NEW DELHI: Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said his ministry will soon launch a, "massive people-oriented awareness campaign", to check air pollution. While releasing action points ...More

NEW DELHI: The Government today said it will soon launch a "massive" people-oriented awareness campaign to check air pollution, and asserted that it has adopted a "consultative and cooperative" approa ...More

Bengaluru is a city in which it's hard to breathe. Yet, the pollution control board has only 13 monitors across the 700-odd sqkm of the city. The fact that 10 of these 13 monitors have recorded res ...More

The world famous glass industries which have been in news since 1990s for environmental hazard will now be inspected for pollution. Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad, the city of glass and bangles, will now ...More

NEW DELHI: There are 522 sewage treatment plants (STP) in the country, of which 79 are non-operational, the Government said today. In a written reply to a question on number of operational, non- ...More

Heavy rain in July and in the past few days in August has brought down air pollution in the capital with the air quality index reported as being at a “good” scale. Due to the showers, Particulate M ...More

Dehradun: The Kosi-Gaula-Nandhaur-Sharda region, in the Shivalik-Bhabar tract, comprises the western circle of the terai tiger habitat. The region falls between rivers Kosi and Sharda and connects the ...More

The Union environment ministry has proposed new pollution monitoring standards for industries in at least 22 sectors over the past few months in an attempt to regulate these sectors better. Some of t ...More

PUNE: Installation of noise barriers to reduce sound pollution at construction sites and increasing the number of public transport buses to encourage people to stop using their personal vehicles are s ...More

NEW DELHI: More than 11% of Delhiites are suffering from asthma and rhinits, the government said while acknowledging that air pollution is an "aggravating" factor for respiratory and cardiovascular di ...More

Contribution of construction activities to dust particles in ambient air ranges between 22-23 per cent in six Indian cities including Delhi, the government today said while acknowledging that such was ...More

MUMBAI: Another toxic aspect of the pollution caused by the mountains of imported coal dumped on port trust land in Sewri is signalled by smoke billowing out of the heaps. "This is a clear case of ...More

NEW DELHI: Contribution of construction activities to dust particles in ambient air ranges between 22-23 per cent in six Indian cities including Delhi, the government today said while acknowledging th ...More

NEW DELHI: Union environment ministry, which generally avoids sharing details of air pollution-linked deaths, made an exception on Thursday when it said in Parliament that more than 35,000 people had ...More

NEW DELHI: Government today said that over 35,000 people have died across the country due to respiratory ailments generally caused by air pollution in the past nine years. In a written reply in Ra ...More

Government on Thursday said that over two crore cases are reported every year across the country due to respiratory ailments generally caused by air pollutionin past nine years. In a written reply in ...More

Satellites, drones and remote sensors will soon be deployed across China to detect pollution levels over land, sea and air, state media reported Wednesday, indicating that the normal methods to identi ...More

WASHINGTON: Los Angeles has been successful in its fight against air pollution, US President Barack Obama has said, citing the city's smog-filled air in late 70s when he went there as a graduate stude ...More

Blueair’s early warning air pollution app is now available on Android making it available to tens of millions of Indians who use smart phones and other mobile devices powered by Google’s operating sys ...More

Los Angeles has been successful in its fight against air pollution, US President Barack Obama said as he cited the city's smog-filled air pollution when he went there as a graduate student in late 70s ...More