Paris: The French authorities have decided to restrict vehicle use by imposing alternating traffic on December 6 in Paris and its suburbs after air pollution reached high levels in the region. Only c ...More

Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday chaired a meeting at Raj Niwas to review the action taken to deal with air pollution in the Capital. It’s the fourth such meeting to be chaired by the L-G ov ...More

There is no “credible” study to quantify the number of deaths caused directly as a result of air pollution, the government said on Monday. Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave in a written reply in ...More

Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today held a high-level meeting with government officials to discuss the 'graded action plan' to deal with air pollution and directed the police to strictly enforce ban o ...More

China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) has warned of heavy smog in the capital Beijing and other provinces in northern China such as Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Shanxi. It issued an oran ...More

As smog continues blanket capital Beijing and several cities in China, engineers pressed in pollution-fighting artillery called "mist canon" which sprays moist water to dilute the haze. Heavy smog ...More

Though still a matter of concern, the air quality in the national capital in November had improved than before to make it slightly better than the last year’s. According to reports from the Delhi Poll ...More

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to two public sector oil companies asking them whether they use any diesel vehicle which is more than 10-years-old, while allowing registration of n ...More

RANCHI: Fewer migratory birds from Central Asia, China, Tibet and Ladakh have visited the state this year. Local researchers say noise, air pollution and infectious diseases are responsible for the de ...More

MEXICO CITY: Mexico City has joined with Paris, Madrid and Athens in committing to eliminating diesel vehicles from their cities by 2025. The agreement was announced at the C40 Mayors Summit in Mex ...More

Ranchi: Fewer migratory birds from Central Asia, China, Tibet and Ladakh have visited the state this year. Local researchers say noise, air pollution and infectious diseases are responsible for the de ...More

That Delhi’s air is polluted is no secret. But what the city witnessed in the weeks following Diwali — up until now — is a cause for concern. There is no room for more pollution in the Capital. It’s t ...More

Lauding Supreme Court's nod to the Centre's graded response action plan to tackle pollution, a green body today urged the government to implement a similar system at the national-level as well. Gr ...More

NEW DELHI: Rampant use of sulphur-heavy fuel like furnace oil and pet coke in industries across the National Capital Region is generating "enormous" amount of air pollutants and it needs immediate att ...More

As countries become richer, air pollution-related deaths reduce. This is the general trend for most nations except India and China, a report released by Greenpeace has found. The study, which assesses ...More

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) today submitted in the Supreme Court its action plan to tackle the menace of air pollution and recommended slew of measures including ...More

Terming Supreme Court’s nod to the Centre’s graded response action plan to tackle pollution as “far reaching”, an environment body on Friday said aggressive and disciplined implementation of all these ...More

The Supreme Court today accorded its nod to the Centre's graded response action plan to tackle different levels of pollution and asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to upgrade its existin ...More

Air pollution in India and China owing to continued use of fossil fuels, particularly coal, has caused an additional 1.6 million more deaths than the projected figure based on Gross Domestic Product ( ...More

NEW DELHI: As countries become richer, air pollution-related deaths reduce. This is the general trend for most nations except India and China, a report released by Greenpeace on Friday has found. The ...More