Deteriorating air quality is triggering cases of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) in the country. Bearing testimony to the fact, 'National Health Profile 2015' released by the Union Ministry of Heal ...More

NEW DELHI: There is a large body of evidence linking air pollution to premature deaths, says Germany-based Prof. Dr. Jos Lelieveld, who led a team of global scientists and recently published his study ...More

MPCB’s air quality data collected from Sion and Bandra in the past decade shows annual nitrogen oxide concentrations in the range of 60-80µg/m3, almost double the standard reading of 40µg/m3; BMC and ...More

NEW DELHI: Late last week, a new research published in science journal 'Nature' said Delhi had the world's second highest number of deaths caused by sources of air pollution and, further projected tha ...More

ET analysed Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar's statements on the issue since April, and found him shifting positions and emphases according to the situation. Sometimes, he even resorted to takin ...More

According to the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, air in Delhi is very toxic due to high concentration of Particulate Matter (PM), which is the sum of all the solid and liquid particles suspended i ...More

More Indians die early from outdoor pollution caused by traditional cooking and heating than from vehicular or industrial emissions, a new study in the journal Nature said on Thursday. India has the ...More

New Delhi: India’s apex pollution control body has warned of radiation danger from mobile towers, while accepting it has no authority to stop it. An internal Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) no ...More

London: Air contaminated with pollutants such as ozone and tiny particles could cause the premature death of about 6.6 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done to improve air quality, scientis ...More

We all have stories about varying aspects of cardiovascular disease: blocked arteries, heart attacks, open-heart and bypass surgery, strokes and more. How it struck down the software engineer in his 2 ...More

In terms of environment awareness, every year people try to imbibe newer ways of using resources judiciously and responsibly to make the festival experience worthwhile. Here are the ways you can indiv ...More

Villagers prevent lorries from entering Sadupperi compost yard as protest enters ninth day The stalemate over dumping of solid waste generated by the Vellore Corporation at the 90-year-old compost ya ...More

The National Green Tribunal has flayed an expert committee over its inspection report on the ecologically sensitive area on the land between Bellandur and Agara lakes in Bengaluru and directed all the ...More

After repeated complaints from residents of Dahisar (East) regarding the pollution that emanates from two ready-mix-concrete (RMC) plants, the state pollution control board shut down one plant last we ...More

New Delhi: Citing the absence of reliable qualitative data, the central pollution watchdog is proposing to do away with consideration of factors such as the impact on people and eco-geological feature ...More

The soot lurking in the air you breathe may have travelled from thousands of kilometres away, a new study has shown, underlining the importance of a united effort to reduce pollution. According to a ...More

NOIDA: If air pollution levels have taken a turn for the worse in Delhi, it's not likely to be much different in Noida and Greater Noida. TOI visited some construction sites in the twin cities and ...More

NEW DELHI: The monsoon dried up early over north India this year and Delhiites are already facing the consequences. With rains gone, the air quality in the capital started deteriorating sharply and ha ...More

NEW DELHI: The traffic police have identified five alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles. The move comes days after NGT directed the cops to submit a list of routes for non-destined trucks u ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhiites may as well gear up for another bleak winter. Despite National Green Tribunal's interventions to reduce air pollution in NCR, the sluggish attitude of the Centre and states seems ...More