Indore: Following suit of Indore, neighbouring cities, Dewas and Ujjain will also set up real time air monitoring stations by April to keep a check on air pollution levels. A team of officials from ...More

Air pollution may increase the potential of bacteria that cause respiratory infections to tolerate antibiotic treatment, suggests new research. “This work increases our understanding of how air pollut ...More

Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under 5 ...More

The heat wave that killed around 2,500 people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the last week of May 2015 is directly attributable to climate change. Global warming has increased the likelihood of su ...More

Mangaluru, Mar 5 (PTI) A detailed study carried out under its ‘Shudda Gaali’ (clean breeze) project in association with St. George s Homeopathy, the city-based Anti-Pollution Drive Foundation has reve ...More

An independent air quality investigation conducted in Mangaluru has revealed high lead content in the air and bearing borderline indications of approaching danger on five other parameters. Apart fr ...More

Mangaluru: A detailed study carried out under its 'ShuddaGaali' (clean breeze) project in association with St. George's Homeopathy, the city-based Anti-Pollution Drive Foundation has revealed that the ...More

In a shocking revelation, more than 1 in 4 deaths of children below 5 years are happening due to unhealthy environments. According to the latest findings of World Health Organization (WHO), every ye ...More

Geneva: A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World H ...More

LONDON: A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World H ...More

Geneva: Each year, environmental pollutants lead to the death of an estimated 1.7 million children under five, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report on Monday. The causes include u ...More

London has become the first city in the world to announce an ultra-low emission zone to tackle rising levels of air pollution, under which the drivers of the most polluting cars will have to pay an ex ...More

Air pollution may increase the potential of bacteria to cause respiratory infections by reducing the effectiveness of antibiotics, scientists have found. The study by researchers at the University of ...More

The air quality in India has been deteriorating speedily since 2010, claims the State of Global Air 2017 report that was released by the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Y ...More

Nepal has forced 2,500 old vehicles off roads in its capital city of Kathmandu, part of a fight against alarming air pollution levels that have hit nine times World Health Organisation (WHO) limits. ...More

NEW DELHI: The union environment ministry recently expressed doubts about international reports that link air pollution with mortality and recommended exercising caution in interpreting these studies. ...More

In a bid to improve the ambient air quality, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) formed a committee on Monday to monitor whether city-based industries are following air quality norms under Sec ...More

India’s air quality deteriorated faster than ever over five years to 2015, compared to the period before 2010, according to the State of Global Air 2017 report, recently released by the US-based Insti ...More

NEW DELHI: A plea claiming that ambient air quality in Meerut was worse than in Delhi and seeking restrictions on the entry of 10-year old diesel vehicles today prompted the NGT to seek responses from ...More

Taking note of a plea according to which ambient air quality in Meerut is worse than Delhi, a Bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Mi ...More