RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI
In a surprise move the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and ICAT has come up with a study that claims diesel is less polluting than CNG.

The study, titled

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A method called burn and churn is being proposed by the CPCB to deal with the safe disposal of biomedical waste in the country
THE Central Pollution Control Board proposes to implement new technologies to efficiently handle the biomedical waste produced by hospitals across the country.

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NEW DELHI: Pollution is rising to "unhealthy levels" in the Indian capital, and this can cause several health problems, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said Monday.

The levels of both particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide were up.

Tirupur: It turned out to be a noisy and polluted Deepavali in Tirupur city this year.

This was revealed in the ambient air quality and noise pollution surveys conducted by the District Environmental Laboratory (DEL) of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board here during the Deepavali day and on the day prior to it.

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The Central Pollution Control Board has asked all the state boards to test the noise level of crackers available in the market and submit a report after fireworks from Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu were found to violate norms.

The directive, signed by a senior official, was issued after a bulk of the Sivakasi produce failed to meet the national standards in tests conducted by the central board.

Former ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair released a compendium titled