NEW DELHI: Delhi's environment department has collected about Rs 190 crore from the pollution cess of 25 paise per litre of diesel imposed in 2008, officials told TOI. The money was to be used to crea ...More

Long-term exposure to fine particle air pollution may cause subtle structural changes in the brain that increase risks of poor cognitive function and dementia, says a study. Fine particle air poll ...More

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to come up with an action plan to deal with air pollution in the Capital, while expressing concern over the “bureaucratic apathy” on the issue an ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi's environment department has collected about Rs 190 crore from the pollution cess of 25 paise per litre of diesel imposed in 2008, officials told TOI. The money was to be used to crea ...More

NEW DELHI: The issue of pollution in Delhi was raised prominently in the northern zonal council meeting held on Saturday. PWD minister Satyendar Jain said that pollution was discussed not as a local p ...More

If you are middle aged or older, and are exposed to polluted air over long periods, you may be at risk of damaging your brain. A new study led by scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre ...More

NEW DELHI: Increasing air pollution in Delhi is to be the focus of the meeting of Northern Zonal Council (NCZ) on Saturday. The meeting will consider the recommendations of a high level committee that ...More

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it was "appalled" over how bureaucrats are unconcerned over air pollution in the national capital and how cutting of trees could lead to worsening of the situation ...More

The High Court on Thursday asked the State government why it has not introduced CNG (compressed natural gas) in government mass transport vehicles in the City. While hearing a suo motu PIL with reg ...More

The district administration’s request for more stone quarries has led the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) to direct them to measure the air quality at sites beforeseeking for a green signal. W ...More

The court cautioned the authorities that it would treat high air pollution in the city as violation of the right to life. The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday made it clear to the State government ...More

The weather office’s forecast of a weak monsoon this year could lead to a spike in air pollution in many Indian cities, including Delhi and its suburbs, for a second straight year, says a state weathe ...More

AGRA: Regional transport office (RTO) has levied fines on owners of more than 11,000 vehicles, in their bid to tighten noose on vehicles flouting norms laid down to minimize pollution levels in the ci ...More

Currently, air pollution is one of the biggest crises facing the world. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, in 2010, some 223,000 people around the world died from lung cancer as a ...More

After receiving a rap from the High Court over exceeding noise levels in the City, the Transport Department conducted several enforcement drives and checked about 29,000 vehicles across the city in ...More

The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. This day in many ways marks the start of “environmental activism” as we know it today. The idea was drafted by Gaylor Nelson, then US senator ...More

BENGALURU: The Transport Department checked 28,912 vehicles for sound pollution between April 1 and April 22. Out of these, 1,517 vehicles were found to have horns which crossed the noise level limi ...More

The heated debate on addressing Delhi’s air pollution problem has got the Ministry of Environment and Forests and state agencies of NCR — including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan — cracking on t ...More

China’s choking air pollution is moving to the country’s west, environmental group Greenpeace said, though air quality may have modestly improved in eastern cities such as Beijing in recent months. P ...More

A key measure of air pollutants in China's capital showed a 19 per cent drop in the first three months of the year, local authorities said today. Beijing's municipal government said that the densi ...More