Studies conducted abroad regarding deaths in India due to pollution are based on extrapolated data and are thus not correct, the government told the Rajya Sabha today. No study has been conducted in I ...More

The levels of noise pollution and particulate matters exceed permissible limits in most locations in Delhi where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels too cross the permissible threshold in some locations. H ...More

New Delhi: Delhi is among the seven cities in the country where the average level of noise pollution generally exceeds the permissible limit. The levels of noise pollution and particulate matters exce ...More

Studies conducted abroad regarding deaths in India due to pollution are based on extrapolated data and are thus not correct, the government told the Rajya Sabha today. No study has been conducted in I ...More

New Delhi: Delhi is among the seven cities in the country where the average level of noise pollution generally exceeds the permissible limit. The levels of noise pollution and particulate matters exce ...More

While the Capital and the NCR grapple with the problem of pollution, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government is moving so slow in this regard that any solution seems like a distant dream. Though the ...More

GURUGRAM: The rare fall in the city's pollution level two days ago proved to be short-lived, as air pollution levels soared to reach the highest in the country, on Friday and Saturday. The Air Qualit ...More

Cities of Jharkhand may be breathing uneasy, but the state pollution watchdog is in no hurry to keep a two-year-old promise to screen and stem the menace. In 2015, following the debut of a real-time ...More

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has issued closure orders to M R Industries (Unit I & II), based at Kumbalgodu Industrial Area, on charges of causing air pollution. Mismanagemen ...More

Mumbai, April 6, 2017 – World Health Day, celebrated every year on April 7, provides us with an opportunity to organize action around a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. T ...More

NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has installed real time ambient air quality monitoring systems at Noida and Ghaziabad. In Noida, the machine has been set up at the A ...More

NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has installed real time ambient air quality monitoring systems at Noida and Ghaziabad. In Noida, the machine has been set up at the A ...More

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) plans to start public bicycle sharing system across central Delhi and is eyeing to build 50 stations for it at busy points. In the phase 1 of the project, the c ...More

New Delhi: In a move to keep a tab on the rising air pollution levels, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to set up 10 new ambient air quality monitoring stations across five cities ...More

Bengaluru: Every Bengalurean, who walks, jogs, runs marathons, is a nature lover, attends weekend events and goes to the Library, cherishes Cubbon Park, one of the last few remaining lung spaces in an ...More

China's environment ministry said it will send 5,600 inspectors on a year-long investigation into the sources of air pollution in major northern cities. The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) ...More

NEW DELHI: More than three out of every four vehicles in Delhi do not have a pollution under-control certificate. Among the few who do get their vehicles tested, an overwhelming 95% across Delhi NCR m ...More

The stoppage of sale and registration of all vehicles that do not conform to the Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) emission standards from April 1 is an environmental measure that would help reduce air pollutio ...More

Paris: In fresh evidence about the dangers of coal pollution, a scientist today said a switch to coal-fired power in a southern US state after a nuclear accident in 1979 led to a sharp fall in birthwe ...More

Visakhapatnam: It’s a saga of 17-year long grim battle against pollution caused by a cluster of industries for the residents of Sri Tirumala Nagar in Gajuwaka area, 25 km away from the city. The haple ...More