NEW DELHI: Delhi's alarmingly poor air quality has been making headlines round the world. Scientific reports and testimonies of people have given enough proof of the respiratory and cardiovascular dis ...More

Air pollution in India has reached dangerous levels. This is outlined by the fact that a vast majority of our population, around 660 million, inhabit areas in which the Indian National Ambient Air Qua ...More

VISAKHAPATNAM: Walk into any home, office or warehouse and you can be sure to come across electronic junk or old, disused electronic gadgets such as cell phones, electric lamps, tape-recorders, radios ...More

Pulling up the counsel for the Delhi government for failing to file details on the number of trees felled in the city in the last 10 years and the revenue generated by granting permission for cutting ...More

NEW DELHI: The appointment to the post of Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), country’s top pollution body, is expected to be further delayed with a selection committee under cabinet sec ...More

New Delhi: A selection committee at the cabinet secretariat has rejected all 17 candidates shortlisted by the environment ministry for the post of chairperson of the Central Pollution Control Board (C ...More

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will in August launch its first comprehensive, and high-octane 'public programme' to help clean up Delhi's extremely toxic air that-as per a global study-kills 80 ...More

KOLHAPUR: The city once known for its healthy air has seen a steady deterioration of the air quality over the past five years, largely attributed to the vehicular density in the congested areas. Civic ...More

CO2 not recognised as air pollutant as per CPCB norms, he told Parliament. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday refused to take a stand on whether air pollution in Delhi was indeed ...More

Government today said it was not right to believe an international report which claimed that air pollution kills 80 people in Delhi everyday and added that it will come out with a detailed correctio ...More

The government on Friday held a meeting with ministers and officials of the National Capital Region (NCR) to review the situation arising out of the worsening air pollution levels in the city. "All t ...More

Government on Friday said that air pollution is killing around 80 people in Delhi every day, according to an international study released recently. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, environment mi ...More

NEW DELHI: Government today said that air pollution is killing around 80 people in Delhievery day, according to an international study released recently. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Environ ...More

Cities across Europe will ban cars from their roads for one day in September, as part of a campaign to promote more sustainable transport. While major capital cities across the continent have been ...More

NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday air pollution is killing 80 people every day in the capital. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Javadekar said respirable parti ...More

"An international study released recently has claimed that foul air is killing up to 80 people a day in Delhi. The numbers of premature deaths given in the study are based on the constructive estimate ...More

NEW DELHI: More than five lakh trees were planted from 2003 to 2015 to restore forest cover lost due to construction and expansion of Delhi Metro, the city government informed the Delhi high court on ...More

The air-conditioning vents and ducts inside the Delhi High Court is full of soot and other particulate matter and it is spoiling the quality of air inside the building, a report of the court administr ...More

Indoor air—cleaning company Blueair on Monday said it has launched an Android App which can detect and warn about air pollution. The company, in a statement, said the app gathers real—time air poll ...More

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has set a target to plant 2.6 lakh saplings this year in its attempt to increase the green cover of the city and curb air pollution. The drive will ...More