The first three working days after the end of the odd-even scheme saw a rapid worsening of air quality, with levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) registering a jump of more than 57% on the day af ...More

New Delhi: The Delhi government's odd-even scheme has been given a thumbs up by Centre for Science and Environment, a green think tank, which said it helped bring down air pollution levels in the city ...More

January 15, which was the last day of the odd and even scheme was the "cleanest" day of this winter. NEW DELHI, JAN 22: The first three working days after the end of the odd-even scheme saw rapid ...More

One of the major reasons for low weight among newborns in rural India was the continuous exposure of pregnant women to indoor air pollution, according to doctors. Doctors have said indoor air polluti ...More

Mumbai: Two years ago, the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, for the first time, classified air pollution as one of the causes for cancer. "PM 2.5 (solid ...More

Mumbai: While Mumbaikars woke up to the coldest day yet this January at 12.6 degree Celsius, thanks to a cold wave in parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada, the average pollution level reduced to ...More

This winter, Delhi’s government and the judiciary have implemented several policies aimed at cutting Delhi’s air pollution. The just-concluded odd-even scheme in the city required motorists to find al ...More

MUMBAI: Pollution levels in the city slipped back into the 'poor' category as minimum temperatures dipped on Tuesday. The chill returned to the city after a long gap as the minimum temperature dropped ...More

Delhi is at a crossroads in its approach to air pollution. Since the capital topped the World Health Organization’slist of most-polluted cities, the public has focused its attention on the issue and t ...More

BEIJING: Nearly 300 Chinese cities failed to meet national standards for air quality last year, Greenpeace said Wednesday, despite marginal improvements in some of the worst¬hit areas. China's cities ...More

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared Delhi as the most polluted city in the world. Undoubtedly, it is so, as the data on various parameters of air quality index (AQI)—particulate matt ...More

Earlier this month, I was in the Delhi High Court, where a battery of lawyers had filed separate petitions against the odd-even car-rationing scheme of the Delhi government. Their arguments were that ...More

Gurgaon: Air pollution increased slightly on Saturday in the city, even though the concentration of smog was less as compared to the past three days. The PM2.5 has been recorded at 115.25 g/m³ (mic ...More

The odd-even plan of the Delhi government may have reduced congestion on the Capital’s roads with the AAP government celebrating the “success” of its odd-even scheme on Sunday but data shows the city’ ...More

New data on deadly levels of air pollution in cities across the globe are scheduled to be released soon by the World Health Organisation (WHO), whose top public health expert has already called it a g ...More

In an attempt to dodge Haryana’s sky-rocketing power tariff, many private schools and universities in Gurgaon are installing solar generation plants in their campus. Suncity World School, Scottish Hi ...More

The Bombay High Court on Friday issued notices to the state government, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and Regional Transport Office (RTO), asking ...More

It was the hazardous air that Delhi breathes which warranted the radical odd-even plan for 15 days. While experts believe that restricting the number of vehicles on roads certainly helps in curbing ...More

Growing concerns over the air quality in metros such as Delhi and Mumbai have led to a surge in mobile apps that keep users updated on the latest pollution levels and health warnings. In the past one ...More

The fortnight-long odd-even campaign aimed at battling air pollution in Delhi which ended on Friday night brought down direct emissions of pollutants from cars by 30 to 40 percent, says leading enviro ...More