Cleaner air results in better lung health in children, says a new study done in California. Efforts to enhance air quality can improve children's lung health in the short term and might also make a ...More

A popular but controversial documentary on China’s struggles with pollution was inaccessible on China’s video sharing websites on Saturday, sparking concern from Chinese Internet users that it had bee ...More

KOLHAPUR: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has cracked down on 17 sugar factories, distillery units and a power generation plant and forfeited their bank guarantees of Rs 85 lakh for f ...More

Having been satisfied that the pet coke and sulphur units of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) are causing severe air pollution, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) ...More

AGRA: The two-month deadline set by Parliament standing committee (PSC) on environment for the local administration to conduct a joint meeting of all the stakeholders to find more ways to reduce pollu ...More

With the National Green Tribunal acting tough on those failing to curb vehicular pollution in Delhi, municipal corporations were on Wednesday directed to finally demarcate single lane for parking in L ...More

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the authorities to ensure that all work “regarding the regulation of traffic in Lajpat Nagar” is completed by March 10 while directing authorities concerned ...More

LONDON: Admitting your kids to schools located near busy roads or in areas with high levels of air pollution could hamper their intellectual development, new research suggests. Attendance at schoo ...More

A new study has found that higher levels of traffic related to air pollution aroundschools leads to slower cognitive development in children between seven and 10-year-olds. The study led by PLOS expl ...More

NEW DELHI: Taj Mahal could get discoloured due to the adverse impact of air pollution as a research has found that the environment around the famous 17th century monument has high concentration of l ...More

New Delhi, March 3 (PTI): The Taj Mahal could get discoloured because of the adverse impact of air pollution, the government informed the Lok Sabha today. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said ...More

The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi Government for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel’s directions to curb vehicular pollution in the Capital. “What steps have ...More

Swachh Bharat may have started on a high note, but cleaning up the country is serious business. Apart from investment, it calls for behavioural changes, expertise and scientific knowledge. If Fi ...More

‘Black ash from the chimney of the unit entering houses’ Residents of Anjenaya Nagar on Monday ransacked the office of Belagavi District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Societies Union Ltd. in Mahantesh ...More

Contrary to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Delhi is not the most polluted city in the world, says Gufran Beig, the country’s leading atmospheric scientist. According to Beig, it is t ...More

NEW DELHI: The Union Budget on Saturday failed to make any allocations or fiscal measures to control air pollution. After the World Health Organization's (WHO) urban air quality database last year sho ...More

The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi Government for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel’s directions to curb vehicular pollution in the Capital. “What steps have ...More

Black smoke from chimneys outside their windows, air thick with carbon particles, soot-covered furniture and the relentless drone of rock crushers are what more than 1,000 residents of NG Suncity Phas ...More

The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi government for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel's directions to curb vehicular pollution in the capital. "What steps have ...More

Even as air pollution levels in the city remain a serious health risk and concerns continue over the deteriorating air quality, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said that air quality in ...More