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Mumbaiโ€™s AQI In โ€˜Poorโ€™ Category, Delhi At โ€˜Very Poorโ€™

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Delhi on the other hand recorded an Air Quality Index of 245 on Sunday on SAFAR. The areas near Delhi university saw an AQI of 290.

Mumbai: The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Mumbai, the financial capital of India remained โ€˜poorโ€™ on Sunday, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).

According to SAFAR, the AQI of Mumbai indicated the โ€˜lower end of poorโ€™ and is likely to remain within the limits of โ€˜poorโ€™ for the next few days. The AQI of Maharashtraโ€™s Capital was measured at 245 on Sunday morning. The Mazegaon area of Mumbai recorded โ€˜very poorโ€™ at AQI 313, whereas the AQI of Colaba was recorded at 280 (Poor).

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The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) area of Mumbai recorded an AQI of 300 and in the Chembur area, AQI of 319 was recorded as โ€˜very poorโ€™.

Delhi on the other hand recorded an Air Quality Index of 245 on Sunday on SAFAR. The areas near Delhi university saw an AQI of 290.

In the NCR region, the air quality peaked in Noida with an AQI of 303. The AQI in Gurugram was recorded as โ€˜moderateโ€™ at 169.

The Air Quality Index from 0 to 100 is considered as good, while from 100 to 200 it is moderate, from 200 to 300 it is poor, and from 300 to 400 it is said to be very poor and from 400 to 500 or above it is considered as severe.

The Union government panel that recommends steps to control pollution in the national capital region on December 7 revoked actions under the graded response action plan (GRAP) stage III with immediate effect, because of a noteworthy fall in pollution.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

 

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The Kashmir Files: IAS Officer Served Show Cause-Notice Over His Tweets

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Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government issued a show-cause notice to IAS officer Niyaz Khan on Thursday, March 24, claiming that his tweets on the film The Kashmir Files amounted to hate speech and breached service rules.

Khan, a deputy secretary with the state Public Works Department (PWD), told PTI that he had got the notification and that he had seven days to respond.

โ€œThe Kashmir Files shows the pain of Brahmins. They should be allowed to live safely in Kashmir with honour. The producer must also make a movie to show the killings of a large number of Muslims across several states. Muslims are not insects but human beings and citizens of [the] country,โ€ he had tweeted, prompting strong opposition from the government in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state.

Director Vivek Agnihotriโ€™s The Kashmir Files, which focuses on the events surrounding the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits between the late 1980s and early 1990s, has triggered a myriad of responses, including anti-Muslim hate speeches and sloganeering in theatres.

Khan had also appealed to the producer of the film to donate the earnings from the film for the education of the children of Kashmiri Pandits and construction of homes for them in Kashmir.

Speaking to media on 23 March, the stateโ€™s Home Minister, Narottam Mishra, had said that he (Niyaz Khan) was crossing the limits (Lakshman Rekha) and that a show-cause notice would be served on him.

Earlier, responding to Khanโ€™s tweet, the stateโ€™s Medical Education Minister, Vishvas Sarang, had accused him of โ€˜Firqa Parastiโ€™ (sectarianism), adding that he should be removed from the PWD.

โ€œAny administrative officer should concentrate on his duty. Talking about anarchy and animosity in this way, talking about Hindu-Muslim in this way, their thinking behind the scenes trying to establish themselves among a class of people not good,โ€ he had said.

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