The Environmental Laws (Amendment) Bill is the first step in quantifying and penalising environmental damage — but it falls short in gauging the scope and ramifications. New Delhi is in the news agai ...More

RAIPUR: With sale of crackers down by at least 30 per cent this Diwali, the levels of noise and air pollution in the city were significantly less than the previous years, even though they remained hig ...More

he Mumbai skyline, forming a backdrop to the ocean, is one of the city’s most iconic sights. But drive down Marine Drive or the Bandra-Worli sea link and you’re likely to see the skyscrapers only thro ...More

Justice Kurian Joseph has cited the hazard posed by crematorium near the monument of love An urgent personal letter from the Supreme Court judge, Justice Kurian Joseph, to protect the grandeur of t ...More

HYDERABAD: The ministry of environment and forestry will soon send a fact-finding team to assess the impact of the state government's relaxation of a moratorium on industrial activity in the city. The ...More

Navi Mumbai: Although fewere crackers have been sold this year, resulting in less noise and air pollution, doctors say post Diwali there has been no respite in the number of patients coming with compl ...More

Delhi’s worsening air pollution and climate change have led to an increase in the respiratory diseases, ENT problems and auto-immune diseases such as arthritis among people. Post Diwali, air has deter ...More

Some of the air pollution parameters studied on Deepavali day were higher compared to normal days, according to Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The board had studied air and noise pollution level ...More

Buses, trucks and autorickshaws the key culprits with their thick, black smoke At a time when the Transport Department is observing environment pollution reduction month, hundreds of vehicles, partic ...More

LUCKNOW: It will be easier checking unfit vehicles plying on city roads as the first advanced centre of the state comes up in Lucknow very soon. "Construction is on in full swing," said sources in ...More

Air pollution monitored at three locations Some of the air pollution parameters studied on Deepavali day were higher compared to normal days, according to Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. Two day ...More

Thane: Deafening firecrackers, smoke in the air and cracker litter was a common sight across the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Even though activists and the media had stressed on curbing the extensi ...More

If the noise levels monitored during Deepavali by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Mysuru are to be believed, they were almost similar to the ones observed during last year’s festi ...More

This Deepavali was less noisier compared to the previous one, according an analysis of noise pollution conducted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on the festival days. KSPCB ...More

THE IMPACT of ‘black Diwali’ celebrated by a significant number of Sikhs people owing to the recent incidents of ‘desecration’ was visible in the decreased air pollution level on Diwali day in Punjab. ...More

With increased awareness about the harmful effects of bursting crackers and several members of the Sikh community not participating in Diwali celebrations in protest against the repeated sacrilege inc ...More

The fireworks have fizzled. The festival lights are coming down. What’s left of the Hindu holiday of Diwali in the Indian capital – already considered the world’s most polluted – is a toxic haze that ...More

Over 100 companies in China that failed to reduce pollution will be severely penalised by the government, a media report said on Friday. Three of the companies failed to cut their production under th ...More

LUCKNOW: Excited to be in the market before Diwali to buy all decorations, sweets and crackers, class III student Ashu Trivedi was suddenly taken over by a different sentiment. Disregarding his father ...More

The most dangerous component of pollution – Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) – shot up to 412 g/m3 on Wednesday at Kukatpally, which was twice the average of around 220 g/m3 on normal da ...More