Stressing the urgency to control pollution in the Capital, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed Delhi Chief Secretary K.K. Sharma to call a meeting with all authorities concerned and ...More

London, Nov 3 (PTI) British and Indian scientists are working to understand the sources, causes and effects of pollution after fireworks during Diwali and Guy Fawkes night sharply reduced visibility i ...More

NOIDA: Noida woke up to a smog shrouded sky this morning on the third day after Diwali. The city is presently witnessing one of the worst ever air quality levels in last decade. Data released by the U ...More

GURGAON: The city was blanketed in thick smog on a grey, brooding Wednesday that saw pollution levels reach nearly 14 times the safe standard. An overcast sky added to the general gloominess with visi ...More

Thick smog covered the city on November 2, affecting visibility, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) marked the air quality as ‘severe’ as its data showed PM2.5 level reaching 727 microgram ...More

India beats China on one national measure at least: Its air has rapidly become more unbreathable. Urgent action is needed to cleanse Indian skies. This week, air pollution in New Delhi has been truly ...More

As the annual exercise of kicking our environment in the nards came to an end last Sunday, plumes of smoke from its aftermath have transformed Delhi-NCR into a gas chamber of sorts. The festival of li ...More

Sisodia holds emergency meeting; measures include vacuum cleaning of roads, sprinkling water on streets, and monitoring construction sites for dust pollution As various agencies termed the Capital’s ...More

Taking tough decision to fight air pollution, the Delhi government has decided to accept public complaints against polluting construction sites on WhatsApp and the Swacch Delhi mobile applications. ...More

After taking stock of heightened air pollution across the country and its considerable impact on health of residents, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to act against chronic obstr ...More

Indore registered maximum air pollution in the state this year, although it had lesser pollution levels this Diwali as compared to that in 2015, data released by MP pollution control board (MPPCB) s ...More

UK government measures to tackle air pollution still don't comply with European Union legislation to improve air quality and meet nitrogen dioxide limits, Britain's High Court ruled on Wednesday. Nit ...More

Over the Diwali weekend of 2016, India’s air quality was among the world’s worst and between 40% and 100% worse in five north Indian cities than at the same time the preceding year, according to globa ...More

Visibility remained extremely low in New Delhi and NCR on Thursday morning as smog engulfed the city for the fourth consecutive day. The pollution levels, or concentration of particulate matter in the ...More

THANE: A foul-smelling smog appears to have blanketed Thane as the air pollution index has doubled in the last five days during Diwali celebrations, according to data compiled by the civic air quality ...More

As Delhi chokes on bad air, the national pollution watchdog’s data shows the rise in particulate matter pollution in Indian cities has been higher than major metros across the globe, leading to rise i ...More

THREE DAYS after Diwali, the capital’s air quality continued to be in the “severe” category despite experts predicting that it would improve to “very poor” by Wednesday. According to the System of Ai ...More

Inrease in PM10 levels in S.G. Halli, Mysuru Road, Central Silk Board, Whitefield Industrial Area, Yelahanka, Kajisonnenahalli, Yeshwantpur, Victoria Hospital; KHB Industrial Area in Yelahanka saw the ...More

Just as the response to dengue and chikungunya comes around the time the diseases acquire the shape of an epidemic, pollution-fighting measures too, it seems, wait until the air becomes heavy with tox ...More

Air pollution in Varanasi reached dangerous levels during the festival of Diwali, a report said on Wednesday. A research on Varanasi’s post-Diwali air quality was conducted by the Care4Air Campaign o ...More