The project is a year behind schedule, but 11 air quality monitoring stations will start functioning from May. The centres will provide real-time air updates to citizens about the quality of air in t ...More

New Delhi: Most of the air pollution that is responsible for public health emergencies in Delhi every winter is caused by crop burning in neighbouring states, scientists at Harvard University say in a ...More

Agricultural fires are to blame for about half of the pollution experienced in Delhi in October and November, a peak stubble burning season in Punjab, a Harvard study has found using satellite data fr ...More

The air pollution in Delhi may reach 20 times higher than the safe limits owing to agricultural fires during peak burning season, a team of researchers has warned. During October and November - the p ...More

The air pollution in Delhi may reach 20 times higher than the safe limits owing to agricultural fires during peak burning season, a team of researchers have warned. In October and November which is a ...More

Boston, Apr 3 (PTI): Agricultural fires are to blame for about half of the pollution experienced in Delhi in October and November, a peak stubble burning season in Punjab, a Harvard study has found us ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has slapped Rs 2 lakh as costs on the Delhi government for not filing an action plan for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers to stop t ...More

New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal has slapped Rs 2 lakh as costs on the Delhi government for not filing action plan for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers ...More

New Delhi: Agricultural fires are to blame for about half of the pollution experienced in Delhi in October and November, a peak stubble burning season in Punjab, a Harvard study has found using satell ...More

The estimated cost of measures to limit Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions can be more than offset by reductions in deaths and disease from air pollution, researchers said on Saturday (March 3). ...More

Delhi’s battle against air pollution turns worse every year. Amid the blame game, vehicular pollution has always been a concern.The city has dabbled with CNG-based public transport fleet, the infamous ...More

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality improved marginally in the recent winter, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) said in its latest report, cautioning, however, that the da ...More

PATIALA: The Punjab Pollution Control Board has decided to periodically measure the pollution levels at toll plazas during peak hours. Besides, asking project directors of privately managed National H ...More

New Delhi: Air quality in Delhi and adjoining regions this winter season (October 2017-February 2018) showed a slight improvement from the previous year, with the number of days in the ‘severe categor ...More

New Delhi: Starting Thursday, the Badarpur power plant that has been shut for over four months can start temporary operation, ban on diesel generators will be lifted, and hundreds of brick kilns can r ...More

NEW DELHI: The Central Pollution Control Board has issued directions to pollution control boards in NCR states to get all “red” category industries to install online stack continuous emissionsmonitori ...More

While other countries are also considering restrictions on diesel cars, a ban in the birthplace of the modern automobile is a new blow to the car industry. A top German court on February 27 ruled in ...More

LEIPZIG: A top German court on Tuesday ruled that cities can impose diesel driving bans to combat air pollution, a landmark decision that plunges millions of car owners into uncertainty. The Federa ...More

NOIDA: Nearly a year after UP principal secretary (industries) Alok Sinha had asked the horticulture department of Noida to draw up a plan for ‘dust-free’ city, the Authority has finally swung into ac ...More

(Bloomberg) -- A German court opened the door to bans on where diesel cars can drive in a landmark ruling that will likely expedite the demise of the embattled technology over concerns about air pollu ...More