NEW DELHI: A pollution app to register violations, action against brick kilns operating without environment clearance, prevention of landfill fires, identification of traffic congestion points, wateri ...More

A high-level task force headed by Nripendra Misra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, released a 12-point draft plan to tackle pollution in Delhi NCR on Tuesday, including measures such as a c ...More

A high-level task force headed by NripendraMisra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, released a 12-point draft plan to tackle pollution in Delhi NCR on Tuesday, including measures such as a cr ...More

Delhi’s air quality plunged to ‘severe’ levels on Thursday after a gap of more than a month as dangerous pollutants spiked sharply in the national capital but officials said the situation was likely t ...More

NEW DELHI: A CPCB-led taskforce today recommended the closure of all coal-based industries operating in Delhi-NCR for a fortnight from January 15 to contain air pollution during the upcoming ASEAN sum ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi pollution rose to an alarming level after the air quality in the National Capital Region (NCR), including Delhi, deteriorated to 'severe plus or emergency' category on Thursday after ...More

Thick smog swathes Delhi, pollution readings in some places peak at 500' 'Air pollution in Delhi halts play in the third Test between India and Sri Lanka' 'Delhi air pollution levels climb to 12 tim ...More

New Delhi: Air pollution levels soared in the capital on Thursday prompting the Supreme Court-mandated EPCA to write to the states to gear up for another round of action under the ‘emergency’ category ...More

Several cities in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday faced dangerous levels of pollution after the spell of favourable meteorological conditions and a smattering of rain that led to an improvement in the ai ...More

NEW DELHI: Air quality across Delhi worsened on Wednesday with the return of "smog situation" and particle pollution crossing "severe plus or emergency" mark across several locations, officials said. ...More

Delhi and other cities in the Indo-Gangetic plain entered another episode of severe air pollution this week and continued to experience hazardous air quality Thursday morning. Cities in Uttar Pradesh ...More

New Delhi: With air quality in the National Capital Region, centred on Delhi, hitting hazardous levels in the winters and air pollution a perennial problem across northern India, sustainable farming a ...More

Punjab and Haryana reported 42,337 and 12,606 cases of crop burning respectively during the Kharif season this year, even as Australia offered to provide technological help to India to prevent stubble ...More

New Delhi: With air quality in the National Capital Region, centred on Delhi, hitting hazardous levels in the winters and air pollution a perennial problem across northern India, sustainable farming a ...More

New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) Greenpeace India has hailed the National Clean Air Programme, saying it's an important first step towards ensuring unpolluted air for the country's people. Environment Minis ...More

The Centre has formulated the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to tackle increasing air pollution across the country in a comprehensive manner, Parliament was informed Monday. Union Environment Mi ...More

The Centre has formulated the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to tackle increasing air pollution across the country in a comprehensive manner, Parliament was informed Monday. Union Environment Mi ...More

LUDHIANA: Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has launched a drive to guide the industries to adopt cleaner technologies as well as re-utilization of their waste material for useful purposes. In con ...More

At least 207 people had died in Delhi because of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in 2016, the year the city witnessed its most severe episodes of air pollution, compared to the situations in previo ...More

To combat pollution in the capital, the Delhi government plans to use a machine that sprays water into the air. A similar machine is used in China, sources said. A pilot project to test the machine, ...More