AGRA: An eight-year study, from 2008-2015, conducted by the IIT-Roorkee, University of Minnesota in the US and University of Surrey, UK, has shown that emissions from vehicles in Delhi have increased ...More

New Delhi: The next time you see a vehicle belching out toxic smoke in the city, you may be able to get it challaned. One of the highlights of the Delhi government's 13-point agenda to deal with air p ...More

Delhi’s air quality is once again in the category of ‘very poor’ and is likely to stay that way over the weekend amidst a spike in pollutants after an almost week-long moderate phase when a steady fal ...More

NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of air quality plunging into 'severe' category across Delhi, the government today said that it has taken concrete measures including ban on burning of wastes to tackle the p ...More

The Supreme Court on Wednesday doubled the environment compensation charge for loaded commercial vehicles entering Delhi and imposed a blanket ban on registration of diesel vehicles of and above 2,000 ...More

The state pollution control board is set to triple the number of air quality monitoring stations across the state from January 1, 2016, to keep track of the rising pollution levels. “We will be incre ...More

Beijing has issued its second red alert for air pollution in December as a new bout of smog is forecast to hit the capital from Saturday to Tuesday. The red alert, the most serious level, will last f ...More

And the levels may be more than you think because pollution is being measured by machines fixed on rooftops In a city where vehicles rule the roost, the healthiest mode of commuting – walking – is al ...More

Mumbai: India’s auto makers and dealers on Thursday called for a clear, national policy to combat air pollution, after a crackdown on diesel cars and trucks in New Delhi, which campaigners have vowed ...More

The focus of the Supreme Court’s pollution orders is diesel vehicles. A primer on the origins, chemical composition and environment-friendliness of the two auto fuels: Same raw material Both petrol ...More

Delhi’s transport sector produces six times as much greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as that of Kolkata’s, five times as much as Ahmedabad’s and three times as much as Greater Mumbai and Chennai, accord ...More

The Delhi government today pulled up the BJP-ruled municipal corporations for their “poor” showing in preventing open burning of waste and in acting against violators of dust pollution norms in the ci ...More

Driving in smog-hit Delhi without a valid pollution-under-control (PUC) certificate may soon cost you Rs 5,000. In yet another move towards cleaning the city’s notoriously toxic air, the AAP governme ...More

Polluters big and small, from individuals burning leaves to massive construction sites producing dust, have become the targets of an ongoing crackdown by the Delhi Government and municipal corporation ...More

BinduShajanPerappadan, DaminiNath and Ashok Kumar give you a lowdown on why air quality in the Capital is likely to improve Diesel cars emit five times more harmful particulate matter than petrol car ...More

NEW DELHI: Concerned over delay in the operationalizing the waste-to-energy plants in capital, the National Green Tribunal today constituted a "high-powered team" to inspect these plants while directi ...More

Over the past month, there have been repeated calls from environmentalists and activists for drastic measures on part of the administration to clean the toxic air in Delhi, considered the world’s most ...More

Even if Batman made it past the Delhi border, his Batmask would need to incorporate a heavy-duty air filter — one that keeps out very fine particulate matter — over his nostrils Eighty. That’s how ma ...More

New Delhi: Almost coinciding with the Supreme Court's landmark verdict on dealing with air pollution in Delhi, the skies in the city cleared up making way for a sunny Wednesday. Very unusual for the c ...More

Air pollution, which is one of the top ten killers in the world and fifth leading cause of death in India, is responsible for about 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi, a report by the Centre fo ...More