LUDHIANA: Environment day was celebrated on May 5 at IMA house, Ludhiana. Dr Rakesh Kumar Gupta, assistant director family welfare and health services Chandigarh Punjab elaborated on effects of nicoti ...More

Air pollution in India can cause about half a million premature mortalities every year, and exposure to fine particulate matter in India reduces life expectancy by about 3.4 years. Delhi, meanwhile, t ...More

Delhi might be paying the steepest price for its airpollution with life expectancydropping by 6.4 years while Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are likely to account for the highest number of prematuredea ...More

GUWHATI: World Environment Day was observed here on Sunday with people taking part in awareness campaigns for a better environment. Green campaigners and experts stressed on key ideas to overcome open ...More

BHUBANESWAR: Closure threat looms large over 22 dal processing mills at Jatni near the city with Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) serving show cause notice on the millers for violating pol ...More

Pune: Delhi might be paying the steepest price for its air pollution with life expectancydropping by 6.4 years while Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are likely to account for the highest number of prema ...More

Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekarcalled on citizens to plant more trees and create one's own oxygen bank on the occasion of World Environment Day on Sunday. United Nat ...More

Conserving natural, non-renewable resources is no longer a subject for scholarly debates or armchair activism; it is a reality that 1.25 billion Indians struggle with everyday. We are no strangers to ...More

ALLAHABAD: A slew of events were organized to mark World Environment Day here on Sunday. On the occasion, residents vowed to plant more trees for a clean and green Sangam. Apart from distribution o ...More

Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar called on citizens to plant more trees and create one's own oxygen bank on the occasion of World Environment Day on Sunday. United Na ...More

New study reveals cost of these deaths is 10 times higher than national spend on health; Maharashtra beats New Delhi in terms of absolute numbers New Delhi is already widely known to be a city plag ...More

Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar called on citizens to plant more trees and create one's own oxygen bank on the occasion of World Environment Day on Sunday. United Nati ...More

The capital city has recorded an alarming level of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in air, thanks to the vehicular pollution, construction activities and uncovered drainages, said Odisha State Poll ...More

Due to increase in vehicular traffic and construction activity in the city, there has been a steep rise in the level of air pollution during the past five years with no effective measures from the adm ...More

Over 200 handicapped people, including students, participated in a plantation drive here on Sunday. The drive was organised on the occasion of World Environment Day, as part of the Clean Air India Mo ...More

Lucknow: The rising level of air pollution in the city has a new target-traffic cops. The effect of reducing air quality is presenting a worrying picture because of its effect on the health of the tra ...More

Mangaluru: The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd has reiterated its commitment to the environment of World Environment Day. Konkan Railway, a signatory to United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since Octob ...More

MEERUT: City dwellers continue to breathe polluted air. A disturbing trend has emerged in the city based on data collected by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) over the years. In the past five years, ...More

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) list of the world’s most polluted cities brought cheer to Delhi. The Capital lost the most polluted tag. But even a cursory look at the data revealed ...More

MUMBAI: When it comes to the environment, what worries Mumbaiites most is air pollution. Next on their list of concerns is the management of solid waste and sewage, extreme heat and the need for park ...More