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Pollution at its worst: Delhi schools to remain closed again for...
Delhi is choking again and with the drastic spikes in the pollution levels, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority [EPCA] has directed to shut down the schools in Delhi-NCR till November 15. The directive came in on Wednesday in response to the alarming levels of environmental distress.
Pakistani Hindu Refugees occupying the Yamuna Floodplains; Matter before the National...
It has recently come to notice that a few years ago, some 100 Pakistani Hindu families visited India on a pilgrimage visa. However, since then they have not returned back to their homes, rather found accommodation near the Yamuna foodplains, south of Majnu ka Tila and has been living there ever since in semi-permanent structures, commonly called jhuggis.
Delhi Air Quality Index (AIR) drops to the ‘very poor’ category.
For the first time in this season, the Air Quality Index [AQI] of New Delhi has been categorized as ‘very poor’. The Central Pollution Control Board on 16 October, has provided the value of the AQI for Delhi set at 304. The AQI is a comprehensive mechanism for the measure of the air status in understandable terms.
