New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) In a first, Delhi government today issued a health advisory asking people to avoid highly- polluted areas and cautioned those with asthma and lung ailments not to venture out fo ...More

Although the air pollution level in Kolkata is “not as bad as in Delhi”, authorities have started working on a plan to make the air quality safer. A team of experts from the National Environment Engin ...More

GURGAON: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has expressed the need to install at least one more air pollution monitoring system in the city, as air pollution touched alarming levels in the ...More

A week after Diwali, fluctuating temperatures have caused air quality levels in Mumbai to oscillate between moderate and poor. While cooler nights come as a relief for Mumbaiites, it led to a drop in ...More

CHANDIGARH: Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave said that Haryana's contribution towards controlling the pollution was praiseworthy as the state had successfully controlled it by 90%. After ch ...More

With air pollution levels in the national capital area (NCR) crossing danger levels, corporate majors have come forward to protect their employees’ health by whatever means possible. These range from ...More

GURGAON: Assessment of economic losses incurred by the nation due to high pollution levels might be the logical next step towards tackling the issue of pollution, expressed a panel of experts talking ...More

CHANDIGARH: Ministers of Punjab and Haryana summoned up much righteous indignation Monday to hit back at the Delhi government for trying to blame the two states for the pollution crisis gripping the n ...More

A high-level meeting has been organised on Tuesday in Delhi by Pune’s Chest Research Foundation along with the Union Ministry of Health where experts from USA’s Center for Disease Control, National In ...More

Although the air pollution level in Kolkata is “not as bad as in Delhi”, authorities have started working on a plan to make the air quality safer. A team of experts from the National Environment Engi ...More

With smog in the national capital reaching an unprecedented level, both Union and city governments announced emergency measures to deal with the issue after high-level meetings on Monday. This came e ...More

Union Environment Minister Anil Dave on Monday said Delhi was responsible for up to 80% of the pollution that the Capital has been grappling with recently. He made the statement after meeting the envi ...More

Rajasthan had a “negligible role” in the alarming air pollution level in Delhi, as the State government was continuously taking all possible measures to check environmental impurities and promoting ec ...More

The national capital is seeing unprecedented smog levels that have drastically cut visibility and turned it into a virtual gas chamber The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a plea on the alarming le ...More

A coordinated effort to tackle the severe air pollution in the national capital was underway on Monday with the governments at the centre and five states, including Delhi, meeting to decide on anti-po ...More

Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Monday said Delhi is responsible for the 80% of the worsening air in the city and that there is a need for ending the blame game over the issue. At a me ...More

New Delhi, Nov. 7: The Supreme Court is set to take up for urgent hearing tomorrow a plea for stringent measures to combat rising pollution in the National Capital Region that has forced the governmen ...More

New Delhi: Even as the smog situation improved a little on Monday, the national capital continued to suffer from "severe" air quality, prompting Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to announce some harsh measures ...More

As New Delhi suffers from the worst smog it has seen in 17 years, the people in the national capital can actually take action against the state and central government for denying them a basic right. ...More

The Supreme Court-backed grade system to tackle air pollution emergencies in the capital has come as a big relief to the people, especially the children In what will come as a big relief to many who ...More