On June 5 every year, the world celebrates environment day to spread awareness about pollution and to take actions to save Mother Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). ...More

The Delhi Congress, led by its president Ajay Maken, on Friday observed the environment day as the “public transport day” by taking a Metro ride from the Rajiv Chowk Metro station in Connaught Place t ...More

When American academic Katherine Mayo wrote a rant about India and Indians in her book Mother India back in the 1920s, Mahatma Gandhidescribed it as “the report of a drain inspector sent out with the ...More

Needless delays in executing projects have led to the worsening of air quality across several cities in the country and a new draft audit inspection report shows that the purpose of setting up conti ...More

BAREILLY: The increase in number of vehicles plying on city roads has led to exceptionally high concentrations of air pollutants in Bareilly. Residents are now, more than ever, at a risk of respirator ...More

India may be lagging behind China on several economic indicators but when it comes to environmental degradation, the country has definitely outsmarted its giant neighbour. Of the world’s top 20 pol ...More

AGRA: Pollution levels at Bodla and Nanuhai industrial area was three to four times higher than the prescribed limit in the month of May, according to the state's pollution watchdog. The eye-wat ...More

NEW DELHI: Here's some good news on World Environment Day. The quality of fuel which often determines the level of toxic auto emissions will improve sooner than we thought. For a city like Delhi, chok ...More

Breathing in polluted air is injurious to your heart. Growing evidence suggests thatmicroscopic particulate matter (PM) comprising construction dust and vehicular exhaust could, in this regard, be the ...More

Mumbai is seeing a rise in tuberculosis (TB), thanks to the city's poor air quality. A stretch of road in Sion, in particular, gives reason for worry. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has foun ...More

BHOPAL: Monitoring of pollution by firms in Madhya Pradesh will not be through physical verification anymore. It will now be done just by click of a mouse from Bhopal. MP Pollution Control Board (MPPC ...More

The Jharkhand Pollution Control Board (JPCB) issued fresh guidelines on Thursday to industrial units in the state to ensure zero level discharge of water and air pollution. Official sources said the ...More

Being a foreign correspondent in New Delhi is hard. A decent house? Only Lutyens, or the diplomatic zone will do. (The rent is a small matter: In addition to a ‘hardship posting allowance’, the public ...More

HYDERABAD: At a time when the national capital is under fire for its rapidly escalating air pollution levels, it turns out, the 'atmosphere' back home isn't very pleasant either. A steady increase ...More

NEW DELHI: The environment ministry will launch an urban forestry scheme on June 6 which will involve afforesting degraded forest lands in and around 200 cities. On the occasion of World Environment D ...More

Cricketers to participate in countrywide sapling plantation drive NEW DELHI, JUNE 3: The government will launch a scheme to create ‘urban forests’ by planting trees in forest land lying vacant or ...More

Dr B Sengupta, an environmental scientist and former member secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board on Wednesday enumerated factors that cause pollution in the air and suggested measures to r ...More

The National Air Quality Index (NAQI), one of the few major achievements of the environment ministry in NDA's first year, has received a timely financial boost, at a time when questions were raised ab ...More

NAGPUR: Ever thought football can bring about a change in environment protection? Well, here is a second to none chance for kids to learn all about environment conservation and sustainable development ...More

The media’s increasing attention on a surge in air pollution in urban centres, as well as courtroom battles on related issues, have indirectly led to an increase in air purifier sales in India. Sinc ...More