Delhi: Cold morning with moderate fog, 5 flights diverted
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) The national capital woke up to a cold morning with moderate fog on Tuesday with minimum temperature settling at 12 degrees C, a notch below season's average.
Cold morning in Delhi, possibility of light rain
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) National capital witnessed a cold morning on Monday with a partly cloudy sky, while minimum temperature settled at 11.2 degrees C, two notches below season's average.
Hundreds of trains, flights hit by fog in NCR
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Hundreds of trains were cancelled and tens of flights were affected in India's National Capital Region owing to fog on Sunday, reports said.
Tremors felt in Delhi, adjoining areas
Srinagar, July 1 (IBNS): Tremors were felt in New Delhi and adjoining areas on Sunday, reports said.
Delhi-NCR will generate 1,50,000 MT e-waste by 2020: ASSOCHAM study
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is likely to generate about 1,50,000 metric tonnes (MT) of e-waste per annum by 2020 from the current level of 85,000 metric tonnes growing at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 25%, reveals ASSOCHAM Council on Climate Change & Environment latest findings.
Delhi: Fog forces cancellation of 21 trains; Flight operations hit
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): Dense fog induced low visibility forced the cancellation of at least 21 Delhi bound trains, hampering travel in the north Indian state.
Delhi’s toxic smog may hit tourism badly: ASSOCHAM
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IBNS): The ongoing tourism season which is yet to pick up, could see a maximum hit with the Delhi and NCR pollution likely to economic impact in sectors like tourism, transport, automobile and real estate, an ASSOCHAM paper has said.
Air quality in Delhi better compared to last year: Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IBNS): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Harsh Vardhan has said that the air quality in Delhi has been better compared to last year.
Majority of Delhiites welcome ban on firecrackers, suggest effective implementation: Survey
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): While the Supreme Court ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has been drawing mixed reactions from people in general, majority of working professionals in the region have supported such prohibition, noted a quick random survey by ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation.
Over a thousand Delhiites renew hope for a greener planet and pledge to Go Solar
New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): After a month long campaign to spread awareness about rooftop solar, Greenpeace India found that 1,043 residents of Delhi want to solarise their rooftops.
Congestion on Delhi roads has worsened says new analysis by CSE
New Delhi, Jul 11 (IBNS): An assessment of travel time and traffic speed in Delhi by the city-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that India's capital is in the grip of a worsening congestion and pollution crisis.
'Moderate' earthquake jolts Haryana, tremors felt in Delhi
New Delhi, June 2 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale hit Haryana on Friday, officials said.
India gearing up for a hot summer as temperatures soar unusually high in end March
New Delhi, Mar 30 (IBNS): With temperatures soaring above the annual average in Delhi for the second consecutive day on Thursday, the Met office has also warned temperatures are likely to rise over the next few days, media reports said.
Not just Delhi, Air in most Indian cities hazardous; Greenpeace report
New Delhi| Jan 11 (IBNS): Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, shows that none of the Indian cities comply with standards prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and very few cities in southern India comply to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) standards.
Slight earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in Delhi
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale hit Jhajjar in Haryana as tremors were felt in Delhi,Noida and Gurgaon, officials said.