Particulate emission from cookstoves is killing rural women. It’s worse than the pollution in Delhi The year 2016 started in Delhi with the launch of the Odd-Even traffic policy with the aim of reduc ...More

Even as the government claimed that the recent odd-even plan brought down pollution and proposed to bring it back, here is something to gulp down. A new research has indicated that the air quality ins ...More

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra Government, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board ( MPCB), state Ministry of Environment and 3 others to file their response to a petition seeki ...More

GURGAON: The state government has directed civic bodies to use pebbles to repair road dividers before the Happening Haryana investors' summit in order to curb air pollution caused by cementing of cent ...More

The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know whether the odd-even policy for traffic management, experimented with in Delhi, will work in Mumbai if implemented. Under this policy introduced on a ...More

New Delhi: Delhi government has announced that it will impose a stiff penalty on polluting trucks entering the capital. It will also strictly monitor construction projects and fine those not adhering ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi government is planning to impose a fine of Rs 5,000 on any polluting trucks entering the national capital. Health Minister Satyendar Jain today held a review of the steps being taken ...More

The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the government to treat as representation a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to reintroduce the odd-even scheme in the capital through awareness campaig ...More

NAVI MUMBAI: City based activists have urged CM DevendraFadnavis to consider implementing odd-even traffic formula of Delhi in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mumbai, to curb the rising air pollution. "I recen ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government to treat a plea seeking re-introduction of odd¬even vehicular scheme through proper awareness campaign as a representation, saying it had ...More

In the wake of the increasing pollution levels in the City, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has written to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), seeking details ...More

Karnataka High Court judge Justice N K Patil on Tuesday took note of the increasing water and air pollution and said that it should be the priority of the government to ensure clean drinking water and ...More

The odd-even road rationing formula tried out for a fortnight in Delhi could have a visible impact on air quality if similar experiments were carried out in the entire national capital region (NCR), a ...More

Delhi's day out at the Rajpath lawns to celebrate the 67th Republic Day was veiled by its characteristic smog and 'very poor' air quality. The average levels of PM 2.5 and PM 10, fine respirable part ...More

Air quality levels dipped from early morning on Republic Day, with particulate matter levels shooting up across air quality monitoring stations. At least four AQI stations recorded severe levels of ai ...More

Washington: Mothers-to-be, take note! Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of premature birth, a new study has found. Researchers at the US Ci ...More

Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of premature birth, a study has found. Researchers at the US Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre ...More

BANGALURU: For SarmilaKarmakar, wearing a dupatta is not just a style statement; it comes handy as a protective gear whenever she steps out. The threat of inhaling dust prompts her to create a balacla ...More

Karnataka High Court judge Justice N K Patil on Tuesday took note of the increasing water and air pollution and said that it should be the priority of the government to ensure clean drinking water and ...More

Mothers-to-be, take note! Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of premature birth, a new study has found. Researchers at the US Cincinnati C ...More