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Documentary: Undercover Asia: Airpocalypse

Indian project bets on cell phones to create and spread stories about air pollution

Blue skies during lockdown, but can Indiaâ€™s respite from its pollution woes last?

Actor and climate-activist Leonardo DiCaprio has once again turned his attention to climate conditions in India. This time the focus being the dismal air quality in the country's capital of Delhi.&nbsp;



In an Instagram post, the 45-year-old star shared pictures from a protest organised earlier this month at India Gate to demand government action against the declining air quality in the city.&nbsp;



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Leonardo DiCaprio posts about Delhi's #RightToBreathe protest; says 'air pollution the 5th-largest killer in India

Varanasi known for its heritage and culture is also known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. According to reports by the World Health Organization (WHO), Varanasi ranks third as theÂ <a href="https://fit.thequint.com/health-news/kanpur-most-polluted-city-says-who">worldâ€™s most polluted city</a>among 4,300 world cities. 14 out of the top 15 cities are from India with Kanpur ranking first in the list followed by Faridabad.

Varanasi, Third Most Polluted City in the World â€“ What Can We Do?

Prime Minister Narendra Modiâ€™s constituency Varanasi, which goes to polls on Sunday, continues to have only one air quality monitoring station, despite being ranked as among the top 3 most polluted cities in the world three years ago, a Right to Information request has found.

Varanasi has only one air quality monitoring station

I call Delhi my home. And why shouldn't I? I've lived here for over 30 years and went through all of its phases it had to offer.&nbsp;



As a child, I developed chronic bronchitis while staying in the city and it made me uncomfortable from time to time. It was nothing major to worry about because it was latent and it hardly ever occurred again in my growing-up years.&nbsp;

Doctors Have Found A Way To Tackle Delhi's Bad Air Quality & We Can't Help But Consider It

In the wake of the air pollution reaching alarming levels in Delhi, hundreds of people gathered near the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate Tuesday evening, demanding government action.



â€œMy eyes and lungs are burning while I talk right now,â€_x009d_ said Aman Sharma, a student at the protest. â€œI suffer from rhinitis, which has gotten worse due to the present situation. There is no need for us children to be here, demanding clean air to breathe. Air pollution is a political, environmental, national, human rights issue. Why do we have to protest or things as basic as clean air?â€_x009d_

Delhi pollution: Protesters at India Gate demand government action

The year 2020 has brought so many firsts and new experiences, and this yearâ€™s Earth Day, April 22, will certainly be among them. Because we canâ€™t go outside and participate in collective experiences, we are celebrating the Earth on Twitter this year.



The conversation on Twitter has spiked 285% around the discussion of&nbsp;action&nbsp;and&nbsp;innovation&nbsp;in sustainability, and there have been more than 1 million Tweets tying this period of COVID-19 to impacts on the environment. Moreover, there are about 20 million unique Tweets about the environment since last Earth Day.

Twitter blossoms with environmental conversations on this 50th #EarthDay

L' Â« airpocalypse Â» est de retour pour une nouvelle saison. La capitale indienne suffoque depuis plusieurs jours dÃ©jÃ  dans un Ã©pais brouillard de pollution. La brume toxique qui enveloppe Delhi laisse difficilement passer les rayons du soleil et plonge la ville dans une grisaille quasi-apocalyptique. DÃ¨s le petit matin, la pollution s'immisce dans les maisons : elle commence par irriter les yeux, encombrer les voies respiratoires et le soir, nombreux sont ceux qui se plaignent de maux tÃªte.Â

Air pollution levels have skyrocketed over the past few years in India, making the very simple act of breathing, one of the most dangerous things you can do today. Amidst all the smog, a New Delhi-based organisation is trying to make a little room for air. Let Me Breathe is a platform that curates stories from across India to inform and educate people about the threats of air pollution.

World Environment Day: can stories save us from air pollution?

This year has brought many firsts and new experiences and this yearâ€™s Earth Day, April 22, is certainly among them. While people cannot get outside and participate in the outdoor and collective experiences in person, they are celebrating the Earth on Twitter.The conversation on Twitter has spiked 285 per cent around the discussion of â€˜actionâ€™ and â€˜innovationâ€™ in sustainability and there have been more than one million tweets tying this period of Covid-19 to itsâ€™ impact on the environment. There have been at least 20 million tweets about the environment since the last Earth Day.

Twitter chirps with environmental conversations on 50th Earth Day

CS Grewal, a powerfully-built man of 54, sporting a long grey beard, red turban and curved Shepardâ€™s stick cuts a striking figure as he walks purposely across the land on the edge of his seven-acre organic vegetable farm in the state of Pubjab in northern India.



Black smoke slowly rises from his neighbour's farm as flames lick-up near to the ground in the rice paddies. Grewal's neighbour is burning the straw leftover from harvested rice plants to allow him to sow a new crop, wheat, quickly in the same field.

Can mobile storytelling help end stubble-burning scourge in India?'

CNA's award-winning flagship investigative series returns for the seventh year to uncover the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia and shine the light on the plight of the disenfranchised and the displaced. Â  This season, we get to investigate the unexpected fallout in Indonesia from China's decision to ban plastic waste; the causes and consequences of South Korea's massive household debt; the rise of non-consensual porn in Singapore; and the dark side of the quest for white skin in the Philippines.

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