the national capital. Addressing an online media briefing, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that idling of 30-40 lakh vehicles at traffic signals increases air pollution levels in the city. He added that Delhi witnesses a rise in air pollution during this time of the year due to stubble burning and expressed concern over the health of residents of villages where it is practised. Watch the video for more.

Flaying his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, the Punjab chief minister asked him to \"stop lying\" to divert attention from his \"failure\" to protect the national capital's environment

Delhi air pollution: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the campaign Red Light On, Gaadi Off will help in fighting air pollution. If you switch the engine off, you will save more fuel and it will also help reduce pollution, he said

The 50 CPCB teams will make extensive field visits from October 15 to February 28 next year and focus on hot spot areas where the air pollution is aggravated

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The air quality of Delhi is deteriorating every day and residents are struggling to breathe. The city recorded its worst air quality since February on October 12 as the concentration of fine particulate matters PM2.5 and PM10 increased to their highest recorded levels this season. The Delhi government, in collaboration with the Pusa Institute of Technology, started the field trial of the new bio-decomposer technique on Tuesday at the Hiranki village in the Northwest district of Delhi. The technique provides an option for farmers to dispose of the crop remains without burning the stubble. Watch the video for more.

Delhi air pollution news: Delhi's air pollution levels are going to be impacted by an increase in farm fires in Punjab, Haryana and neighbouring regions of Pakistan, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi

So far, we have received applications to spray the anti-stubble burning solution on nearly 1,500 acres of land where non-basmati rice is grown, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said

In Anand Vihar, the AQI stood at 275, in Rohini at 263, in ITO at 275, and in Nehru Nagar 229, according to DPCC data at 8 am on Monday

In 2018, the Supreme Court had banned the use of polluting firecrackers and allowed the sale of \"green\" firecrackers in a bid to control air pollution

Citing improvement in air quality in many places in the world where lockdown was imposed due to COVID-19, Mr Kejriwal said it has made us realise how human beings are responsible for spoiling the climate and tampering the ecosystem

Festive season guidelines: These SOPs will be effective from October to December that sees a host of festivals including Durga Puja, Diwali, Dussehra and Christmas

A study found that people living in Delhi-NCR are twice as likely to face structural changes to their lungs as compared to other states such as Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal

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It's that time of the year again when Delhi reels under air pollution caused by stubble burning in neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. Space agency NASA had found first signs of stubble burning and released pictures. The NASA satellite images showed about seven fresh fires in the farmlands of Punjab between September 13 and 16, hinting at the start of the stubble burning practice by the farmers. While farmers have been given incentives to stop stubble burning, most of them cannot afford the machines being provided as an option. Last year's stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana had contributed to 44 percent of the pollution in  Delhi NCR, according to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the Ministry of Earth Science. Watch the video for more.