Foul air causing deaths in India? 'Yes', 'can't say': 2 govt arms take differing stands | Delhi News

Foul air causing deaths in India? ‘Yes’, ‘can’t say’: 2 govt arms take differing stands | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Is air pollution directly causing deaths in India? The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MOEFCC) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under health ministry have offered starkly different answers to this question, exposing a policy contradiction at the heart of the govt’s public health and environment response.On Thursday, MOEFCC…

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‘Touched, hugged, thanked’: Air India staffer groped South Korean woman during frisking at Bengaluru airport; arrested | Bengaluru News

‘Touched, hugged, thanked’: Air India staffer groped South Korean woman during frisking at Bengaluru airport; arrested | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: A 32-year-old businesswoman from South Korea accused an airline ground-handling staff member of sexual harassment at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here Monday. In the name of “manual frisking”, the accused allegedly touched her inappropriately, hugged her and thanked her.The woman, who arrived in India on a tourist visa in November, was returning to her…

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Delhi air pollution: GRAP IV restrictions revoked; decision after slight improvement | India News

Delhi air pollution: GRAP IV restrictions revoked; decision after slight improvement | India News

NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management, Centre’s pollution watchdog, on Tuesday revoked the GRAP-IV restrictions in Delhi-NCR, citing an improvement in air quality.In its order, CAQM stated that measures under Stage 1, 2, and 3 of the revised GRAP will continue to remain in effect. Delhi’s Air Pollution Gets Attention, But Most Indian…

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