updated Wed. April 3, 2024
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The Telegraph
March 4, 2018
New Delhi: Whatever the world spends to cut greenhouse gas emissions will be far outweighed by what it saves in health expenses because of a decline in disease and premature deaths from air pollution, scientists have said. Their study shows that India and China will make the biggest health gains.
The Hindu
February 23, 2018
Brikesh Singh was appalled by the idea of holding the Delhi Half Marathon at a time when ambient air pollution levels in the city were at an all-time high. So, he shot a video as he ran the 20 km ... “I spent my childhood in Bokaro Steel City, a small and verdant town in Jharkhand. Environmental issues haveÃâà...
Business Standard
February 18, 2018
In central India–Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand–the takeover of land for mining has communities up in arms; Goa is taking to the streets against the plans to ... Environment minister Harsh Vardhan, also a doctor, has denied reports that suggest air pollution leads to millions of death every year saying that: “ToÃâà...
Qrius
February 17, 2018
An example would be to mandate the running of CNG-only public vehicles in Delhi given the worsening air pollution situation of the city. ... Even its mandate to the speaker of the Jharkhand legislative assembly was against Article 212 of the Constitution which explicitly declares that the judiciary should notÃâà...
IndiaSpend
February 17, 2018
In central India–Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand–the takeover of land for mining has communities up in arms; Goa is taking to the streets against the plans to ... Environment minister Harsh Vardhan, also a doctor, has denied reports that suggest air pollution leads to millions of death every year saying that: “ToÃâà...
The Telegraph
January 31, 2018
Ranchi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which has written to all states asking for details of precautions measures taken to them to safeguard their traffic police personnel from the dangers of air pollution, will find Jharkhand has not done much, even in capital Ranchi. NHRC has given theÃâà...
Daily Pioneer
December 6, 2017
Ignorance might be bliss in many other cases as it is famously said on various occasions. But this ignorance of the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) that the air quality of capital city is no better than that of panicking NCR on PM2.5 level has dragged the city on the verge of disaster, whichÃâà...
Nature.com
November 14, 2017
Air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2, together called NOx), ozone (O3) and particulates must be controlled in cities and other polluted regions,. ... Around 4.5 million people die each year from the effects of outdoor air pollution,, a figure corroborated last month by the Lancet Commission onÃâà...
The Wire
October 31, 2017
The Indian government's response to international reports on air pollution deaths continues to be unclear and it refuses to lay enough of its own data on the table. .... Jharkhand, at the moment, has only one real-time monitor in Jharia, a mining town that has literally been burning for decades, as its coalfieldsÃâà...
Hindustan Times
October 11, 2017
Last year, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) had purchased three devices to measure concentration of particulate matter (PM) 2.5. But all the three devices are gathering dust due to lack of filter papers required for reading the pollutant levels and measuring the air quality.
Daily Pioneer
December 31, 1999
The section crossing through heavily Naxal-infested and inaccessible terrains of Jharkhand's Latehar and Chatra districts is of 19.3 km. ... The line at the same time would significantly reduce air pollution and carbon foot print by promoting environmental friendly transportation of coal and provide jobs to theÃâà...
The Telegraph
December 31, 1999
... Bistupur-based trader and former president of Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry Suresh Sonthalia. Similar display boards are already in use in Delhi. In Ranchi, there is only a real time ambient air quality monitoring display board at Doranda on air pollution levels. AddThis Sharing Buttons.
Business Line
December 31, 1999
... is to be transported by Tori-Shivpur, this railway line will generate a revenue of about ₹ 10,000 crore per annum (for an average lead of 500 km), the statement said. This railway line will significantly reduce air pollution and carbon foot print and will promote environmental friendly transportation of coal.
