If Delhi is polluted, so is Patna. But if there's hope for a better tomorrow for Delhi, any such prospect eludes Patna. The Supreme Court on Wednesday prohibited registration of high-end diesel SUVs ...More

Air pollution is responsible for 10,000-30,000 deaths in Delhi annually and is the fifth largest cause of death in the country, states the ‘Body Burden 2015’ report released by the Centre for Science ...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

NEW DELHI: Following are the highlights of the Supreme Court's order to curb air pollution: * Diesel-run SUVs, high-end pvt cars with 2000CC and above engine not to be registered in NCR-Delhi til ...More

The Indian auto industry is perplexed over a series of developments on the massive environmental concerns in Delhi along with the consumers who too have no clarity on which vehicle to buy amid a blank ...More

With Delhi witnessing an alarming rise in air pollution levels, a multi-agency study has revealed the impact of bad poor air quality on growth of foetus in pregnant women. The study was conducted by S ...More

The furore over high levels of pollution has been largely restricted to Delhi. However, the Central Pollution Control Board’s list of critically polluted cities includes Varanasi and Kanpur while Luck ...More

Beijing's air pollution levels may have been notorious, but recently, a restaurant in the Chinese city of Zhangjiagang decided it needed an air-filtering system to offer diners an environment with cle ...More

The Kejriwal government's odd and even car formula to control air pollution may not have gone down well in Delhi, but it has stuck a cord in Bengal. Taking a cue, Bengal government officials in Burdwa ...More

Patna: In a bid to provide some relief to Patnaites choking in the very poor quality ambient air, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) seems to have taken a cue from the recent Paris climat ...More

A number of public health catastrophes - arising largely out of environmental reasons — are staring the people of India in the face. While the debate over polluted air and how to control it rages on i ...More

India has seen an increase in vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria due to climate change Sample this: Air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India, 37.7 million Indians are aff ...More

Now (air pollution) poses the danger in cities, where elites face the distress of seeing their children go to school with pollution masks, says the Canadian writer and activist. Air pollution is like ...More

Authorities in the National Capital Region (NCR), despite various formulas like car-free day and the proposed odd-even formula have not been able to check the rising air pollution in the region leavin ...More

NEW DELHI: An evaluation of the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) data maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released on Tuesday has revealed that as many as 15 out of the 17 cities ...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 ...More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to double the green tax on commercial vehicles entering the city in a bid to curb air pollution in the national capital by discouraging such vehicles fr ...More

This definitely is a huge setback for those who were gearing up to own a diesel SUV or a luxury sedan in Delhi. Taking its crusade against the toxic air in the national capital to new heights, the Sup ...More

While the current furore over air quality in Delhi and the urgency in attempts at curbing it are justified - the capital is inarguably one of the most polluted in the world - some other small and not ...More

New Delhi: The Centre is in favour of phasing out all Bharat Stage-I and Bharat Stage-II diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region. This will take care of all 10-year-old diesel vehicles, seen as ...More