NEW DELHI: After New Delhi was engulfed by the worst smog in almost two decades, sales of medicines to treat respiratory disorders have surged in the city and doctors say the number of patients seekin ...More

China, the world’s largest exporter of goods has not only achieved excellence in manufacturing but also in other areas. With manufacturing comes by product such as air pollution and also water polluti ...More

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain Monday said preparations were underway for the return of odd-even scheme, which could be implemented in case the air quality deteriorates further in the city. “Pre ...More

The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday petitions on the air pollution crisis in Delhi amid mounting concern over a thick blanket of haze enveloping the city for a week. The top court asked the advoca ...More

WITH THE Delhi government ordering the closing of all private and government schools for three days as an immediate measure to tackle severe air pollution in the capital, the decision received a mixed ...More

In light of the surge in pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) following Diwali, the Gurgaon district administration, as well as schools and offices, have taken measures to curb pollut ...More

The severity of air pollution and dense Smog cover in the capital on Sunday led to the cancellation of the Ranji Trophy encounter between Bengal and Gujarat at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on the seco ...More

Cases of severe breathlessness, asthma and allergy have sharply risen in Delhi as the city remains blanketed in thick layer of toxic air due to the worst smog in 17 years. Doctors and experts say tha ...More

GURUGRAM: Wearing masks on a Saturday morning that looked more like dusk, 300 citizens hit the roads of Gurgaon to protest against general indifference to the causes of pollution and create awareness ...More

Visibility in various areas of Noida and Ghaziabad stayed low on Saturday morning, slowing traffic at various intersections. According to officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibi ...More

JAIPUR: Sriganganagar, Kota and Bundi districts have the highest density of air pollutants in the state as per the latest satellite data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Delhi ...More

Heavy smog in the national capital plummeted visibility to 200 metres early on Sunday as the city recorded a minimum temperature of 13.5 degree celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “Visibilit ...More

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Admitting that the enforcement of rules for tackling air pollution is "weak", the Environment Ministry today asked states to "strictly" implement a host of measures, including c ...More

Admitting that the enforcement of rules for tackling air pollution was "weak", the Environment Ministry today asked states to "strictly" implement a host of measures, including checking spread of fl ...More

35-year old Jay Kannaiyan founder of Delhi-based Smart Air, habitually does his morning walks and exercises late afternoons between 3-5pm and not during the most commonly prescribed early morning hour ...More

It is not just Gurgaon residents but also their furry friends who are facing the brunt of the dense blanket of smog that has engulfed Delhi and its neighbouring cities since Diwali. Pet owners, espec ...More

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday expressed “strong displeasure” at the steps taken by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to deal with the city’s alarming air pollution and directed i ...More

New Delhi, Nov. 4: Delhi's 1,800-odd municipal schools have declared a holiday tomorrow citing predictions of "very poor" smog and the health risk it poses, but critics rued that over a million poor c ...More

A number of options have been presented to the Chief Minister and his Deputy for approval, announcement likely early next week The AamAadmi Party (AAP) government is open to the implementation of “ar ...More

Delhi is currently in the midst of one of the worst bouts of pollution. Union Environment Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha said on Friday that Delhi and its adjoining States had been “weak” in enforcing gu ...More