New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Over 12,000 cases of stubble burning have been reported during the Kharif season in Haryana in 2017 while satellite data has revealed that more than 42,000 such cases were repo ...More

The Delhi government on Monday conducted a trial run of an 'Anti-Smog Gun' which sprays atomised water into the atmosphere to control air pollution. The device, which is connected to a water tank a ...More

For the first time this season and second time this year, air pollution levels in Mumbai were worse than in Delhi on Sunday. The pollutant measuring indicator — air quality index (AQI) — for Mumbai wa ...More

New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) A task force has been set up under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister to tackle the issue of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the government said. Mi ...More

New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) A task force has been set up under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister to tackle the issue of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the government said. ...More

For decades, pollution and its harmful effects on people’s health, the environment, and the planet have been neglected both by Governments and the international development agenda. Yet, air pollution ...More

The air quality of Delhi-NCR improved from "very poor" to "poor" on Tuesday even after 7.8 mm rainfall over past 24 hours, but is likely to worsen again, said officials. According to the officials, t ...More

Chairing a meeting on the issue of tackling air pollution on Tuesday Dr. Harsh Vardhan reiterated that the practice of holding regular meetings with the Ministers of National Capital Region (NCR), to ...More

Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday convened a high-level meeting with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and top officials from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh t ...More

NEW DELHI: The Centre said it would be ready with an action plan to deal with the issue of stubble burning in next one month on Tuesday - a move which may provide farmers in the National Capital Regio ...More

HYDERABAD: Telangana Pollution Control Board issued closure orders for eight Tyre Pyrolysis Oil industries in Sangareddy. The orders were issued following investigation that found carbon dust not only ...More

Children are one of the most vulnerable groups to the ill effects of air pollution and can have lifelong health implications. Many studies have shown that air pollution is strongly associated with res ...More

Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in older adults, according to new research. The findings, published on Tuesday in The Lancet, ...More

GURUGRAM: The level of PM2.5 in the city dropped by nearly 36% on Thursday as compared to Wednesday but despite the fall in the pollution level, Gurgaon continued to be more polluted than Delhi and No ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday slammed Punjab and Haryana governments for filing generalised action plans to combat air pollution and directed them to refer to its previous judgements on th ...More

New Delhi, Dec 7 A Delhi-centric approach is inadequate to rid the city of air pollution, a group of activists today said and called for collective action for strict implementation of emission norms. ...More

Moving towards a pollution-free planet, 193 nations on Wednesday unanimously asked the United Nations Environment to submit a plan linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for execution by i ...More

A UNICEF report has once again set alarm bells ringing about high levels of air pollution and its likely impact on brain development among infants. The report, 'Danger in the air: How air pollution c ...More

Exposure to air pollution may counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in older adults, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The findings show that short-term exposure to tr ...More

The link between air pollution and respiratory diseases is well-established, but the United Nations Children's Fund, in a report on Tuesday, said there is a growing body of scientific research which s ...More