LOS ANGELES: Children and teenagers exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution may be at an increased risk of a specific DNA damage called telomere shortening, a new study warns. Young ...More

Navi Mumbai: The civic sweepers are making bonfires of the trash heaps on the roadside instead of transporting them to the dumpyard, alleged locals On Tuesday, morning, civic workers burnt trash near ...More

New Delhi: The high court proposed setting up of a standing task force to handle the issue of air pollution in the national capital. A bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Pratibha M. Singh said th ...More

* Air pollution is responsible for about one in every nine deaths annually, with almost twothirds of those deaths in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, the WHO says. * By 2040, Asia will account ...More

In a bid to promote segregation of e-waste in the national Capital, the Delhi government on Wednesday authorised 37 waste collection centres. The decision was taken as the Environment Department has ...More

The Delhi Government has authorised 37 e-waste collection centres for disposal of unusable old mobile phones, computers, laptops, television sets and other electronic material, in order to reduce air ...More

The harmful impact of urban air pollution could be combated by strategically placing low hedges along roads in a built-up environment of cities instead of taller trees, research has found. Higher tre ...More

* Air pollution is responsible for about one in every nine deaths annually, with almost twothirds of those deaths in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, the WHO says. * By 2040, Asia will account ...More

Chandigarh, May 16 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today directed officials to work towards making the state polythene-free. "To make Haryana polythene-free, directions have been issued to ...More

"Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study today that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. Four-fifths of ...More

Paris: "Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study on Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. Four ...More

PARIS: "Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. Four- ...More

Nowadays pollution due to vehicles is a major problem across the world. The Auto industries are facing two major challenge; one is to reduce the air pollution and second is the alternative to fossil f ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board to map the sound levels in Connaught Place, particularly when demonstrations are ...More

Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) in a report pointed out the hurdles the department is facing with the new network installed to monitor the vehicular emissions in Delhi. The report point ...More

Panaji: Goa State Pllution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday will decide on granting consent to operate under Air and Water Acts to 39 mining leases, including 12 mining leases at Sonshi, which have bee ...More

Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) in a report pointed out the hurdles the department is facing with the new network installed to monitor the vehicular emissions in Delhi. The report point ...More

Panaji: Goa State Pllution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday will decide on granting consent to operate under Air and Water Acts to 39 mining leases, including 12 mining leases at Sonshi, which have bee ...More

AHMEDABAD: Even as the city gets its first real-time Air Quality Monitoring System on Friday, it will be deprived of a comprehensive plan for controlling air pollution in the city. For more than four ...More

The Commonwealth Games (CWG) which India hosted in 2010 may have been forgotten for various reasons but one of its legacy projects is thriving and helping citizens with air quality information. The p ...More