GURGAON: Weeks after the air pollution levels in Gurgaon rose to 'severe' category post Diwali, the PM 2.5 in the city again shot up to the maximum level of 248u/mg on Thursday evening, according the ...More

Delhi, Faridabad and Varanasi have the poorest air quality among the 32 Indian cities which are connected to the web-based system National Air Quality Index Portal. Howrah, Nashik and Durgapur had the ...More

Chinese capital Beijing will ban high-emission vehicles during severe smog from next month and bar them completely on all week days from next year to bring down auto exhaust emissions which constitute ...More

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh will set up a special Tiger Protection Force to combat the poaching of tigers and smuggling of their organs. The conservation initiative has been set in motion keeping in mind a ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered environment audit of all the government buildings, including offices and hospitals, in Delhi to control pollution. The bench passed the directions whi ...More

NEW DELHI: Nearly one in every 10 patients visiting AIIMS' eye OPD these days complains of watery eyes, a condition caused by the rising air pollution in the city. Eye specialists of the premier me ...More

The European Parliament passed a new draft law on air pollution on Wednesday that the European Commission and several members of parliament (MEPs) said was not enough to cut emissions to World Health ...More

Almost nine out of 10 European city dwellers breathe air that is harmful to their health, though the continent's air quality is slowly improving, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today. ...More

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday came down heavily on the municipal corporations and the Delhi government over "incorrect" data pertaining to solid waste management. NGT also wa ...More

Delhi’s smog may have made national headlines in early November 2016 – when air-quality levels exceeded by 40 times safe limits set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) – and subsequently receded fr ...More

It was supposed to be my lucky escape from Delhi the morning after the Diwali smokefest. To reach the airport, I had to cut through a haze that lay over the city like a shroud of obeisance to the coll ...More

It was supposed to be my lucky escape from Delhi the morning after the Diwali smokefest. To reach the airport, I had to cut through a haze that lay over the city like a shroud of obeisance to the coll ...More

NEW DELHI: After being rapped for not adopting any emergency smog control measure, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is preparing an action planthat will be submitted to the Supreme Court on ...More

Canada will shutter its coal-fired power plants by 2030 as part of its strategy to cut greenhouse gas emission under the Paris climate accord, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Monday. ...More

NEW DELHI: Various government departments have issued challans amounting to Rs 7 crore so far for waste burning and dust pollution at construction sites. The environment department on Monday held a me ...More

After less than a week's respite, pollution levels in the city are on the rise again. With temperature in Delhi and NCR slipping to nearly 10 degrees Celsius, air quality levels have also begun to plu ...More

A red alert, the most serious level, will be issued for air pollution in Beijing if the Chinese capital's air quality index reaches 500, local authorities said today. The information office of the ...More

On warm days, it isn’t too hard to see the mass of dust that seem to sweep across the city. Those living close to main roads, or close to large construction sites — which seem to pockmark the city — o ...More

NEW DELHI: Various government departments have issued challans amounting to Rs 7 crore so far for waste burning and dust pollution at construction sites. The environment department on Monday held a me ...More

Delhi’s smog may have made national headlines in early November 2016 – when air-quality levels exceeded by 40 times safe limits set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) – and subsequently receded fr ...More