GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has missed its December 2017 deadline to set up a second ambient air quality monitoring station in the city. Officials attributed the delay to l ...More

According to a study, in 2015, out of 10.3 million deaths, 2.5 million were due to non-communicable diseases linked to pollution. In 2015, pollution caused 9 million deaths of 16 per cent global mort ...More

According to a study, in 2015, out of 10.3 million deaths, 2.5 million were due to non-communicable diseases linked to pollution. In 2015, pollution caused 9 million deaths of 16 per cent global mort ...More

Delhiites woke up to a foggy morning on Friday with the minimum temperature marginally rising to 7 degrees Celsius. Disruptions in train and flight operations, however, continued. On Thursday the min ...More

NEW DELHI: With alarmingly high pollution levels in the capital raising serious health concerns, the Aam Aadmi Party government has decided to come up with a multi-department action plan in the 2018-1 ...More

DELHI’s air pollution crisis made international headlines in early December when a cricket match between India and Sri Lanka was suspended due to poor air quality. Smog has also led to numerous schoo ...More

In a never-ending cycle, the weather changes from scorching heat to chilly winters and back to intense heat. This pattern goes on and on, year after year. Following this rhythm of change, we just saw ...More

The Union environment ministry grappled with controversies triggered by its notification banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter and a recommendation for commercial use o ...More

By March 15, all industrial units operating in Delhi will have to switch to piped natural gas (PNG) from any other fuel source they are currently using, the Delhi environment department has told the S ...More

On November 21, 2017, a Tis Hazari court sentenced an individual to two years’ imprisonment. What makes the judgment noteworthy is that the case wasn’t a run-of-the-mill criminal case concerning murde ...More

DEHRADUN: The Swajal project in collaboration with Allahabad bank on Wednesday installed a bio-crush reverse vending machine inside secretariat to manage daily plastic waste generated in the state sec ...More

New Delhi: Pollution in the city reached “hazardous” levels on Tuesday as the average concentration of ultra fine pollutants in Delhi’s air was three times higher than the prescribed safe limits. The ...More

NEW DELHI: Even though Delhi experienced a deadly smog episode spanning more than a week in November, a recent report by the Central Pollution Control Board indicated that the overall air quality migh ...More

In 2015, out of the 10.3 million deaths in India due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), 2.5 million were linked to pollution, according to a global study. Pollution caused nine million deaths, or 1 ...More

Bareilly: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Bareilly Municipal Corporation (BMC) to present its complete action plan for handling municipal solid waste generated within the civ ...More

Air pollution in New Delhi surged to near-emergency levels on Monday, the first day of 2018. The Air Quality Index for Particulate Matter 2.5 – the concentration of the particulate matter of diameter ...More

The city's air quality could soon be as bad as that of Delhi. According to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, the city's air pollution levels have taken a serious hit in the past few years with ...More

New Delhi, January 1: In the first day of 2018, Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) witnesses air pollution to near emergency levels on Monday. The Air Quality Index for Particulate Matter 2.5 ...More

Delhi continues to choke under the increasing pollution level even as a year went by. The National Capital was engulfed in smog at the break of dawn in the beginning of a new year, falling from 'very ...More

New Delhi: Air pollution in the national capital on Monday stood on the brink of emergency level amid dense fog, even as Delhi’ites ventured out in large numbers to mark the first day of the new year. ...More