India’s capital is reeling from the double impact of the coronavirus and severe air pollution, New Delhi’s chief minister warned last week, as the megacity reported a record jump in cases and its worst smog in a year. With fears growing about rising infections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal joined several other Indian states in banning […]
While social media may not necessarily be such a bad thing with its penchant to be on top of news (in my effort to peer into a glass that is half full, I am being generous and discounting the substantial ‘fake’ component), I find the lot of those who inhabit the domain as determined denizens […]
Pollution levels in Delhi dipped slightly on Monday but the air quality stayed in the ‘poor’ category, with government agencies saying the average air quality index (AQI) was likely to slip to ‘very poor’ in the next few days due to a change in wind direction and a reduction in speed. The city recorded a […]
China will promise to “do more” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new pledges to be delivered to the United Nations before the end of this year, said the country’s top climate change advisor, Xie Zhenhua, on Tuesday. Xie, who led the Chinese delegation in global climate negotiations from 2007 to 2018, said that during […]
