Bijnor: At a time when the Narendra Modi government at the Centre is pitching for cleanliness under the Swachh Bharat mission, the Bijnor city administration is neglecting garbagemanagement under its ...More

People can continue to burn firecrackers up to 10 pm on Diwali as the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to impose a ban, saying if people want to celebrate outside their houses, the court cannot stop ...More

AGRA: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur held a two-day workshop on 'Sources of Environmental Pollution in India: The influence of Municipal Solid Waste and Biomass Burning on Air Quality and the ...More

NEW DELHI: Diwali is just over a fortnight away, but the Delhi government hasn't started its anti-crackers drive. With temperatures falling already, we may be heading towards days with severely pollut ...More

It will come up near Government PU College at Kuvempunagar Ahead of Deepavali, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is all set to put up an additional ambient air quality monitoring un ...More

A breakthrough by Australian and Chinese researchers could allow people to use their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, ha ...More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to expand the eight-hour night-time ban period on bursting of crackers and voiced unhappiness over government’s failure to run a campaign to create pu ...More

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to order a blanket ban of fireworks during Diwali on a plea by three infants. It reiterated its earlier ruling that firecrackers will be prohibited between 10 pm ...More

In what could help bring down the high level of pollution at traffic junctions in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has given a go ahead to install a simple yet cost effective pol ...More

This Diwali might be a quieter one than last year. According to a report from a noise test conducted on Wednesday, firecrackers could be getting less noisy. The test was jointly carried out by the Ma ...More

AGRA: One of the major threats to the Taj Mahal — a high level of particulate matter (PM) responsible for masking the white marble sheen - is being released into air on account of large scale burning ...More

The Central government is not in favour of complete ban on the use of firecrackersin Delhi during festival season saying there are several other factors responsible for pollution in the national capit ...More

NEW DELHI: Asked by the Supreme Court whether cracker bursting time could be restricted to between 5 pm and 10 pm on Diwali to curb pollution, the Centre on Tuesday diplomatically parried it, saying a ...More

THANE: The Maharashtra Pol lution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to make residents aware about the illeffects of no ise pollution during the upco ming Diwali festival. The offici als are planning to ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government is planning to make public real-time air pollution levels in various parts of the city this winter. While real-time data is already available on theDelhi Pollution Con ...More

The Central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that a complete ban on the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali was not required in the capital, since the existing rules include adequate provis ...More

Hopes for a quieter Diwali this time hinge on massive awareness campaign as government's pollution watchdog has come out with record of alarming decibel levels last year compounding health hazards acc ...More

The SMYR Consortium LLP, that collects toll for DelhiMunicipal Corporation at 125 entry points to the city, on Tuesday sought an early hearing of its plea seeking to be spared responsibility of taki ...More

LUDHIANA: According to veterinarians, animals suffer permanent damage from the sounds and lights produced by fireworks. If you love animals, don't burst any of those pollution-causing crackers this Di ...More

Diwali may light up our lives, but for animals, especially strays, the festive season is rather dim with noise and air pollution as well as the danger of getting burnt by firecrackers lurking at every ...More