The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday slammed the Delhi government and neighbouring states Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan over their action plan on the ways to deal with severe air polluti ...More

Ignorance might be bliss in many other cases as it is famously said on various occasions. But this ignorance of the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) that the air quality of capital city ...More

Recently, Delhi and the NCR region have been in the news for extraordinarily high readings of air pollution. But what are we doing to avoid a similar situation in Pune? It is being developed as a S ...More

New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) The Delhi government has issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) to all the authorities concerned, including the DDA, PWD and civic bodies, for taking immediate measures t ...More

India, especially the national capital region, has been grappling with high levels of air pollution for a while now. The air is only deteriorating by the day and is affecting our health adversely. H ...More

NEW DELHI: As many as 10 Indian cities have figured in the 20 most polluted cities across the world leaving over eight million children in the country exposed to toxic air and potentially putting thei ...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

Delhi Environment Department Secretary will sound an alarm on Whatsapp if Air Quality Index (AQI) crosses a particular mark, asking authorities to carry out pollution control measures, official source ...More

NAIROBI: The world on Wednesday committed to a pollution-free planet at the close of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, with resolutions and pledges promising to improve the lives of billions acr ...More

New Delhi, Dec 6 Air pollution can affect brain development of more than 12 million infants in South Asia, including India, a UNICEF report said today. The report comes at a time when Delhi and north ...More

The Ghaziabad district administration has planned to install meters to track air pollution in six different parts of the city. Residents have, for long, been demanding air pollution monitoring centre ...More

Pregnant women who are exposed to road traffic pollution are more likely to deliver babies with low birth weight, according to a study conducted in London. Weight at the time of birth has an immediate ...More

GUWAHATI, Dec 4: Environmentalists paint Guwahati black, and it is not for nothing. By allowing rampant use of diesel-driven vehicles, mostly autorickshaws, the powers that be at Dispur seem to be mak ...More

The national capital has recorded poor visibility in several parts on Monday as smog continues to engulf and choke Delhi, even as the mercury settled at 8.3 degrees Celsius. According to a MeT Depart ...More

New Delhi: A poor visibility was recorded in several parts of the national capital on Monday as smog continued to engulf the city, even as the mercury settled at 8.3 degrees Celsius. "At 8:30 am, the ...More

NAIROBI, KENYA: As the United Nations Environment Assembly gets together for a political declaration with world leaders to "#BeatPollution" in Nairobi, India is one of the focus countries. India and ...More

LONDON, DECEMBER 4: A European satellite tracking the levels of air pollutants around the world has beamed back new views of the Earth’s atmosphere, including images of pollution drifting away from p ...More

PATIALA: With the Delhi government again pointing fingers at its neighbouring states for the smog that has returned to engulf the Capital, Punjab refused to take the blame on Monday citing zero stub ...More

Traditional sources of pollution combined with weather factors have resulted in Delhi’s air quality worsening again. The Sri Lankan cricket team held up the second day of the India-Sri Lanka Test ma ...More

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday accused the Delhi and Central governments of not doing enough to prevent rising levels of air pollution in the national Capital. “We live here (in De ...More