An image released Monday morning by Nasa shows a grey fog shrouding across north India. Air quality experts inform us that this fog consists of a toxic mix of pollutants triggered by the huge numbers ...More

Chandigarh: Air pollution on Diwali was worse than last two years in the city as the safe level was breached at different sites, according to data released by the UT administration. Chandigarh Poll ...More

KOLKATA: Noise may have been the primary irritant on Diwali night, but it was the air that turned foul enough to kill. Figures recorded by an automatic air monitoring station situated on the south-wes ...More

New Delhi: Bursting of crackers in large quantities on Diwali night took the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi and surrounding areas to a 'severe' level on Monday, figures recorded by air quality monit ...More

The first thing SN Dutt of Raj Nagar Extension did on Monday was to turn on his air purifier system as he woke up to a dense smog engulfing his locality post-Diwali. Raj Nagar Extension is one of the ...More

As residents celebrated Deepavali with enthusiasm and fervour, air pollution levels in the city crossed permissible limits on Saturday. Sowcarpet and Nungambakkam recorded 178 micrograms/cubic metre o ...More

New Delhi: Air pollution has come across as a major concern for Indian cities after the national capital itself made it to the list of some of the most polluted cities in the world and now it seems it ...More

NEW DELHI: As India wakes up on Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi's worst season for air pollution begins, with dire consequences. A new report from UNICE ...More

A blanket of haze and smog enveloped Delhi on Monday morning after night of Diwali revelry and firecracker burning pushed the city’s air quality to alarming toxic highs. People commuting to their off ...More

Air pollution across the country went up to alarmingly high levels amid Diwali celebrations on Sunday and the morning after. In the capital itself, people woke up to smog with visibility up to 200 met ...More

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality has plunged to ‘severe’ category, which carries the risk of affecting people’s respiratory system, as smoke caused by fireworks, as part of Diwali festivities, blanketed ...More

Children face much higher health risks from air pollution than adults. Children breathe twice as quickly, taking in more air in relation to their body weight, while their brains and immune systems are ...More

Almost one in seven children worldwide live in areas with high levels of outdoor air pollution, mostly in South Asia, and their growing bodies are most vulnerable to damage, the UN children's agency U ...More

KOLKATA: If Delhi gasped for breath with air quality indix dipping to 'severe' before Diwali, a stroke of luck saw the pollution neutralise to quite an extent in Kolkata. Cops ensured that the city re ...More

BENGALURU: Fairy lights? prolonged exposure to light at night can affect tree growth and natural cycles of birds and other creatures Around this time every year, there is much talk about air pollu ...More

As residents celebrated Deepavali with enthusiasm and fervour, air pollution levels in the city crossed permissible limits on Saturday. Sowcarpet and Nungambakkam recorded 178 micrograms/cubic metre o ...More

Expect high pollution levels in the city over the next four days, much more than last Diwali, said researchers from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) on Friday. A ...More

The Delhi government on Friday appealed to the people to celebrate a cracker-free Diwali to prevent the pollution level in the air from increasing. As part of its comprehensive roadmap to combat air ...More

TEZPUR, Oct 28 - With the Festival of Lights and Kali Puja just round the corner, the district administration here has urged all concerned, including the common fire cracker vendors and members of the ...More

Early morning smog nearthe India Gate.Photo: V. Sudershan The AamAadmi Party (AAP) government on Thursday said it had set in motion the process for installation of Radio Frequency Identification De ...More