Sg Johor pollution: Some Residents In Johor Bahru Forced To Bathe At Mosques

By Nur Fatin Mohmad Kadenen JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- The water supply disruption following the pollution incident in Sungai Johor has forced some residents in several housing areas around this district to bathe at mosques and collect...

‘Leave Delhi For 6-8 Weeks If Possible’: Ex-AIIMS Pulmonologist Advises Amid Worsening Air Pollution

Delhi’s air quality continued to deteriorate on Sunday, recording an overall AQI of 377 in the morning, with several areas such as Anand Vihar, Chandni Chowk, RK Puram, and Rohini crossing the 400 mark, putting them in the ‘severe’ category. The...

Delhi air pollution: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asks PM Modi, Delhi CM to take steps to clear 'filthy smog'

New Delhi: Flagging the issue of air pollution in Delhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to intervene and take immediate...

Delhi's Air Crisis: 17,200 Lives Lost, 15% of All Deaths Tied to Pollution in 2023

New Global Burden of Disease data shows that ambient particulate matter pollution caused nearly 17,200 deaths in Delhi in 2023, about 15% of all fatalities. The study also reports 4.9 lakh healthy years lost (DALYs).Latest Global Burden of Disease...

‘Time to come together,’ Priyanka Gandhi urges immediate centre-state action on Delhi pollution crisis

India News Gandhi, who recently returned to the capital after campaigning in Bihar and visiting her constituency in Wayanad, said the stark difference in air quality was "truly shocking." In a post on X, she described the pollution in Delhi as a...

Delhi faces "severe" air pollution levels

NEW DELHI, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Several areas in the Indian capital faced "Severe" air pollution levels on Sunday, even as the Air Quality Index (AQI) crossed the 400-mark and a dense smog enveloped the city. Experts said that people living in Delhi...

‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green

For decades, Germany has forged a reputation as an environmental powerhouse: a sustainable world leader in recycling and renewables, whose citizens care deeply about protecting the planet. But in many ways, that popular green tale is being exposed...

As Delhi chokes, Priyanka calls for urgent steps: ‘We will support’

With Delhi’s air quality slipping into the ‘very poor’ category for the second consecutive day, Congress leader and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday called for urgent intervention to tackle the “filthy smog” people are breathing. The...

Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use

Communities around Louisiana, in a bid to get more information about the environmental and health impacts of industrial pollution, are taking data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their research findings can be used...

Operations at PUB's Johor River Waterworks resume, after one-day suspension due to water pollution incident

SINGAPORE: Operations at PUB's Johor River Waterworks have resumed, Singapore's national water agency said on Sunday (Nov 2), following a temporary suspension after pollution was detected in the Johor River a day earlier. "As of 12pm on Sunday,...

Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering

General : Sg Johor Pollution: JAKOA To Assist Orang Asli Fishermen In Claiming Compensation

KOTA TINGGI, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- The Johor branch of the Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) will assist 25 Orang Asli fishermen in Kampung Sungai Sayong here to seek compensation from those responsible for causing pollution in Sungai...

General : Schools In Johor To Operate As Usual Despite Sg Johor Pollution

JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- The Johor State Education Department (JPNJ) will coordinate with Ranhill SAJ to ensure water supply through tankers to schools afftected by pollution of Sungai Johor in the event of water disruption tomorrow. Johor...

Pollution Crisis: Why a Leading Lung Specialist Urges People to Move Out of Delhi-NCR?

Top Pulmonologist Warns Delhi-NCR Residents to Move Out Amid Pollution Crisis Even as Delhi-NCR continues to reel under the “very poor” category air, there has been a dramatic surge in the city’s serious health crises, according to a senior...

This Artificial Leaf Turns Pollution Into Power

“If we’re going to build a circular, sustainable economy, the chemical industry is a big, complex problem that we must address,” said Professor Erwin Reisner from Cambridge’s Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, who led the research. “We’ve got...

Pollution board warns against ‘fakes’ operating in its name

Pollution data can’t be manipulated, stop ‘bothering’ people: CM to AAP

An anti-smog gun spraying water droplets to curb rising air pollution at North Campus in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI New Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday told the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to stop “bothering” people with...

Pollution data cannot be tampered, says CM

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday lambasted the AAP and said that pollution data cannot be tampered with and advised the “unemployed” Opposition to stick to singing songs. Her response came after the AAP criticised the Government’s cloud...

Air pollution claims one in seven lives in Delhi: Report warns of rising health crisis

Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi New Delhi, Nov 2: A startling revelation from the latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data has once again brought Delhi’s pollution woes into sharp focus. According to figures released by the Institute for...

PUB resumes operations at Johor River Waterworks one day after water pollution halted supply

JOHOR BAHRU – Singapore’s national water agency PUB resumed operations at Johor River Waterworks at noon on Nov 2, a day after a number of Johor treatment plants halted supply due to raw water pollution. The move by PUB to resume operations came...