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Police use water cannon against protesters in Paris, over 100 peop
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Paris [France], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Police in Paris have used a water cannon to disperse protesters on Saturday as rioters started to throw bottles and firecrackers at officers, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
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NGT extends ban on sale, use of firecrackers until Covid situation
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has extended its ban on the sale and use of firecrackers in the national capital region and all cities and towns across the country where the ambient air quality falls under the 'poor and worse' category until the situati
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BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi's granddaughter succumbs to burn injuri
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 17 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi's eight-year-old granddaughter succumbed to injuries sustained during the bursting of firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali.
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Pollution levels higher in Delhi this Diwali as compared to 2019:
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Pollution levels were higher in Delhi this Diwali as compared to last year due to bursting of firecrackers and stubble burning, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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A day after Diwali: Mumbai's AQI at 148, much better than Delhi's
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 15 (ANI): Mumbai's Air Quality Index a day after Diwali on Sunday was 148, according to data provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which was much lower than Delhi which recorded an AQI of 435 which was in the severe category. The re
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MCGM gets 15 calls for fire assistance on Diwali
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 15 (ANI): Only 15 calls due to firecrackers were received by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on the occasion of Diwali on November 14 as compared to the yearly average of around 150 to 200, District Fire Officer (DFO) said on Sunday.
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Chandigarh: People happy with controlled air pollution after firec
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 15 (ANI): Chandigarh's sector 22 woke up with fresh air and clean roads even after Diwali. Due to the blanket ban on bursting firecrackers, the city observed less pollution, residents said.
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UP cities violate cracker ban, resulting in high pollution level,
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 15 (ANI): Despite a government ban on crackers in some Uttar Pradesh cities, especially those near Delhi, residents couldn't resist bursting firecrackers during Diwali on Saturday, resulting in poor Air Quality Index (AQI) level and low visibility th
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Delhi reports 206 fire calls on Diwali, one killed in Mundka
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): As many as 206 fire calls were received by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) on the occasion of Diwali on Saturday, Delhi Fire Service said today. One person was killed in the fire that broke out at a godown in Delhi's Mundka area on Diwali eve.
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Despite ban, people burst firecrackers in UP's Ghaziabad to celebr
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 15 (ANI): Despite a ban imposed by the Uttar Pradesh Government on the sale and use of firecrackers in NCR, people burst firecrackers in Ghaziabad to celebrate Diwali on Saturday evening.
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Air quality worsens in the national capital post-Diwali
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): People in Delhi woke up to a further spike in air pollution as the city continued to remain engulfed in a blanket of smog post-Diwali with the air quality index in 'severe' and 'very poor quality' at several places on Sunday morning.
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North MCD sprinkles water in Sadar Bazaar area to control air poll
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): The North Delhi Municipal Corporation sprinkled water in Sadar Bazaar area of Delhi on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday as a measure against the sudden rise in the air pollution owing to the bursting of firecrackers during Diwali celebrations
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