NEW DELHI: Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday pitched for making it mandatory for eateries and hotels to have organic waste plant and said he will write to Tourism ministry ...More

Air pollution is a major threat in the cities leading to respiratory disorders, asthma and also allergies in a large number of people. With the winter setting in these disorders see a major rise. Ove ...More

Despite the cost, a solar energy system is a great energy saver and a boon during power cuts, says Anamika Mukherjee Long before we started to build our house, my husband and I started to talk about ...More

Generally seen during Diwali, the rise in particulate matter in the air is leading to many citizens suffering from respiratory troubles that are difficult to cure This winter, pollution levels ha ...More

NEW DELHI: India's white marvel, the Taj Mahal, is slowly turning brownish-yellow because of air pollution, says an Indo-US study which also identifies the pollutants responsible for the effect. ...More

Just ahead of Delhi implementing its odd-even car scheme, two cities in Europe have taken the tough call to stop their surging pollution levels. Italy's fashion hub, Milan, banned all traffic, from 1 ...More

RAIPUR: In a bid to control the growing industrial pollution in Raipur and adjacent areas, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) could relocate industries from the industrial areas of Sil ...More

TEHRAN: Almost 400 people have been hospitalized with heart and respiratory problems caused by heavy air pollution in Tehran, with nearly 1,500 others requiring treatment, an official said on Tuesday. ...More

KANPUR: Thick fog and haze that envelops the city every morning and evening is an indicator of high pollution levels in the city. Experts have suggested that high concentration of pollutants in the ai ...More

KOLKATA: It's a known fact that depleting green cover and rapid increase in vehicular traffic are taking a toll on the city's ambient air quality. But how serious is the damage? If results of the test ...More

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) suggested measures to check vehicular emission levels in the Capital will soon take concrete shape from New Year’s Eve. As per the NGT order, which had suggested h ...More

Visakhapatnam: It is ironic that Vizag which is being developed as a smart city has noise pollution and air pollution beyond permissible levels. Commercial areas, industrial regions and even resident ...More

NEW DELHI: Almost all of the most polluted cities in India are located in the north with Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan dominating the list, according to a WHO report on the most polluted cities ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), that celebrated 12 years of its operation on Wednesday, claimed to have kept nearly 3.9 lakh vehicles off roads in 2014. The head of DMRC, Mangu S ...More

NEW DELHI: A number of path-breaking orders to curb pollution and a strict watch on illegal mining kept the National Green Tribunal (NGT) busy in 2014 as it also cracked the whip on firms polluting ...More

NEW DELHI: 2014 saw India playing a crucial role in protecting the interests of developing nations at the UN climate talks in Lima where negotiators prepared a way for a new ambitious and binding deal ...More

NEW DELHI: 2014 saw India playing a crucial role in protecting the interests of developing nations at the UN climate talks in Lima where negotiators prepared a way for a new ambitious and binding deal ...More

CHANDIGARH: A three-day training programme on 'Impact of air quality on human health' commenced on Monday at School of Public Health, PGI. The training programme is being organized by School of Public ...More

Like air pollution, level of noise pollution is also found to be on the rise in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The government, however, admitted in the Lok Sabha that officials designate ...More

BEIJING: China plans tougher pollution limits and heavier penalties in a revision of its air pollution law, state-run news agency Xinhua said, as the government battles to reduce smog that takes hun ...More