Delhi's pollution season is round the corner, but is the government better prepared this time to keep smog episodes at bay?

Senior officials in the Delhi government, meanwhile, confirmed that five people have succumbed to the infection this year — including two residents of Delhi.

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday announced new norms to improve bankability of solar power projects and boost investments without raising tariff, even as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Karan Singh Tanwar Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 22/08/2017 regarding felling of trees by Delhi Cantonment Board. Amicus Curiae submits that more than 3500 saplings have been planted in the Cantonment area. The officers concerned of the Cantonment Board shall ensure that all these plants are looked after well, atleast for a period of 5 years and there are no tree casualties. The Cantonment Board shall not fell any trees except after obtaining permission from the concerned competent authority and thereafter, leave of the Tribunal.

From next April, real time pollution data of each vehicle will be available online in Vahan portal of central government, which is the depository of all vehicle related information.

The tribunal which had last year banned the registration of new diesel vehicles as well as their re- registration after 10 years clarified in its recent order that the new vehicles should be used o

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has been asked to set up 20 more real-time monitoring stations by 15th October.

NEW DELHI: The Badarpur thermal power plant which stopped operations last winter will again close down from mid-October to keep air pollution levels under control in winter.

Art of Living argument in NGT is hinged on a catch: wetlands get their identity only through notification by govt under Rules.

According to a report prepared by CPCB in March last year, the cities of Varanasi and Faridabad are the most polluted in winters, with the air quality index regularly showing the severely polluted

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