GURUGRAM: This is one parameter where Gurugram would never want to surpass Delhi. But that's exactly what it is doing. Gurugram turned up on top of the Central Pollution Control Board's list of the ...More

New Delhi, Feb 6 () Every day eight people on an average are dying in Delhi due to air pollution-related diseases, the Supreme Court today said even as it directed the Centre to consider banning the u ...More

Ahead of the 2015 assembly polls, the AamAadmi Party (AAP) gave an elaborate statement of purpose in its manifesto about reforming the health and education sectors. What it did not have was a clear ro ...More

The winter is over and the outrage that erupted over pollution after last year’s Diwali has also been overtaken by other news events. But the problem of polluted air stubbornly persists, affecting the ...More

BENGALURU: Each time your vehicle goes to the service station, you are billed for an oil change. But have you ever wondered what happens to the old engine oil that is drained out from your vehicle? I ...More

Beijing: Pollution has been a pressing issue all across the world and especially in India and China in recent years with Delhi and Beijing being some of the worst hit cities when it comes to air pollu ...More

Not satisfied with the action taken against polluting activities in the Capital, the Delhi government has pulled up the nodal officers of all the agencies involved. In a review meeting held with repr ...More

Half of the most polluted cities in India are in Uttar Pradesh with Allahabad ranked as worst, the Central Pollution Control Board air quality data of the 46 million cities showed. Delhi ranks fourth ...More

PATNA: The Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) on Tuesday released “alarming figures” on air pollution in Patna to underline the need for a concrete ‘Clean Air’ action plan to save ci ...More

The district administration on Monday asked the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to prepare a plan by this week to curb pollution in the city. The move came after the Central Pollution C ...More

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) and the governments of Delhi, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to meet withi ...More

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released its 2016 data for the most polluted nations in the world. While Saudi Arabia tops the list with an air pollution level of 108 PM 2.5 (a measure of ...More

BEIJING: China's smog-hit capital Beijing plans to slash coal consumption by a further 30 percent in 2017 as part of its efforts to combat air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said late on S ...More

Last November, Delhi faced its worst public health emergency because of toxic air pollution. The level of PM 2.5 — tiny particles that damage the lungs — was 14 times the safe limit. Air was foul; dea ...More

Terming pet coke and furnace oil used by various industries as the single biggest source of pollution in Delhi and NCR, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to take a decision within four w ...More

Every day eight people on an average are dying in Delhi due to air pollution-related diseases, the Supreme Court today said even as it directed the Centre to consider banning the use of fuels high in ...More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment Pollution Control Authority, the Delhi government and the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Raja ...More

The level of tiny particulate matter in the city’s air is several times the safe limit, a study of air pollution data between 2000 and 2012 says. Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) — a mix of dust, ch ...More

Air pollution causes 3,000 premature deaths in Delhi every year. That means eight deaths a day. Also, one in every third child in Delhi has reduced lung function and high propensity for increased pulm ...More

There is no conclusive data to link deaths exclusively with air pollution, the Centre on Monday said after Greenpeace India’s recent claim that nearly 12 lakh deaths take place every year due to air p ...More