Selfie with Sapling Campaign

The Union Environment Minister launched the #SelfiewithSapling to urge people to join and plant a sapling and post the selfie with the sapling on social media on the eve of World Environment Day 2019. World Environment Day 2019 5th June will be observed as World Environment Day (WED) with the theme of Air Pollution . ..

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Environment Current Affairs

Topics: green technologies • National Clean Air Programme • NCAP • PM10 • PM2.5 • Renewable energy • Selfie with Sapling • World Environment Day • World Environment Day 2019

14 of Indian cities figure in World’s 20 most polluted cities list: WHO

According to Global Urban Air Pollution database released by World Health Organisation (WHO), 14 Indian cities have figured in list of world’s 20 most polluted cities in terms of particulate matter PM2.5 levels in 2016. These 14 cities include Delhi, Varanasi, Kanpur, Faridabad, Gaya, Patna, Agra, Muzaffarpur, Srinagar, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Patiala and Jodhpur. They were ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018

Topics: Environment • particulate matter • PM10 • PM2.5 • Pollution • WHO • World’s 20 most polluted cities list