SAFAR Current Affairs, GK & News
Air Quality Commission’s Directions on Piped Natural Gas (PNG)
The Air Quality commission recently directed all the industries in the National Capital Region to switch over to Piped Natural Gas. Also, the commission provided a set of other directions. The twenty-member Commission was formed by Ministry of Environment. Air Quality Commission Directions The commission directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to inspect and identify ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Air Quality Index • Delhi pollution • Delhi Pollution Control Committee • Fog • GAIL • Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) • National Capital Region • Natural Gas • SAFAR • western disturbances
Peak Hour Pollution flattened due to COVID-19
In Indian big cities, the peak hour pollution in the morning and evening flattened due to the lock down. The lock down imposed in the country to contain the spread of COVID-19 has brought down particulate matter of sizes less than 2.5 microns greatly. Highlights The big metropolitans like Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Air pollution • AQI • Corona virus • COVID-19 • CPCB • Delhi pollution • lock down • Particulate Matter emissions • SAFAR
SAFAR: Most advanced System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting inuagrated in Delhi
Ministry of Earth Sciences has unveiled state-of-the-art Air Quality and Weather Forecast System– SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting) at Chandni Chowk in Delhi. It is first of its kind and most advanced system in India. Such advanced are also proposed to be implemented in other three cities of India- Pune, Mumbai and ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Topics: Air pollution • Environment • Ministry of Earth Sciences • New Delhi • Pollution Forecasting • SAFAR • Science and Technology • System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting • Weather forecasting
Government to tie up with US and Finland to jointly develop new pollution-forecast system
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is tying up with US and Finland to develop new pollution-forecast system that will help anticipate particulate matter (PM) levels at least two days in advance and at greater resolution. The new system will jointly developed with expertise from Finnish Meteorological Institute and US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Air pollution • Environment • India-US-Finland • Ministry of Earth Sciences • New Pollution Forecast System • NOAA • SAFAR
Delhi’s air quality very poor: SAFAR
According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) national capital New Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category. The average (24-hour rolling) of PM2.5 and PM10, suspended respirable pollutants, were recorded as 120.8 and 248 micrograms per cubic metre as against safe limits of 60 and 100. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Topics: Air Quality • Environment • National • New Delhi • Pollution • SAFAR