Delhi’s unprecedented spike in pollution levels has sent a capital warning to Bengaluru. Struggling to cope with emissions from an astounding 64 lakh vehicles, the city is struggling for solutions to ...More

Last week, I was in Uttar Pradesh, trying to gauge the mood of the poll-bound state. As I stood on the banks of the Ghagra that meanders through what was once the regal Awadh, listening to stories abo ...More

The dip in temperature is likely to increase Mumbai’s air pollution levels further. City’s air quality was categorised as “poor” on Saturday as the air quality index (AQI) increased from 267 on Friday ...More

Around two lakh polluting diesel vehicles older than 15 years are set to go off the capital’s roads as the Delhi government has started the process to de-register them and asked the traffic police to ...More

Punjab says crop burning in its areas does not affect air quality in the Capital; court accuses State of being in denial Calling air pollution “capital punishment killing Delhiites for no fault”, the ...More

UNITED NATIONS: The "record-high" air pollution in New Delhi is a "wake-up call" for the world that unless decisive actions are taken to reduce air pollution, the smog in India's capital and its adver ...More

Way back in 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had famously and inextricably linked poverty and environmental pollution at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm. Much earlier ...More

NEW DELHI: Concerned over the worsening air quality in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Friday mulled over the prospect of directing the Centre to suspend and not renew the licence for possessing, stoc ...More

Over the week, concentration of pollutants has been higher during the day than night, said researchers from the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) which measures air qualit ...More

LUCKNOW: Four kids could be dying every hour in UP of pneumonia caused by respirable suspended particulate matter (PM) 1, 2.5 and 10, which form a large part of the air we breathe. Alarmingly, the num ...More

Concerned over the worsening air quality in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Friday mulled over the prospect of directing the Centre to suspend and not renew the licence for possessing, stocking and se ...More

New Delhi: After a day's respite, the air pollution level in the national capital again rose to "severe" category on Friday. Most places in the city recorded soaring levels of PM 2.5 pollutant which ...More

New Delhi: Government inaction and stubble burning in Punjab are the real culprits in robbing 20 million Delhi'ites of three years of their life expectancy, which amounts to "genocide" and "murder", D ...More

"Governments elected by people have the least concern for the health of its citizens", the National Green Tribunal today said as it passed a slew of directions including setting up of centralised and ...More

BENGALURU: A dozen vehicles fitted with emission checking equipment will patrol the streets of Bengaluru to crack down on polluting vehicles as authorities are pulling up socks to ensure the IT capita ...More

Expressing its concern on the high pollution levels in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today slammed the Centre and states for inaction over the issue. The tribunal has prescri ...More

With air quality levels of Mumbai deteriorating and set to worsen further, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials said Thursday 10 more air monitoring centres would be set up in the ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday defined the term “environmental emergency” and listed measures to be taken by Delhi and its neighbouring states whenever the air quality index ...More

KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday, sought explanations from the West Bengal Environment Department, director general of West Bengal Police and commissioner of ...More

The pollution caused by motorists idling their vehicles at short halts or red lights has prompted a school student to come up with an idea, which, if implemented, could stir their conscience with pity ...More