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Health Cost Of Air Pollution In India Assessed At 3 Per Cent Of Its GDP

The cost of serious health consequences from Particulate Matter pollution is estimated to be around 3 per cent of India's GDP, according to a Health Ministry statement in L...

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Environment

Humans Have Been Causing Environmental Disasters For 7,000 Years

Humans have always had a tendency to view bodies of water as giant dumpsters. You put the gook and trash in and then it magically disappears—or floats someplace else ...

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Environment

Paris Makes All Public Transport Free In Battle Against 'Worst Air Pollution For 10 Years'

Parisians can use public transport for free for the second day running due to a spike in air pollution and some cars have been barred from the roads. The city is suffering ...

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Environment

Trees may increase air pollution on city streets

City trees, popularly thought to remove pollutants and improve urban life, may also increase the amount of foul air that people breathe, says the UK body which gives indepe...

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Environment

Disturbing Images Show The Extent Of Delhi's Extreme Pollution Emergency

Delhi, the capital city of India and home to 25 million residents, is in the midst of an “extreme pollution event.” In other words the city has been overrun wit...

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Environment

Air Pollution Is Driving Us All Down A Road To Ruin

That the government is now at last being forced to do more to reduce the dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide air pollution is welcome news (Court defeat for government on ...

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Gender

Bhubaneswar School Girl Wins IGNITE Award For Innovation That Can Curb Air Pollution

A World Health Organization (WHO) report on global health risks states that outdoor air pollution is among the top ten risks faced by humans that causes appr...

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Environment

Delhi Pollution: Leaving City No Solution; Residents, Corporates Should Take Steps For Long Term

Delhi residents continue to gasp for breath but at least one mini celebrity has decided to leave the city until the air becomes breathable again. News reports suggest that ...

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258 Grooms In Surat Will Cycle To Their Weddings To Raise Awareness About Traffic & Pollution

The Central Pollution Control Board’s data from 2002-2014 shows that all major cities in North and Central India, including Delhi and Surat, have recorded a rise in p...

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These Ingenious IIT Students Are Using Scrap Tyres To Build A Library And Playground For Needy Kids

How an architecture company founded by IITians is using scrap tyres as construction material to build playgrounds and a library for underprivileged children in Bangalore. I...

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