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...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR on Friday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying it has constituted an enforcement task force to monitor compliance with its directions to control air pollution in the national capital region....
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy
The top court made it crystal clear that it needs to take action within 24 hours to curb air pollution in the capital. The bench said: “If you do not act, we will step in…we have extraordinary steps in mind. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday minced no...
