दिल्ली में एक्यूआई का स्तर 200 को पार करता है तो हाहाकार मच जाता है, इधर कोरबा का लेवल 400 पार करने पर भी खामोशी रहती है
कोरबा (आईपी न्यूज)। नई दिल्ली में प्रदूषण को लेकर हाहाकार मचा हुआ है। भारत की राजधानी या कोई और बड़े शहरों में वायु गुणवत्ता सूचकांक (एक्यूआई) का स्तर 200 माइक्रोग्राम क्यूबिक मीटर को पार करते ही पुरे देश में चर्चा शुरू हो जाती है। कोरबा एक ऐसा शहर है जहां का एक्यूआई...
Govt. bans asbestos roofs in schools
Schools in the State will soon be rid of asbestos roofing sheets. The government has issued an order banning asbestos roofing sheets in schools. Existing roofs will have to be removed within two years and replaced with suitable materials. The order comes in the wake...
Greenpeace analysis ranks global SO2 air pollution hotspots
New Delhi, India – Power plants and industries burning coal and oil are responsible for two-thirds of the anthropogenic sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission hotspots tracked by NASA satellites, according to a Greenpeace India analysis. Oil refineries and metals smelters are...
Villages of Widows in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna District
Panna: In the extreme summer heat, 35-year-old Mithali Adiwasi of Manjha village is seated outside her mud house, cleaning lice from her four-year-old daughter’s hair. A mother of two girls, Mithali is worried how to feed them. Early in the morning, she had gone to...
CSIR to certify air quality monitoring sensors
The Union Environment Ministry has tasked the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) with certifying air quality monitoring instruments. This is in anticipation of a rising demand by States — against the backdrop of...
The Art of Converting Workers ‘Rights’ Into ‘Benefits’
In the run up to the return of the Narendra Modi government to power in the 2019 general elections, employment and joblessness have once again become a central subject of debate. The government seems to have decided to try to respond to this debate by instituting, and...
Air pollution kills 100,000 Indian children every year, study says
New Delhi -- The noxious air hanging over India's towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study published Wednesday for World Environment Day found. India has repeatedly failed to address environmental concerns. Last year a...
NIOH to develop occupational health programme in Indian context
The National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), an ICMR institute and the training division of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), is developing a unique program designed for the care and compliance of unorganised sector workers perspective for...
Will look for alternatives to carcinogenic asbestos: Environment Minister
NEW DELHI: Waking up to the hazards of asbestos use that puts millions of workers at risk of contracting cancer, the government has said its use must end and the Centre will ask scientists to look for alternatives. "Since the use of asbestos is affecting human health,...
Other states to adopt Raj model on silicosis
Jaipur: The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission's (RSHRC) pioneering efforts to provide solace to silicosis victims in state have garnered appreciation at the national level. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has accepted it as a model programme in...