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MNA International Desk: As north India battles severe levels of pollution, authorities have deployed an air purifier at the Taj Mahal to save the iconic 17th-century marble mausoleum. The air purifier van deployed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has capacity to purify 1.5 million cubic metre air in eight hours within a 300 metre radius, reports NDTV. “Looking at the developing situation and consistent deterioration in air quality, a mobile air purifier van has been deployed at the west gate of the Taj Mahal,” Regional Officer of UPPCB Bhuvan Yadav said. Pollution around the white marble mausoleum ...

MNA International Desk: The air quality in the Indian capital plummeted to “severe” category on Monday morning, post the festival of lights “Deepawali” when people indulged in bursting firecrackers. According to the Air Quality Index (AQI) released by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the overall air quality in Delhi stood at 463 at 9:00 a.m. local time on Monday. At 7:00 a.m. local time, Delhi’s overall AQI stood at 506, and even touched 999 at around 4:00 a.m. local time, according to SAFAR. The gradual improvement in air quality was attributed to slow winds ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is working to enhance Bangladesh’s air connectivity with the rest of the world. “We’ve procured 10 passenger carriers in the last 10 years which include four 787 Dreamliners, two 737 and four 777 from Boeing. We’re preparing to procure two more aircraft,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while addressing the closing ceremony of the three-day 6th International Flight Safety Seminar 2019 jointly organised by Bangladesh Air Force and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon with the theme ‘Team Effort Can Ensure ...

MNA Feature Desk: Last year marked a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017, however, in contrast, 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, figures show. Airliner accidents killed 556 people last year compared with 44 in 2017, the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) reports. Last year’s worst civilian accident was in October when a Lion Air plane crashed in Indonesia, killing 189. The year 2017 was the safest in history for commercial airlines with no passenger jet crashes recorded. The Netherlands-based ASN said there had been a total of 15 fatal airliner accidents in 2018. ...

MNA National Desk: The High Court on Monday ordered the Department of Environment (DoE) to conduct mobile court drives twice a week to take legal action against those responsible for air pollution in the capital. The bench of justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and justice KM Kamrul Kader issued the order after hearing a writ petition. The court also asked the authorities concerned to take steps to surround areas undergoing development and repair works within the next 15 days to prevent the spread of dust. It ordered to spray water in ‘dusk-prone’ areas twice a day. The mayors of the two ...