Lobbying by automobile companies will not stop transport rules from being tightened in two years to combat the alarming air pollution levels in New Delhi, said Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wed ...More

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority is preparing to cut 600 trees along the proposed Dilshad Garden-New Bus Stand Metro line. It has received all the clearances from the forest department a ...More

The issue of environmental conservation has gained in public importance because of the significant administrative measures (Air Quality Index) and judicial decisions (NGT rulings on diesel cars and co ...More

KANPUR: Muddy roads and vehicular smoke has made the city's air poisonous. Air quality in the city has deteriorated to hazardous level with level of particulate matter increasing to three times of its ...More

A new World Bank administered programme, with an initial total allocation of around $45 million, will focus on air quality management in five major urban areas in India, China, Egypt, Nigeria and Sout ...More

NEW DELHI: Air pollution which is known to cause poor lung and heart health may also cause a stroke, a new research suggests. The findings of the research, which has been published in British Medi ...More

LUCKNOW: Technological advancements in the automotive industry and the switchover from two-stroke engines to four-stroke ones may have been touted as vehicles 'going green', but new challenges have no ...More

Even before its knee-jerk crackdown on polluting vehicles, the National Green Tribunal passed a far more absurd sultani farman on February 17, banning street vendors andcycle rickshaws from select are ...More

If the National Green Tribunal’s pollution commissioners want to know where some of the 80,000 diesel-belching trucks that enter Delhi every night go, all they need to do is reach the heart of South ...More

NEW DELHI: High air pollution levels in Delhi have been generally associated with winters, when atmospheric inversion traps pollutants close to the ground and causes smog. It's time to revise that vie ...More

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) got a short in the arm with the Supreme Court on Monday backing its controversial orders banning petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 ...More

New Delhi, April 20: The National Green Tribunal ruling to ban diesel vehicles over 10 years old in the capital will help clean the city's air even if owners replace old vehicles with new ones, engine ...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

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recently prepared an action plan to counter high air pollution levels, and an implementation strategy for the new government with special emphasis on clean ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi government recently cracked the whip on 172 construction projects causing air pollution in and flouting guidelines for construction. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has asked ...More

Continuing its crackdown on major sources of air pollution in the Capital, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued notices to 172 ongoing construction projects in the city. The pollut ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Friday widened the ambit of the ongoing case on 'air pollution in Delhi' to include all states and Union Territories in the country. On a petition brought in by a doctor ...More

NEW DELHI: While hearing a petition against high air pollution levels in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal bench on Friday said it will widen the scope on the case to include all other states affecte ...More

Air pollution can be bad for children - starting even before birth, a new study suggests. Researchers studied exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, a form of pollution caused by burni ...More

Chandrapur: Hazardous pollution that has earned dubious distinction for Chandrapur is on decline. Chandrapur, which is under industrial moratorium for last five years thanks to heavy pollution, has sl ...More