It has been about three weeks since Narendra Modi’s government was sworn in, and the ministry of environment and forests has already begun to make news. Day one saw a welcome step forward, with the Mo ...More

Installing more sewage and effluent treatment plants and restricting discharge of untreated wastewater into drains are among the recommendations of a high-power committee constituted by Lieutenant G ...More

TRICHY: The Trichy Municipal Corporation has come in for sharp criticism for its inability to find a permanent solution to frequent fire incidents at the garbage dump yard at Ariyamangalam. Meanwh ...More

TRICHY: Firefighters are struggling to put down smoke that is billowing from the garbage yard at Ariyamangalam from Sunday morning. The billowing smoke has engulfed nearby residential areas, causing i ...More

BEIJING: Complaints about air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing more than doubled in the first five months of 2014, the city environment authority said, a sign of rising public anger about t ...More

BEIJING: Complaints about air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing more than doubled in the first five months of 2014, the city environment authority said, a sign of rising public anger about ...More

Hyderabad: Air pollution can be linked to nearly 3700 premature deaths and 2.8 lakh asthma attacks in Hyderabad city in one year, claimed a new study. Researchers assessed that amount of pollution loa ...More

NEW DELHI: A high-powered committee set up by the LG recently has listed a slew of measures to counter air pollution in the city. Key recommendations include linking the pollution under control (PUC) ...More

NEW DELHI: A high-powered committee set up by the LG recently has listed a slew of measures to counter air pollution in the city. Key recommendations include linking the pollution under control (PUC) ...More

PANCHKULA: The municipal corporation will start a challan drive to check pollution in the city from next week. The drive will mainly focus on the use of polythene bags. A team, which is yet to be f ...More

Rush hour gridlocks, haphazard parking of vehicles on the roadsides, ever-increasing levels of hazardous air pollution and traffic bottlenecks. All this and more are a mundane sight for any commuter ...More

ORIX Corporation has been operating "Agatsuma Biomass Power Plant" in Gunma Prefecture of Japan. The plant is the country's third-largest wood chip-?red thermal power station. Agatsuma Biomass Power ...More

LUCKNOW: Summer pollution curve has taken an ugly turn as ground-level ozone, a highly reactive and harmful gas, far exceeds the permissible limit. With heat wave raging in early June ozone has peaked ...More

The heat has been unbearable and worse news follows. The summer pollution curve has taken an ugly turn as ground-level ozone, a highly reactive and harmful gas, has far exceeded the permissible limit, ...More

VARANASI: The grandeur of the evening 'Ganga aarti' on the banks of the Ganga and the panoramic sunrise (Subeh-e-Banaras) attract scores of tourists from across the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...More

"There is a link between rising pollution levels and hotter days," said Dr Gufran Beig, Program Director at System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Temperature recorded at the ...More

Ozone levels have shot up in Delhi and the gas is causing severe health problems for asthmatics and those with respiratory illnesses in the city, according to a recent study by the Centre for Science ...More

Just a few hours of exposure to it can trigger serious health problems, especially among those who are already suffering from respiratory and asthmatic problems As the intense heat wave conditions c ...More

As the government prepares new policies for a better, more prosperous India, it would do well to take a look at a small report brought out by The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) on the costs of ...More

People living in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai have been breathing polluted air, which falls under the “poor to severe” category for a considerable number of observations throughout 2013-14, found a report ...More