by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2022 | Facts, Health, Non-Life
A report by Greenpeace India said further said 62 per cent of pregnant women in the country live in the most polluted areas, compared to 56 per cent people in the whole population Over 99 per cent of India’s population is breathing air that exceeds the World...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
If the situation turns ”severe” (Stage III), authorities will have to enforce a ban on construction and demolition activities in NCR, except on essential projects (like railways, metros, airports, ISBTs, national security/defense-related projects of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2022 | Facts, Health
As per Air Quality Life Index’s (AQLI) new analysis, air pollution shortens average Indian life expectancy by five years, and in the Indo-Gangetic plains of northern India, 510 million residents, nearly 40 percent of the country’s population, are on track...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The study, published last week in the journal Science Advances, shows rapid degradation in air quality and increases in urban exposure to air pollutants which are hazardous to health. Dhaka, Bangladesh, saw a total of 24,000 excess premature deaths, while the Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 1, 2022 | Health, Indian News
The report released by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said India accounted for one out of every four deaths due to air pollution in 2019 The report said 4,76,000 infants died globally in their first month of life from health effects associated...
