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Posted by Shakti Saran on February 21, 2016 at 2:26pm
AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA
Lung Screening for Children and Everyone in India on IndiaShakti.org
Hi All, Please share about air pollution with your family and friends which should also help to make things better or else your conditions might also keep worsening. I share details below from different sources but can't say for their correctness.
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17th February 2016: As per the article, "34.5 per cent of non-smokers in Delhi have impaired lungs: Study. The longer you stay in Delhi, the unhealthier your lungs are."
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/34-5-per-cent-of-non-smokers-in-...
I do think that there's a significant difference between rarely / minimally smoking and continuously taking in harmful to severely harmful air for the long-term. If you smoke then also you should be highly concerned about air pollution.
14th December 2015: Potential physiologic effects of in-vehicle, roadside, and ambient PM2.5 were investigated in young, healthy, non-smoking, male North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers.
The observations in these healthy young men suggest that in-vehicle exposure to PM2.5 may cause pathophysiologic changes that involve inflammation, coagulation, and cardiac rhythm.
The associations of these health endpoints with ambient and roadside PM2.5 were smaller and less significant.
Diesel fumes cause lung cancer, the World Health Organization declared. Many studies have suggested links between diesel and lung cancer, but Dr. Silverman said hers was the first to measure with precision how much diesel exhaust each group of mineworkers was exposed to. Her study clearly established that the more a miner was exposed to diesel, the greater his cancer risk, she said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/health/diesel-fumes-cause-lung-ca...
30th May 2015: Heat & dust raise Delhi's air toxins to critical levels
In Delhi, toxins in the air rose alarmingly due to a cloud cover trapping pollutants. The capital's air quality index (AQI) breached the 'severe' level, going from 219 (poor) on Wednesday to 410 in one of the sharpest single-day spikes in recent months.
Fine particle pollution (PM2.5) that AQI measures wasn't the only threat lurking in the capital's air. Over the past week, when torrid weather made headlines, levels of the highly toxic ozone (O3) gas were also very high, often double the safe standard of 50 parts per billion.
Read the full article with a lot more details on http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Heat-...
5th May 2015: Of the affected children, lung health of 9% affected kids has been termed 'poor' and the remaining 26% was dubbed 'bad'. While the findings have left doctors and green activists shocked, Kolkata has actually fared better than Delhi, where 40% have poor lung health, and Bengaluru, where the figure was pegged at 36%. Mumbai, with 27%, fared the best among the four metros.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Air-pollution-takes...
16th April 2015: "Pollution turns Lotus Temple marble yellow" And what about lungs? I can perhaps understand about jiski maa Indian sadak ki kutiya in that area, however, what about children of humans there? Do you know? Do you stay or go much to Delhi area? What about children in Delhi area schools? I read about some of the embassy schools that they're trying to do much against pollution for their students. Do you wonder the hierarchy like of pigs, tigers and humans?
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/pollution/poll...
15th April 2015: In almost half of the 28 locations, there wasn't enough air pollution data to record pollution levels, including 5 out of 11 locations in Delhi – the highly-polluted ITO, Shahdara areas and the industrial zone around the Delhi College of Engineering in north Delhi's Bawana.
The air quality was indicated to be "moderate" in certain other areas though in real-time monitoring by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) as well as the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed high toxicity levels.
The Air Quality Index failed even in other places including Agra, Faridabad, Ahemdabad and Hyderabad, while a partial report was generated in Lucknow, Chennai and Bengaluru.
http://www.thenewsreports.com/insufficient-data-monitor-air-quality...
6th April 2015: The German school (in Delhi, India), backed by that country's embassy, doesn't let children play outside if RSPM levels top the 300 µg/m3 mark (the average figure for Delhi is 316 this year, over 16 times the permissible limit).
Lycee Francais de Delhi, a school supported by France's embassy, plans to install 60 air purifiers.
Since 2014, student athletes at the American Embassy School wear masks while training outdoors. Twice every school day, staff measure air quality and then decide if children can go outdoors.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/embassy-schools...
5th April 2015: Air quality of Delhi and Mumbai will be "very poor" in the next few days, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday, due to a dust storm which originated in the Gulf region last week.
PM2.5 was just 70 microgram/m3 (mgpmc) (moderate) on April 2 which is 144 mgpmc today (Poor) and will go up by 210 mgpmc (Very Poor) by Tuesday (April 7).
PM2.5 is considered to be very dangerous as it affects lungs and enters the blood stream.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/46816313.cms
For the record, the PM2.5 limit prescribed by WHO (World Health Organization) is 10 microgrammes per cubic metre and the Indian limit is 40 microgrammes per cubic metre.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-air-pollution-weather-gree...
In 2013, a study involving 312,944 people in nine European countries revealed that there was no safe level of particulates and that for every increase of 10 μg/m3 in PM10, the lung cancer rate rose 22%. The smaller PM2.5 were particularly deadly, with a 36% increase in lung cancer per 10 μg/m3 as it can penetrate deeper into the lungs.
Particulates are the deadliest form of air pollution due to their ability to penetrate deep into the lungs and blood streams unfiltered, causing permanent DNA mutations, heart attacks and premature death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particulates
17th March 2015: What makes Indian like this?
Someone wrote to me:
Hi Shakti,
I"t seems, you love to awake in Night :)
If you really wanna get fresh air, wake up early morning.
Hi PERSON,
That's a highly unfortunate comment if you think about it. Did your parents you teach you that if I can ask that? If so then did they teach you that air should be clean enough at all times if I can ask that? What if someone works at different times of the day? Do you know the pollution level around you? Do you have any children and if so then do they wear anti-pollution mask when Bangalore air in general is so harmful based on leading newspapers?
26th February 2015: EU asks its diplomats to install air purifiers at homes, offices in Delhi. When I read comments in news websites by users who don't share their details and talk bad about others who might even be trying to do something good then I also sometimes wonder that how weak and highly unfortunate are the Indian street dogs. Not only others can't really understand their barking due to the issues that they face because of the harmful to very harmful chemicals in air, water, food, land and things that affect them but also that they aren't able like humans to think and do about the issues. Also, do you wonder about how your mothers and children and future generations are getting affected and also you? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/EU-as...
24th February 2015: Jab doodh pilaye Indian to capital bane kitna sadiyal? "Badarpur among most polluting and wasteful power plants: Study" Is this the reality and if so then how bad? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Badar...
Do you wonder what happens to girls and women in India who breathe in a lot of harmful air and then what quality of babies they produce and what quality of milk they produce for the babies who're the future of our their society and environment including our capital? I wish us best!
17th February 2015: Delhi kids exposed to very unhealthy air in schools
The air-quality monitoring survey carried out by Greenpeace inside five prominent schools across Delhi found the particulate matter (PM) 2.5 levels to be four times the Indian safety limits and 10 times that of the World Health Organisation, said a statement by the NGO.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health...
5th February 2015: Every Bengalurean (person in Bangalore) smokes 6 cigarettes a day!
Do you wonder what harmful chemicals in air, water, food, land and products do to girls who'll produce and feed their milk to babies?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Every-Bengalurean...
I've also shared it in my article Bangalore rotting, killing, dying?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bangalore-rotting-killing-dying-shak...
12th January 2015: Even an educated enough Indian might not be well aware about how they might be getting severely harmed.
One professional working for me in Delhi said that according to recent news it's not cars but its dust that pollutes Delhi most. I shared about this article with the person. (I don't know about the correctness of the articles. I'm sharing what a highly-reputed newspaper has shared so that more and more people can get better aware.):
The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) had told the court that dust was responsible for 52.2% of the pollution load in the capital while vehicles contributed only 6.6%. But a paper by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, which started maintaining Delhi's air quality data since the 2010 Commonwealth Games, says vehicles contributed to 32% of the total particulate matter of size 2.5 micron and less (PM 2.5) in 2010. The figure has since risen to 36%. Other sources of pollution, including unpaved roads and construction activity, contributed 28% in 2010, which came down to 26% in 2013.
Sources pointed out that the MoEF report talks about PM in general, not drawing a difference between PM 10 and PM 2.5. The latter is universally considered to be the more harmful of the two, and its levels are considered when drawing up policy.
People working in India should feel like human when they travel on roads because their mothers aren't like Indian street pigs, dogs or any other animals. How do you feel?
Indian sadak ke suar, kutte and other animals could create and feel badboo (bad smell) on the roads but humans in general should feel khushboo (nice smell) on the roads including due to having greenery and below the limit pollution as per the best safest levels for human.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-misled-court-on-Delhi...
11th January 2015: According to data with Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the PM2.5 level for the past three years - 2012, 2013, 2014 - during January 25 to 27 (the period when Obama will be here) was between 130 to 170 microgram per cubic metre, which is at least five times the WHO standard, eight times the US Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) standard and twice the Indian safe standard.
Note that safe standard in India is much weaker than that of World Health Organization and of US Environment Protection Agency and even then the Indian safe limits are also crossed.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhis-polluted-air-m...
24th November 2014: Exercising in intense air pollution? I've been sharing about this for a long while from common sense and today I read this:
"While environmental regulators in the United States recommend against exercising in intense air pollution, they presume such pollution levels are rare, which they are in the United States."
Please don't get used to such severely harmful pollution.
How do you feel about children studying, playing or doing anything in such severely harmful pollution who generally don't realize well about the harm and even if they do realize well then what can they really do against the harm than to mostly do what their parents provide for them?
Sadak ka suar gand mein rahe, used to bhi ho jaaye aur phir usko aur badhaye. Hum to insaan hai. Maa ke doodh ke bare mein bhi soche harmful chemicals related.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/sports/in-delhi-pushing-through-t...
5th November 2014: Air pollution reduced wheat yield by 50 per cent, says study
A study that has analysed data for the last 30 years has revealed that , arising out of smog and other pollutants, drastically reduced wheat yields in densely populated states in the country by nearly 50 per cent, making it significantly lower than what they could have been in 2010.
According to the assessment, up to 90 per cent of the decrease in potential food production seems linked to smog, made up of black carbon and other pollutants.
http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/air-pollution-wheat-yield-agr...
2nd November 2014: Odour, Odour: what artificial air-fresheners could be doing
Phthalates tend to suppress androgenic hormones, alter growth and development and cause neuro-endocrine disturbance; we call them gender-benders. Growing kids happen to be the most susceptible group.
But that is just the tip of the iceberg. One way to keep the fragrance float in air is to add small amounts of terpene, acetone, toluene and dicholoro-benzene. They reliably do their job, keeping your olfactory nerves happy — but they do something more.
Terpenes react to ozone and create pungent formaldehyde, which notoriously causes broncho-spasm (ask any medical student going to the anatomy dissection hall), acetone is toxic to blood and heart (read the warning on the nail polish remover container) while toluene targets the central nervous system. 1-4 dichloro-benzene is known to cause bronchial asthma and decreased lung function. The very fact that these molecules remain suspended for long after you press that nozzle makes the toxicity more profound for the poor consumer.
From the office to the car, from home to restaurant, waiting halls to rest rooms, the fragrance, tagged by the phthalates and company, follow you wherever you go, in effect forcing you to inhale the chemicals for far longer than you can imagine or your kids can tolerate.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/odour-odour-what-artifici...
31st October 2014: Kitne padhe likhe Indians aise honge...Kya inki maa ne inko sadaya hoga...Kya ye doosri maaon ko sada rahe honge...Kya phir aur log bhi sadenge...
A while ago, some seemingly educated person having children told me that what's the use of trees when people are staying on the higher floors...
Suar, sher aur doosre janwar to har jagah ek jaise hi hai, lekin insaano mein itna difference kyun hai woh bhi most critical things mein...
From Delhi's air very unhealthy: US embassy monitor article:
According to US standards, readings in the 201-300 range are termed 'very unhealthy', which could lead to "significant aggravation of heart or lung disease and... significant increase in respiratory effects". The advisory for this level asks people with heart or lung disease, older adults and children to "avoid all physical activity outdoors".
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhis-air-very-unhea...
25th October 2014: Kisi ki maa ko suarni bolna ek verbal gaali hai aur jis par log ladne bhi lag sakte hai.
To phir log kya karenge jab unko pata chalega ki unki maa aur family aise pollution mein saans le rahe hai. I wish us best in fighting against pollution!
"The 24-hours average of PM10 was recorded at 427 mg per cubic metre and PM2.5 was at 278 mpcm, almost five times higher than the prescribed standard of 100 mpcm and 60 mpcm respectively," said senior scientist Dr Gufran Beig at SAFAR, which is jointly run by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and India Meteorological Department.
"These pollutants can harm the heart and brain as well. People with existing heart or lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart disease, or ischemic heart disease are at increased risk of admission to hospitals based on the severity of already existing problem," he said.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-air-quality-deteriorates-alarmingl...
10th October 2014: Lung cancer 'can hide for 20 years'
www.webmd.boots.com/lung-cancer/news/20141010/lung-cancer-can-hide-...
Do you live in a highly polluted environment?
Do you know that diesel smoke is cancerous according to WHO.
http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/14/diesel-fumes-def...
Jab maa suarni to health kaisi bhi. Achcha hai ki hum insaan hai. I wish us best !!!
11th September 2014: Children living in polluted cities have higher chances of developing brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes that raise the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, according to researchers.
When air particulate matter and heir components such as metals and toxins (like carbon and sulphur) are inhaled and swallowed, they pass through damaged cell barriers — including in the brain, lungs and gastro-intestinal tract — and cause long-lasting damage, found researchers at the University of Montana.
Jab Indian ki maa sadak ki suarni ya aur koi janwar to woh to kaise bhi jeete jayenge. Lekin hum to humans hai. Please take best care. Best!!!
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/air-pollution-in-cities-ha...
17th May 2014: Dr Sanjay Kulshresthra, the Agra-based petitioner, quotes a number of scientific studies indicating an increasing trend of low birth weight, pre-term deliveries and physical anomalies among babies in Indian cities.
Apart from the recent WHO air quality database that shows Delhi has the highest PM 2.5 (fine particle) levels, Kulshreshtra quotes a study from Newcastle University saying pregnant women in India exposed to vehicular pollution are significantly more likely to have smaller babies. "The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) added air pollution to Group 1 carcinogens, the same category under which tobacco, UV radiation and plutonium fall," the petition states.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Delhi/Agra-doctor-moves-gre...
10th May 2014: It is not just Delhi, but 25 other Indian cities have higher air pollution levels than Beijing — formerly thought to be the city with the worst air in the world — a 2014-version of the Ambient Air Pollution (AAP) Database released by WHO has shown.
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-not-alone-3-oth...
10th May 2014: A WHO study released earlier this week confirmed that the air quality in India's capital is among the worst in the world — indeed, it found Delhi's air to have the highest concentration of fine particulate matter, PM 2.5, which can deeply penetrate the lungs and contribute to asthma, cancer and heart trouble. Other Indian urban centres also throng the list; 13 of the dirtiest 20 cities are Indian. This follows on the heels of the annual Yale Environmental Performance Index, which ranked India 174 out of 178 countries in air quality in January. Before that, a 2013 World Bank report surveyed 132 countries and rated India worst on air pollution. Clearly, India's air pollution problem has hit crisis levels.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/choking-on-air/
8th May 2014: Thirteen of the dirtiest 20 cities were Indian, with New Delhi, Patna, Gwalior and Raipur in the top four spots. The Indian capital had an annual average of 153 micrograms of small particulates, known as PM2.5, per cubic metre.
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/who-finds-indian-cities-have-d...
7th April 2014:
Indians losing over years of their life
due to high pollution levels: study
http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indians-lo...
15th April 2014: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Environmental Economics, Michael Greenstone speaking on 'Shorter lives due to air pollution and some potential solutions for India' at a lecture organised by PHFI earlier this week noted: "There is new evidence on people's exposure to ambient concentrations of airborne Particulate Matter the most dangerous form of air pollution in India, China, and other countries. For much of India's population, these concentrations greatly exceed India's National Ambient Air Quality Standards and levels that the World Health Organisation consider safe."
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-has-the-worst-air-q...
16th March 2014: A very senior person in Delhi who has contributed to security of India at top level is now having serious respiratory issues. What kind of an end is he going to have? What kind of a beginning are the many new born having given the severely harmful pollution? What are you doing? I wish us best.
Jiski maa sadak ki kutiya uski hawa holi ke din kaisi? Jaisi insaan wahan hawa rakhe waisi. (Whose mother is street dog, how's their air on day of Holi? It's like how human keeps the air there.) Janwar to kuch nahin kar sakte aur isiliye itne buri halat mein dikhte hai aur isiliye inko shahar mein hona bhi nahin chahiye. (Animals can't do anything and hence they look in such bad condition and hence they shouldn't even be in the cities.)
Lekin insaan ne apne liye bhi hawa aisi bana di hai. (However, human has also made air like this for self.) Kya sone ki chidiya ke bare mein holi ke din sochne se environment improve ho sakta hai? (Can the environment improve by thinking of golden bird on the day of holi?)
Soche ki sone ki chidiya kaisi hawa mein rehna chahegi. (Think that golden bird would want to stay in what kind of air.)
Harmful chemicals in colors will also affect the air around. Are you sure about how safe are your colors and what others would put on you?
"Toxic colours are freely being sold everywhere. These colours contain harmful substances such as zinc, chromium, mercury, lead, mercury, asbestos etc."
http://www.healthfitnessindia.com/profiles/blogs/keep-india-gate-cl...
"Delhi has turned into a pollution zone so deadly that children in the Capital have the lungs of chain-smokers, and all the associated respiratory ailments." (article link below)
13th March 2014: A very senior person who has retired from armed forces said pollution and then global warming when I asked him how would the summer be like and what's going on with weather in general. Jab sone ki chidiya kehlati thi ye jagah to kitne sadak pe kutte kutiya the. Jab bhokte hue dekho to kabhi sochte ho ki ye severely harmful pollution se to nahin bhok raha hai aur agar hai to woh insaan ko kya kar raha hoga. Janwar to bachche shayad kahin bhi nikalega lekin kya ye human hai ki bachche ko bade harmful pollution mein nikalna. God, na kutta na sher hu insaan hun. Please help.
(When this place was called golden bird then how many street male and female dogs were here. When you see barking then do you ever think perhaps it's because of severely harmful pollution and if it's then what it would be doing to humans. Animal might produce life anywhere, however, is it human to produce life in severely harmful pollution. God, I'm neither dog nor tiger but human. Please help.)
2nd March 2014: Jiski maa ho Indian sadak ki kutiya, suarni ya koi aur janwar uski hawa to kaisi bhi lekin jiski maa ho insaan uski hawa kaise aisi? (Whose mother is Indian street dog, pig or another animal then its air can be like anything, however, whose mother is human then how come their air is like this?)
Delhi has turned into a pollution zone so deadly that children in the Capital have the lungs of chain-smokers, and all the associated respiratory ailments.
Prof. Randeep Guleria, head of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at AIIMS, said Delhiites are facing breathing problems they never had and say their problem is now prolonged.
Living and breathing in Delhi is taking years off their lives, and marking what is left with bronchitis, asthma, sinusitis, coughs, colds and all kinds of chest and throat infections. Faced with a relentlessly increasing number of children and infants developing respiratory diseases, doctors have sounded the alarm in the Capital.
Not only is the toxic air responsible for the various respiratory diseases that infants are developing, but it is also shortening their life span.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pollution-in-delhi-cng-children-...
24th February 2014: Agar aapke paas paltu kutta ya kutiya hai to usey wash karne se lungs phir bhi bahut kaale aur kharab ho sakte hai. Aap apne aur apne bachchon ke skin aur lungs ke liye to bahut kuch karte honge agar aap hain severe pollution mein. "After lightening your skin, FMCG brands have taken it upon themselves to cleanse your skin of dust particles and protect you from pollution."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Anti-pol...
22nd February 2014: Women Warriors. Today at Parikrama, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place, Delhi, I showed my grandfather my anti-pollution mask. He's visiting from USA and is a neurosurgeon. I had shared with some relatives about how weak I felt as an Indian. Do you wonder if a dog knew enough about the harm that severe air pollution causes including to babies then would the dog try to move to reproduce its babies or try to make its place good enough for the babies? When I returned, there was an online message by the owner of NeoMask www.neomask.in regarding my purchase of several masks. Nice! Thank You for this!
Just imagine to keep breathing deeply into the body harmful to severely harmful chemicals.
22nd February 2014: Delhi is coughing hard and the air is to blame. Satellite pictures of Delhi's pollution should set off alarm bells - the city has PM2.5 or Particulate Matter 2.5 many times higher than the levels that World Health Organisation says is safe.
Here is why: PM2.5 or particulate matter 2.5 basically are particles floating in the air that are smaller than 2.5 micrometers, which is 100 times thinner than a human hair. These are toxic organic compounds and heavy metals hanging low in the air as the grey smog that envelopes the city.
When people inhale, they breathe in the particles which could then travel deep into the lungs causing serious respiratory problems.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/delhi-s-alarming-pollution-level-...
17th February 2014: A new study has found that breathing in harmful toxic chemicals during pregnancy increases risk of hypertension in women and may result in deadly complications like preeclampsia.
Sulfur dioxide is emitted from power plants and industries. Most carbon monoxide is produced by car exhaust.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-14/health/47335...
7th February 2014: In a worrying trend noted by oncologists, lung cancer is increasing rapidly among Indian women. The foremost reason, much against popular perception, is not smoking but environmental pollution.
"So, while in 1998, lung cancer was negligible in women and was not one of the top 10 cancers affecting females, in 2008 the ratio between men and women became 3:1. In our experience in the clinic too, we have seen a rise in the number of women affected by lung cancer. Most of these women are from metro cities and are non-smokers...they are not even passive smokers," A.K. Anand, chief, Radiation Oncology at Max Hospital, told IANS.
Preeti Jain, consultant Oncology surgeon at Columbia Asia Hospital, further said that harm by vehicular and environmental pollution starts early. "Pollution is definitely a big factor in the rising number of respiratory ailments and now in lung cancer cases. Fine particulate matter in the air that lodges itself in the lungs causes harm over time, and damage starts early," Jain told IANS. Smoking, even passive smoking, she added, are the next two factors.
India has just slipped 32 ranks in the global Environment Performance Index (EPI) to a low of 155, and capital Delhi has earned the dubious tag of being the world's most polluted city.
http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report-pollution-increasing-lung-can...
3rd February 2014: Vanya Joshi (51), a filmmaker, says, "My doctor tells me that the smoke from the chimneys has affected my immune system. I do not smoke but my lungs have developed black patches. If this continues I will have to sell my flat and move somewhere safer."
Residents claim toxic emissions from such plants have been linked to cancers, respiratory ailments and birth defects. "And it's not only Sukhdev Vihar which is suffering. Other affected colonies include New Friends Colony, Maharani Bagh, Ishwar Nagar, Jamia Nagar, Jasola Vihar and Sarita Vihar, besides Jamia Millia Islamia University, Holy Family Hospital and other institutions," said Krishna.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-waste-plant-draining...
Indian sadak ke kutte ki awaaz suno, jab wo bhoke to uski baat suno. Kya wo bhok severely harmful pollution se hai? Achcha hai ki hum insaan hai, aap pollution ke bare mein kya karte hai?
2nd February 2014: Imagine very clean air vs very polluted air on a daily basis for months and years and possibly worsening. What it would do to your mind and life overall. Imagine harmful chemicals in food that you don't know about and you aren't paying to buy and eat them. If you and each one of us will not do greatly about this then perhaps we're reaching a point from where we can't return.
Someone spoke to me as if he was trying to assert that I should know the details of what I'm talking about. He asked that which particles and in how much amount in the pollution cause diseases like cancer. I had shared with the person that the statistics and other details from highly reputed sources are saying that there's a very high amount of severely harmful pollution in Delhi area and that which causes diseases including cancer.
I responded that my effort isn't to remember the details but to collect such details from highly reputed sources and that share the same on a single blog post and then at other places so that the many people can get to read those details for themselves. I also said that my effort is to raise enough concern in the people that they would want to learn about the same because as the awareness would grow, hopefully the demand for better would grow too.
I felt that my value of efforts was being questioned. I was told that since I'm sharing higher level details, the person would also ask the details from me. I emphasized some different times that I'm putting together such details at single place so that people can read a lot about them quickly. I think the person gradually got my point much better and then he shared as a very concerned person about how things are in such poor conditions considering the best in our world.
I was told things like people are so busy with school related efforts of children that how would they give enough time to the quality of food and air that their children are getting. I would ask everyone to think that if the quality of food and air was great or that we knew that we were doing specific things to make them great then we could assertively say that we know what we're doing and that we're going to have an increasingly better society and environment and that the people today would live and do better. What's one living for? A fancy TV first or great food, water and air first? I was told about people making trade offs and I wondered that how can people not actively work seriously against such severely harmful issues faced by them and their family.
I was asked that what to do on which I showed my pollution mask and I also said that people have to work individually and together to bring the necessary changes. The government, the private sector, the nonprofit organizations and the individuals have to do a variety of things and some of which I also mentioned. I mentioned about planting trees which are so less around on which the person said that what about people living on higher floors that the trees wouldn't be between their apartments and the pollution coming from the other side. I said that it's not one thing but various things have to be done. Appropriate quality buses at different ticket prices can replace so many cars on the road and that corporate and other organizations can also provide them. People can still own cars if they want to, however, the environment doesn't have to bear the burden of so many vehicles at all times and that then even the law and enforcement would find it much easier to check the much fewer vehicles related to pollution. I said that the public transport has to be made much better overall and that people in general have to become so much more aware to demand and use public transportation and then we also have to plant so many trees and do other things. I said that do parents even get curious about the harmful chemicals in the soil of the park in which their children play and breath deeply including with open mouths. Have they ever thought of getting the soil tested for what harmful chemicals are in them? I wish that my efforts would help our society in implementing the best of solutions as quickly as possible.
30th January 2014: Particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5 in shorthand) are fine enough to lodge deep in human lung and blood tissue and cause diseases ranging from stroke to lung cancer, the Yale study said.
The World Health Organisation, which last year termed polluted air as a carcinogen, says PM2.5 at 10 m/cum is safe.
Delhi University's PM 2.5 level was 500 m/cum and ITO's 360 at 7pm.
On Tuesday, the levels dropped to average between 230 m/cum and 430 m/cum at places such as Mandir Marg, Anand Vihar and Punjabi Bagh.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centre-in-denial-data-find...
26th January 2014: "Researchers are beginning to suspect that India's unusual mix of polluted air, poor sanitation and contaminated water may make the country among the most dangerous in the world for lungs."
So Indian sadak ki kutiya (female street dog) ke lungs are generally the weakest among female street dogs in our world and that's probably also why we see Indian street dogs keep barking around much and that what would weak mothers generally produce?
Indian sadak ki kutiya (Indian female street dog) kya progress dikhati hogi apne bachchon ko (would be showing what progress to its children) kyunki dhoondti to woh bhi hogi theek jagah, khana, pani aur hawa (because it would also be searching for alright place, food, water and air)? "A recent study showed that Indians have the world's weakest lungs."
It's great that we're humans but what are we doing as humans about our most severe issues? "Fine particle pollution has been strongly linked with premature death, heart attacks, strokes and heart failure. In October, the World Health Organization declared that it caused lung cancer."
"Then a 2010 study found that the children of Indian immigrants who were born and raised in the United States had far better lung function than those born and raised in India."
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/beijing-s-air-would-be-step-up-f...
Sadak ke kutte, kutiya severely harmful pollution se bhi kya bhokte jaye? Insaan apne aur sabke liye severely harmful pollution ko kum aur khatam bhi karte jaye.
Do street male and female dogs keep barking also due to severely harmful pollution? Humans for self and for all others keep reducing and even stopping the severely harmful pollution.
26th January 2014: "Critical" air quality impacts everyone, not just the vulnerable.
Over January 14-16, air pollution levels in Delhi reached a level that's linked to "emergency conditions" for health.
Air quality in Delhi reached a "critical" level-i.e. on January 14, 15 and 16 the air was extremely polluted at almost all locations monitored by System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research run by the ministry of earth sciences.
Street dogs, pigs and other animals will make noises when affected by pollution. I've also created www.indianstreetanimalnahin.com/?p=5 What are you doing about pollution?
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-16/delhi/462631...
Someone commented on my wall:
https://www.facebook.com/slateandchalk.net/posts/704100569623164?co...
PERSON Pollution is a problem every place. Hear in California (American West coast) are starting to receive China's smog.
Shakti Saran Thank You for sharing PERSON! I think much worse is coming very fast unless people in masses start demanding and working for major changes and for which they need to be aware to start with. Moreover, this would also hugely negatively affect the future generations of today's best off people and so everyone should be concerned and that doing their best about this. Our world might even start to deteriorate much faster than we could ever make it great again. I wish the best people can reach the most important positions of responsibility. I wish us the best!
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Over 180 hours of measurements, the average PM2.5 concentration in New Delhi auto-rickshaws was ~ 200 µg / m^3. In this video, the peak concentrations exceed 2,000 µg / m^3. For context, the World Health Organization recommends that annual-average concentrations in urban areas not exceed 10 µg / m^3. The US comes close to meeting this guideline for ambient air:
30th October 2013: God, Kya yeh sadak ke suar, kutte, janwar jaisa hain? Aisi health hone se insaan kya karega aur phir society and environment ka kya hoga? Please help. I just read: Roy said that air pollution is compromising immune systems of people in cities dramatically. "We found depression incidence to be twice high in Delhi as compared to the control group. Our study shows this is linked to air pollution. Liver and kidney function is also affected," he said, adding that long-term exposure to benzene can cause DNA damage.
The long-term study— being funded by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and World Health Organization (WHO) — covers not just respiratory problems caused by air pollution but also incidence of certain kinds of cancer and changes in behavioral pattern of children.
25th October 2013: It seems that people of Indian origin get programmed to think in certain ways perhaps also due to facing several severe issues for years like some lady who has been living abroad for some years in one of the most developed nations, has traveled the world and is in 50s told me that based on what some yoga teacher in India told that lady, yoga would be the solution against the severely harmful pollution equating it to germs. When I mentioned that there's severely harmful inorganic matter in the severely harmful pollution and that high quantity of such pollution is very harmful then that person didn't have anything to say. Perhaps when there were boards that said that dogs and Indians not allowed then the children were told things in general which have also led us to such severe issues now.
14 August 2013: How great does an Indian in general feel in our world?
Exclusive: Study reveals Delhi air is full of cancer-causing particles leading to respiratory ailments
The findings of the report have also perturbed city's environmentalists. "We know that particulate matter level is high in Delhi's air, but the high presence of heavy metals in shocking. The findings show how toxic can PM be when it mixes with other compounds in the air," said Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director, research and advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment. "The mortality risk assessment calls for better pollution control measures by the authorities. It's high time that we ramp up our actions towards air pollution control in the city," she said.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/air-pollution-delhiites-jnu-stud...
31 July 2013: God, What is the quality of Indian being produced and grown given the amount and severity of issues faced by them and how would that further affect the issues? When you see Indian street dog or pig living in severely harmful pollution then what do you think for humans also living in that severely harmful pollution? God, why do you keep making Indians when those Indians would live in such severe issues and that the issues don't seem to be improving? How many Indians are doing something significant against air pollution? If you're making more Indians then please also help for increasing greatness in India.
From http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/studies-air-pollution-linked-to-brain-...
In the lab, Gandy and colleagues exposed mice to the common gases and nanoparticles of air pollution for three hours. When the mice were autopsied, they showed a 72 percent to 129 percent increase in the levels of beta amyloid, a key protein associated with Alzheimer's. "We were startled when three hours of air pollution exposure for the mice showed such a rapid and dramatic elevation," Gandy said.
Scientists in 2004 studied the brain tissue of children and young adults in Mexico who had died of accidents and were stunned by what they found -- a discovery that rocked the world of neuroscience and has gone largely untested until now.
Almost all the young people had evidence of Alzheimer's protein plaques scattered throughout their brain tissue.
The only factor linking one case to another was air pollution in Mexico City, which led scientists at the time to hypothesize that smog might be a trigger of Alzheimer's disease and that the mind-robbing damage might start early in life.
Now a new group of scientists has picked up where the first team left off. So far, it appears a link may exist between inhaling pollutants and developing damage in the brain.
A nationwide study last year followed the fate of nearly 20,000 women over a 10-year period and found that inhaling pollutants, such as those found in any metropolitan area, exacerbated problems with attention span and escalated memory loss.
Another investigation reported last year, which focused on Boston, revealed that on days when concentrations of traffic-related pollutants were up, the number of strokes increased.
Dr. Heather Volk of the University of Southern California reported last fall that exposure to traffic-related pollution during pregnancy and a child's first year of life appear to be associated with an elevated risk of autism.
The key pollutants, she found, were vehicle-related particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, a leading precursor of ozone, also known as smog.
No matter how much we train a dog, can it care about air pollution? It's great that we're humans. If you're doing anything related to air pollution in India then you're welcome to also share about it here.
Updated on previous dates:
India's Air the World's Unhealthiest, Study Says
Of 132 countries whose environments were surveyed, India ranks dead last in the 'Air (effects on human health)' ranking. The annual study, the Environmental Performance Index, is conducted and written by environmental research centers at Yale and Columbia universities with assistance from dozens of outside scientists. The study uses satellite data to measure air pollution concentrations.
India's high levels of fine particulate matter (a subject we've been looking at on India Ink, albeit just in Delhi) are one of the major factors contributing to the country's abysmal air quality. Levels of so-called PM 2.5, for the 2.5 micron size of the particulates, are nearly five times the threshold where they become unsafe for human beings.
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/indias-air-the-worlds-unh...
Delhi's pollution level is up by five times in eight years
Delhiites are breathing poison. If you thought CNG had made the Capital's air cleaner, then it's time for a reality check. The alarming pollution levels have blackened Delhi's air to such an extent that it ranks alongside coal town Jharia and unregulated industrial hubs like Ludhiana, Raipur and Kanpur.
And it's the ever-increasing numbers of diesel-guzzling passenger cars and trucks plying unregulated on the city's roads that are largely to blame for the situation.
Read more: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-pollution-level-rises/1/20...
City kids residing in commercial areas at a high health risk - The study found that the percentage of students having respiratory disorder symptoms was maximum in Chandni Chowk (66 per cent) followed by Mayapuri (59 per cent) and Sarojini Nagar (46 per cent).
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/health-risks-for-kids-respirator...
View Photo of Lung exposed to pollution:
http://www.healthfitnessindia.com/photo/lung-exposed-to-air-polluti...
Financial Times video of New Delhi faces pollution crisis:
https://plus.google.com/113457471429583444041/posts/df26YEzbW41
Severely Harmful Pollution in India & Defense Tech based Anti-Pollution Mask (brief) http://www.umbrasecurity.com/severely-harmful-pollution-in-india-de...
31 Jan 2013 (update):
India has the most toxic air: Study http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2837...
"Delhi ranks last in world green index: UN report". How such conditions affect Delhi's security? http://lnkd.in/hHvM38 Just posted: I feel deeply sorry for Delhi Police that it has to be out in such high pollution continuously...
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I request your few minutes to consider a most critical issue being faced by us including our families, friends and colleagues. High to very high quantities of severely harmful pollutants are critically damaging our minds and bodies. Recent study by WHO shows that diesel fumes cause lung cancer. Other studies show that people aren't safe from pollution inside cars.
Roychowdhury, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) executive director-research and advocacy and head of its air pollution unit says that "India will have to take aggressive action to reverse the trend of short term respiratory and cardiac effects as well as the long term cancer and other metabolic and cellular effects. Remember - toxic effects like cancer surface after a long latency period. Therefore, exposure to air pollution will have to be reduced today to reduce the burden of disease." Please consider how this would be impacting children including their long-term well-being.
Kindly let me share with you that I've become a sales partner for an imported and affordable anti pollution mask using world class Defense technology (used by U.K. Ministry of Defense) after using it for a year. The filter is made using http://www.chemvironcarbon.com/en/activated-carbon-cloth. Currently, the whole piece is made in South-East Asia after importing the filter cloth to there and then the whole piece is imported to India. The manufacturer (Britisher) has become a friend and I've been able to bring down the price of the mask for my customers a good amount from the MRP. After selling enough pieces, I intend to manufacture it in India hopefully along with this person to further bring down the price and make it affordable to a lot more people. If one can reduce the regular exposure to pollutants by a large amount then the regular damage will be much less and that which the body might even be able to heal and recover from unlike if the regular damage is very high. The anti pollution mask should cost around 5 INR a day over a year's period including after separately purchasing and replacing the filter few times in a year as required based on usage.
I request your kindest support to let me share an online presentation about air pollution and the anti pollution mask with people working at your organization. Whether they travel using cars, bikes or various means of public transport, I believe that they would benefit greatly by using this mask on a daily basis. Moreover, the mask is very easy to wear and is made from materials which can be worn for a long while with comfort (based on experience of some different people including me). People who've bought it from me wear it regularly and that have thanked me because I kept sharing with them about pollution and how it's harming all of us and how they can much better protect themselves from it. I also believe that as more and more people would wear it then that would also have the great positive effect of making an increasing number of people aware of the issue and that as the awareness would grow not only in breadth but also in depth, the hope is that the masses would make increasingly significant efforts for reducing the severely harmful pollution that we all face together.
I think you would agree that a developed nation is known not by how many people use their own vehicle for transportation but by how many people who can afford or have a vehicle use public transportation. I think it doesn't mean to not own a vehicle if one can and wants to but it means to also have public transportation such that it's not a must to use one's own vehicle for the same or an almost similar experience. I think you would agree that by reducing our growing burden on our nation and our planet, we would most likely live increasingly better for a much longer period.
I hope you think that what I've shared with you is also critically applicable to Security and India and that I would receive your kindest support in my efforts. If you would be able to help me share an online presentation about air pollution and the anti pollution mask with people working at your organization or even just with your family, friends and colleagues then please share with me your preferable email id and that I would send you the presentation. Also, if you and any of your contacts are interested to purchase the anti pollution mask then please share with me and based on the number of pieces, I'll give you a discount and share with you the modalities of payment and delivery.
Thank you very much for your precious time to read my message and consider my request. I wish that I would make increasingly valuable contributions with you over the long-term.
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"S/he who, secure within, can say, I am not just dust or shadow."
12 Jan 2013 (update): Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India.
Roychowdhury, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) executive director-research and advocacy and head of its air pollution unit said, "Days of doubts and complacency are over. There is hard enough evidence now to act urgently to reduce the public health risks to all, particularly the children, elderly, and poor. No one can escape toxic air. India will have to take aggressive action to reverse the trend of short term respiratory and cardiac effects as well as the long term cancer and other metabolic and cellular effects. Remember - toxic effects like cancer surface after a long latency period. Therefore, exposure to air pollution will have to be reduced today to reduce the burden of disease."
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-17/pollution/35...
11 Jan 2013 (update): What do you think when you breathe lung cancer causing diesel fumes and other severely harmful pollutants critically damaging your mind and body? Also, if you think that you're safe in your car then most likely your car's air filter doesn't filter out the severely harmful pollutants from entering inside your vehicle and then damaging you. Also, inside of your car can hold pollutants for a long while which would keep damaging you. I've become a sales partner for an imported and affordable anti pollution mask using world class Defense technology after using it for a year. If you think that the mask wouldn't block all pollution then please realize that if one can reduce regular exposure by a large amount then the regular damage will be much less and that which the body might even be able to heal and recover from unlike if the regular damage is very high. The anti pollution mask should cost around 5 INR a day over a year's period. You're welcome to write to me if you would like buy one.
7 Dec 2012 (update): I've been using an anti pollution mask (imported) for a year now to protect myself from severely harmful polluted air. Recently, I've become its sales partner. The technology was originally developed by the British Ministry of Defence for use in chemical warfare suits. It costs around 5 INR a day over a year's period. If you're interested in getting one then kindly write to me. Kindly note that inside of vehicles can have more concentrated amount of pollutants than in open air. Also, air outside is highly polluted. I've received very positive feedback including from bikers. If you would like its details then you're welcome to Sign Up and then Message me through this site. Also, by wearing an anti pollution mask, you and people around you might even make increasing efforts towards reducing pollution. All the Best!
8 Dec 2011: I use the Delhi Metro which has been nice including because many people have been noticing my anti-pollution mask and that I would be writing www.healthfitnessindia.com on it soon. Today after leaving the gym, I wore the anti-pollution mask. During the security check at the entrance of Delhi Metro in Connaught Place, New Delhi, India, the police officer checking me asked me what I was wearing on which I said an anti-pollution mask and then he asked me from which country I was on which I said India. He asked me whether I was an NRI (Non Resident Indian) on which I said no on which he asked me that where all I would keep wearing this mask in India. He was speaking in Hindi and that laughingly and that I think that he was mentioning that there's a lot of pollution in India particularly in the major cities of India.
Some other police officers joined in our conversation which had extended as I had stepped a distance away from him and that I had gotten my bags through the security scanner machine while speaking with them. They were polite and had even gotten seriously interested in this conversation when I had said that the traffic police has been given anti-pollution masks (on which I had read online even though I haven't seen them wear it and that after using my anti-pollution mask, I even thought of trying to get it available to all public officials working in polluted environments). The police officers told me that anti-pollution mask hasn't been made available to them on which I told them that I would try to present this need of theirs to our Commissioner of Police, Delhi and that I also asked them whether they would support me if I try to do this on which they agreed. Now, I'll ask family and friends to help me with the same. I wish that we can meet this need of those who've chosen to keep us safe.
Regarding Delhi Metro, to people who only mention its issues, I would like to say that of course there're issues and that most likely most things in the world can be improved, however, first it has several benefits and second it would be better to do something about those issues even if at minimum by bringing together people wanting to make a change, and/or by writing, sharing, and discussing on potential solutions and that trying to present them to those who make related decisions than just saying that there're issues.
Comment by Shakti Saran on December 21, 2011 at 1:11pm
Hi All, If anyone would like to sign the letter to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi that I'm writing for this then please share with me. Best! Shakti Saran
Comment by Shakti Saran on January 10, 2012 at 1:49am
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Please don't do this because most likely the police wouldn't show up immediately and that if the thief knows about this then the thief would most likely hurt the person and that perhaps even very seriously injure the person. I suggest to give the thief what the thief wants unless you're more than certain that you can defeat the thief in fighting or if you don't have an option but to fight.
It would've been great if everyone was armed so that the thief wouldn't have much of an option to escape from public after the weapons get fired, however, several people seem to have been brainwashed to believe that being armed would lead to more violence than less. It's similar to several people having been brainwashed to believe that using one's body to offer certain services is immoral because if that's being done as free will and that not by force then one's only exercising the fact that one's the owner of one's body but which might not be liked by those who want to keep people enslaved through their own beliefs and hence without exerting much of any physical force.
Today at the gym, one of the trainers asked me what I was practicing by myself in the studio on which I had responded Pa Kua and that even though I've learnt little in it and that wish to learn much more in it, I would like to share about it here that "Ba Gua Zhang, as a martial art, is based on the theory of continuously changing in response to the situation at hand in order to overcome an opponent with skill rather than brute force." http://www.shenwu.com/bagua.htm which can be applied for positive or negative. I wish that things would be much in India and that I wish our leadership the best for it!
MY RESPONSE (contd.):
Today, I got Delhi Metro from Nehru Place after a client www.greyhead.in meeting related to IT recruitment and training services to Rajiv Chowk to go to my gym at Fitness First in C.P. and that I had to exit at the Central Secretariat station where the Metro ends to change to another platform for getting the Metro to Rajiv Chowk. At the C.S. station, I let everyone in front of me exit and that as I reached the door, the push of people to enter was so strong that I was pushed back almost to the door behind me and that as I kept saying that I've to exit and that trying to exit, the people kept entering. One tall and broad person made fun by saying that now I can't get out. Within a few seconds I got out because I decided to not give proper respect to the people in front of me and that then by using my elbows, knees, legs, and palms I was able to push through a heavily jammed group of people but without injuring anyone while carrying a decently loaded travel bag since I had been traveling for past some days.
When I got out, a person inside said that I could've gone out in a better way on which I turned around and said that I was trying to but that nobody was letting me get out, not even a single person stepped out to create space for me to step out including him. The people inside and the security guard outside kept looking at me and that I looked at them and that then felt sorry for the incident and walked to the other platform. I then remembered a lady being pushed and pressed on by several guys in the Delhi Metro and that she kept yelling "aap kya kaar rahen hain, jaane deejiye". I once asked some old ladies that why they aren't traveling in the women's coach on which they said that it's fuller than the other coaches. It's highly unfortunate that we need such coaches.
I had posted http://www.healthfitnessindia.com/profiles/blogs/anti-pollution-mas... on groups having hundreds of youth and that not a single person responded to it. I think that we've many Indian street dogs including because of the reasons that led to my experience in the Delhi Metro today. I like the Delhi Metro for several reasons and that I also think that it could've been done much better on which I've shared on some of my different sites mentioned on my www.personalfoldersoftware.com web-site.
While returning from the gym in Delhi Metro, some guys were talking about hours long traffic jam due to the Auto Expo and related issues. I spoke with them a bit including about my health and fitness work and that upon asking a person what he does, he mentioned to have a modeling agency and that he showed me several photographs on his Samsung Galaxy Note (which seems nice) of him with celebrities/models at the different events for which he had organized to get those celebrities/models. Perhaps, we might connect for some work.
Some articles that I just read related to my today's comments on this post:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/218028/lack-research-culture-hu...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Television/Don-t-treat-...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/homepage/LifeStyle/Male-promoters-get...
Comment by Shakti Saran on January 12, 2012 at 11:41pm
I'm sharing my conversation (paraphrased a bit) with a police person at the security check of the Rajiv Chowk station of Delhi Metro related to my anti-pollution mask. Mostly, I don't wear it while going through the security check, however, today I forgot to remove it during the security check. The police person while checking me told me that "yeh theek nahin hain" (this is not alright) on which I pulled down my anti-pollution mask and asked him "matlab" (what do you mean) on which he said that "samay kharab hai" (times are bad) on which I asked him "matlab" (what do you mean) on which he said that "badi mushkil hogi" (you'll have a lot of difficulty) on which I asked him "isme galat kya hai" (what's wrong in it) on which he again said that "samay kharab hai" (times are bad) on which I again asked him "matlab" (what do you mean) on which he again said that "badi mushkil hogi" (you'll have a lot of difficulty). By that time some person behind me said that "isko pehenne mein kuch galat nahin hain lekin checking ke time yeh nahin pehen sakte" (there's no problem in wearing this, however, during security check one can't wear it) on which I told the police person that "aap mujhe yeh keh sakte the" (you could've told me this) on which he said that "yeh pahenna rule break karna hai, pata nahi chalta ki aadmi kaun hai" (wearing it is breaking the rule, one can't tell who's the person) on which I said that "aap mujhe keh sakte the ki mask hata do aur bata sakte the ki check ke time yeh pehenna rule break karna hai" (you could've told me to remove the mask and could've told me that wearing it during security is breaking the rule) on which the police person didn't say anything after which I told him that "theek hai, chaliye jaane deejiye" (alright, let's let it go) and after which I left.
I wanted to speak more with him thinking that I could perhaps make him realize that if he had spoken differently then we would've saved time and effort and that there would've been a much better result. Even though some other police person had come to the security check to work since he was speaking with me and that perhaps I could've spoken to him much more, I thought that I should leave now and that rather try to add value in a systematic way including by writing about this and that share it online so that if it's read by those who're responsible for training our police force can perhaps focus on training them to deal with civilians even better.
Comment by Shakti Saran on January 30, 2012 at 6:35pm
Hi All, Our Health and Fitness India network's platform's web-site and this blog post have got listed on http://www.neomask.in/links.php I wish that more and more people breathe as clean air as possible and that for which I'm thankful for such advanced technology http://www.neomask.in/zorflex-acc.php and also thankful to Mark Flint http://www.healthfitnessindia.com/profile/MarkFlint and his business which is making it available and affordable enough for many people living in polluted places. Best, Shakti Saran
Hi All, I've just shared about NeoMask on my Privacy and Security Google+ community https://plus.google.com/b/110327950402925051569/ page. Best, Shakti Saran
Comment by Shakti Saran on February 4, 2012 at 3:31am
This is highly unfortunate "Delhi's air as dirty as ever despite some reforms" http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/12/16/world/asia/AP-AS-India-B... Such makes me think about the Indian street dogs I see around everywhere including in Connaught Place which is one of the most prime locations of New Delhi and then makes me wonder about the Indian tigers. Even a dog might think of itself as a tiger in front of a cow like what many of us would've noticed, however, it's just a dog. We're living in such poor and worsening conditions that even if we surround ourselves with fancy gadgets and other things, we're living like street dogs compared to someone earning similarly in many other parts of the world. If we can't even remove street dogs then can we really reduce the pollution and improve the other serious issues? http://epi.yale.edu/epi2012/rankings I think that rather than making some people out of a billion responsible for our serious issues and that then blaming those people and that then not doing anything about the serious issues because people considered to be responsible have already been blamed, we should try to do what we can. Best!
Comment by Shakti Saran on March 8, 2012 at 11:29pm
Hi All, I thought of sharing this here after thinking that the metro must be having a nice air ventilation system given that so many people breathe inside it together sometimes for several minutes before the doors open. Also, the so many people travel away from direct pollution on the streets. You may note from "Delhi Metro At Yamuna Bank Station Max Passengers Efficient Storage" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfGpzExZuc0 video's description that this happened around 10pm. When the metro became very full, I thought of using my Samsung Galaxy Lite phone gifted to me by my aunt who stays in Switzerland (thinking of their public amenities). This is a really efficient use of storage, no need of algorithms as well. Most likely, all passengers also made it to their stations. You're also welcome to read/write comments on youtube. Best! Shakti Saran
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In terms of overall gaming performance, the Intel Core i7-6500U 2-Core 2.5GHz is massively better than the AMD APU A10-5750M Quad-Core when it comes to running the latest games. This also means it will be less likely to bottleneck more powerful GPUs, allowing them to achieve more of their gaming performance potential.
The Core i7-6500U 2-Core was released over a year more recently than the APU A10-5750M Quad-Core, and so the Core i7-6500U 2-Core is likely to have better levels of support, and will be more optimized for running the latest games.
The APU A10-5750M Quad-Core has 2 more cores than the Core i7-6500U 2-Core. With 4 cores, the APU A10-5750M Quad-Core is much less likely to struggle with the latest games, or bottleneck high-end graphics cards when running them.
Both the Intel Core i7-6500U 2-Core 2.5GHz and the AMD APU A10-5750M Quad-Core have the same number of threads. The APU A10-5750M Quad-Core has one thread per physical core, whereas the Core i7-6500U 2-Core uses hyperthreading and has 2 logical threads per physical core.
The Core i7-6500U 2-Core and APU A10-5750M Quad-Core are not from the same family of CPUs, so their clock speeds are by no means directly comparable. Bear in mind, then, that while the Core i7-6500U 2-Core and the APU A10-5750M Quad-Core both have the same clock frequency, this is by no means an indicator that the two CPUs will provide the same level of performance. As such, we need to look elsewhere for more reliable comparisons.
The APU A10-5750M Quad-Core has a 3584 KB bigger L2 cache than the Core i7-6500U 2-Core, and although the APU A10-5750M Quad-Core does not appear to have an L3 cache, its larger L2 cache means that it wins out in this area.
The Core i7-6500U 2-Core has a 20 Watt lower Maximum TDP than the APU A10-5750M Quad-Core, and was created with a 18 nm smaller manufacturing technology. What this means is the Core i7-6500U 2-Core will consume slightly less power and consequently produce less heat, enabling more prolonged computational tasks with fewer adverse effects. This will lower your yearly electricity bill slightly, as well as prevent you from having to invest in extra cooling mechanisms (unless you overclock).
The Core i7-6500U 2-Core and the APU A10-5750M Quad-Core both have an on-board GPU, which means that they will be capable of running basic graphics applications (i.e., games) without the need for a dedicated graphics card.
For an in-depth GPU comparison, click on the GPU comparison icon that you can find throughout Game-Debate:
On-board GPUs tend to be fairly awful in comparison to dedicated cards from the likes of AMD or Nvidia, but as they are built into the CPU, they also tend to be cheaper and require far less power to run (this makes them a good choice for laptops). We would recommend a dedicated card for running the latest games, but integrated GPUs are improving all the time and casual gamers may find less recent games perform perfectly acceptably.
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Core i7-6500U 2-Core 2.5GHz is a Super Efficient, High-End Mobile Processor, based on the 14nm, Skylake MicroArchitecture.
It offers 2 Physical Cores (4 Logical), initially clocked at 2.5GHz, which may go up to 3.1GHz and 4MB of L3 Cache.
Among its many features, HyperThreading, Turbo Boost 2.0 and Virtualization are activated.
The Processor Integrates Powerful Graphics called Intel HD i7 6500U, with 24 Execution Units, initially clocked at 300MHz and that go up to 1050MHz, in Turbo Mode which share the L2 Cache and system RAM with the processor.
Both the processor and integrated graphics have a rated board TDP of 15W.
It is a powerful processor whose performance is good. It's thus capable of running most applications smoothly without any problem. APU A10-5750M Quad-Core is a high-end mobile processor based on the 32nm, Richland micro-architecture.
It offers 4 Cores, initially clocked at 2.5GHz that go up to 3.5GHz, in Turbo Mode and 4MB of L2 Cache. It features integrated Graphics called Radeon HD 8650G which offer 384 Shader Processing Units and perform substantially better than Radeon HD 7660G. The max memory speed supported by the CPU is DDR3-1866. It consumes up to 35 Watt.
Expect a 10% performance boost when compared to its predecessor (A10-4600M). This CPU is still a bottleneck for high-end GPUs such as Radeon HD 7970M/GeForce GTX 680M and should only be paired with performance GPUs - Radeon HD 7850M/GeForce GTX 660M.

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Why are Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Programs in Huge Demand?
Businesses are becoming increasingly data-driven, while Artificial Intelligence (AI) and smart systems are being incorporated into more services and products. In today's world, AI and Data Science are two of the most important domains in computing and technology. IT companies worldwide have shifted to strategies that rely on AI while companies in other domains are […]
Businesses are becoming increasingly data-driven, while Artificial Intelligence (AI) and smart systems are being incorporated into more services and products. In today's world, AI and Data Science are two of the most important domains in computing and technology.
IT companies worldwide have shifted to strategies that rely on AI while companies in other domains are already implementing data-driven business decisions. With the use of analytics and forecasting, companies can identify threats and opportunities even before they originate from their source. This kind of support while making business decisions can be very useful when trying to maximize business efficiency and profit.
With the help of AI, businesses can serve more customers in an automated or autonomous fashion, thus requiring less manpower and being able to deliver faster services. This also greatly improves the profitability of the business as well the efficiency of any service or product.
There are many graduates hailing from an IT or Computer Science background who wish to now join these fields that truly make a difference in how we interact with technology and how businesses go about their daily business activities. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science are two of the sectors that are extremely lucrative for professionals from other domains as well.
Data Science and AI are both technical sectors and there are certain skills that are absolutely crucial to join these fields. Even the most advanced college degrees do not cover a lot of these key skills and modern technologies that are increasingly important to companies worldwide. Let us take the example of Tableau or Rapid Miner. Most college programs will not feature these tools and technologies.
Professionals or freshers who have completed a Data Science or Artificial Intelligence certification are becoming increasingly valuable to enterprises, especially because they do not need to train these new recruits. Other than company-specific software, those who have completed reputed AI or Data Science courses also know how to use associated software with ease.
Companies desire job-ready individuals who can be brought on board for any project easily. Without the need to train new recruits, companies also get a better ROI on their new hires. This applies to both AI and Data Science. For example, if a potential candidate has a certificate through an online data science or AI course, they are more likely to be shortlisted among candidates with similar academic qualifications rather than individuals who haven't.
Data Science can be simply described as any process that utilizes structured or unstructured data for business or technical requirements. Now, Data Science is not just the use of this data but the domain also defines how this data can be generated, processed, and modelled in order to be effectively used for the current requirement.
Data Science can be used for product development, business insights, operation analytics, or forecasting. With the help of various tools, algorithms, scientific methods, and even AI, Data Science is able to work with data that is complex or hard to analyze. In order to truly use data to its full extent, it must also be extracted effectively and cleaned of all kinds of noise. Thus, Data Science also deals with this process of noise removal and data pre-processing.
Analytics is an important part of Data Science and involves analyzing data, building predictions, visualizing the data, and making reports. With the help of analytics, data scientists can help businesses make more effective or profitable decisions. Data Science is statistically inclined and uses various statistical techniques for business intelligence.
However, Data Science is not just used for analytics or business decisions but is also used directly in the development of products, software, or tools. For instance, Data Science is extensively used when an Android application is being developed. Data Scientists are crucial for modelling data and integrating data-driven systems into the development pipeline.
What does a data scientist do?
Data scientists fundamentally create models, analyze data and excavate unstructured or raw forms of data. However, the tasks of Data Science professionals go far beyond these. Data Scientists help companies acquire valuable business insights and identify lucrative business opportunities.
With analysis and insights, companies can also fix their inefficiencies and optimize their existing processes. One of the main tasks of a data scientist is storing and managing data while making this data accessible to members of the organization or team. Other than this, they also process, clean, and transform data.
Once the transformed or converted data (from unstructured to structured or other formats) is ready, data scientists are responsible for data warehousing and data modelling. Data mining is also another important job role of data scientists. Mined data can be prepared for analysis and then can be used for data visualizations.
What is AI?
Artificial Intelligence or AI can be described as the ability of machines to display human-like complex intelligence or act autonomously. Let us take machines that act on their own as examples. These machines are programmed to act according to a certain control flow where they take action on certain triggers.
For instance, if a robot is given a set of instructions to follow '-If- /Target is acquired/', then the robot will carry out its instructions in the most effective manner. Similarly, if the same robot is modelled to do something else when '-or- /Target is not acquired/', it will simply carry out the alternative set of instructions.
Many machines and even vehicles use AI-driven systems now. Factory robots, autonomous drones, cleaning robots and self-driven cars such as Teslas are all advanced implementations of AI and computer vision. Computer vision is the ability of machines to see, identify and decipher visual cues or their current surroundings in real time or during a later analytical process.
With the help of AI software, applications and even our mobile devices are becoming extremely easy to use. AI allows these technologies to take quicker action based on their original training pattern as well as how they are being utilized by their users. We are now able to carry out our tasks faster and in a more intuitive way, just because of AI running in the background.
Repetitive tasks are also easily taken care of by AI which gives us more time to spend on things that truly matter. Implementations such as RPA or Robotic Process Automation allow us to do just that. With the help of AI-powered bots, a lot of processes are automated in businesses nowadays. For instance, converting analog or manually-tracked data to digital excel files in an automated fashion can be an example of RPA.
Robotics has also become one of the most important solutions for various kinds of businesses that range from manufacturing to even hospitality. Robots powered by next-gen intelligent systems are taking over deliveries, engineering, exploration, cleaning, serving customers, and might even start selling products to us.
What does an AI professional do?
AI professionals such as AI engineers, AI developers, AI programmers, or AI specialists are tasked with modelling, developing, and training AI-based systems. Machine Learning engineers are also AI engineers who work with Machine Learning training methods for facilitating AI. There are also other AI engineers who work with Deep Learning methods and there are AI specialists who specialize in sub-domains such as Artificial Neural Networks, Computer Vision, or NLP (Natural language Processing).
AI professionals are masters in building and training AI programs, being able to convert the business requirements of a project into an autonomous or smart system that is fully functional. AI systems are not just used for machines and offline software but also on platforms such as Spotify, Google Search, and Uber.
In Spotify, AI helps recommend songs that the user might enjoy depending on the user's listening history and genre preference. Similarly, Google Search helps fetch the most relevant search results depending on what the user is searching for. These are all implementations of AI that have been designed by skilled AI specialists and developers.
In Uber, depending on your active ride details and the proximity of the drivers nearby, your cab is chosen. These are not randomized and are actively managed by AI-driven systems. AI developers must also work with training data as without high-quality data, AI systems are bound to fail.
Finally, AI developers must also know how to integrate AI systems in other applications, devices, or cloud platforms. Thus, depending on the project, AI developers must also know platform-specific AI integration.
6 Reasons Why Data Science and AI Courses Are in Demand
Here are the top 6 reasons why Data Science and AI courses are in demand:
1. By 2022, the global AI market will reach $62 billion. This is a massive valuation that will be fed into more AI-driven innovations and AI specialists. Thus, AI is a very lucrative sector in terms of domain prospects. Similarly, Data Science has an incredible future as well, with the global value of the sector estimated to reach $140.9 billion by 2024 at a CAGR of 30%.
2. AI and Data Science are being adopted more for various general applications (as compared to specialized applications). This will increase the need for skilled AI and Data Science professionals. More companies are adopting AI-driven processes and using Data Science for optimizing their existing processes. The total revenue of Knowledge Management Systems worldwide has grown by 31.5% to $7,189 million in 2022 as compared to 17.5% in 2021. The revenue of the global AI software market is estimated to grow by 21.3% in 2022 as compared to 2021. Similarly, the Data Science domain has also been experiencing huge requirements in terms of skilled data scientists and data analysts.
3. AI and Data Science professionals are in huge demand and get paid handsome salaries. The average salary of a Data Scientist in India is Rs. 8,60,454 annually. Similarly, an AI engineer gets paid an average salary of Rs. 9,38,849 per annum. These are great remunerations and these professionals only keep getting paid more with time and experience. In India, over 1400 Data Science professionals get more than Rs. 1,00,00,000 (1 crore) as their salaries.
4. MNCs and conglomerates such as Amazon, Walmart, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Deloitte, EY, J. P. Morgan, KPMG, Cognizant, Infosys, Accenture, Capgemini, and many others are all actively looking for Data Science and AI professionals. This is why it is essential to upgrade your skillset in order to join companies such as these.
5. Data Science and Artificial Intelligence are both vast fields with an ample amount of choices when it comes to specializations or sub-domains. One has a lot of freedom in terms of their job role or project in these two sectors. Thus, there is also a lot of job satisfaction that this domain offers. These two domains also help companies and people (or users) in the real world, thus making you more proud of your role.
6. Finally, these courses are also in huge demand due to the two domains also offering a lot of career growth or career prospects. By upskilling, you can take advantage of the great job opportunities that come your way. Similarly, these courses and certifications also help you bag great career opportunities in other domains that utilize AI or Data Science.
Data Science and AI are two of the most lucrative technical domains in India and across the world. Skilled professionals are compensated extremely well due to the complex nature of their work. These kinds of professionals are highly desired by companies and these companies compete against each other to bag the most skilled Data Science or AI specialists.
This is why AI courses and Data Science courses are in huge demand. Data Science courses for working professionals help them learn key Data Science skills while also ensuring continued job prospects.
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