PUNE: There has been a huge political and financial investment on the Swachh Bharat Mission by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The programme however, is straining to achieve the desired results states t ...More

WASHINGTON: Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released Mon ...More

KHANNA: Even as Khanna has achieved the dubious distinction of being among the world's 20 most polluted cities in the world, the recent data of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) suggests some ...More

NEW DELHI: US-based Brian Von Herzen and his team at Climate Foundation India believe that agricultural waste can be processed into not just something useful for farmers but also enrich the soil by pu ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality took a turn for the worse this week. A difficult season for the vulnerable — children, elderly and those with a compromised immune system — is in the offing, with pollut ...More

Amid the World Bank report claiming air pollution in 2013 led to 1.4 million deaths, experts from 17 institutions put forward 10 solutions to "breathable air" in Indian cities, urging the launch of ...More

To reduce the level of air pollution in the Capital caused by the burning of farm crop stubble in neighbouring states, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to en ...More

Study says city’s location is such that fixed mass of particulate matter will persist An analysis of Delhi’s air pollution and future trends says that 60 per cent of particulate matter pollution in t ...More

The spike in air pollution levels in India during the winter season is a regular annual feature and is caused due to the culmination of several major polluting activities taking place between October ...More

With cooler temperatures and the accompanied spike in air pollution just around the corner, the Delhi government has sought the Centre’s intervention in preventing the burning of crops in neighbouring ...More

NEW DELHI: Nearly 60 per cent of pollution in Delhi caused by fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) originates from outside, with the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh being major contributo ...More

GURGAOn: Amid fears that relaxation of environment pollution norms by the government to promote industrial units has led to an increase in pollution levels in the city, an RTI reply by the Haryana S ...More

The findings were part of a study conducted by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. An analysis of Delhi’s air pollution and future trends says that 60% of Delhi’s particulate m ...More

Only 40 per cent of the particulate matter (PM) 2.5, a major pollutant in the air Delhi residents breathe in, is generated in the capital, according to a study. The remaining 60 per cent comes from n ...More

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The people in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram breathe polluted air. Interactive maps and a report on air quality released by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that most of th ...More

Nearly 60 per cent of pollution in Delhi caused by fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) originates from outside, with the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh being major contributors to it, a ...More

Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to prevent burning of agriculture residue in his state during the winter months to minimise air ...More

The capital on Tuesday woke up to hazy weather conditions which, experts said, was the first sight of smog. Air quality dropped to ‘poor’ levels before it rained across the city . In view of the situ ...More

AGRA: A recent study by experts from University of Massachusetts, IIT-Bombay and Desert Research Institute in the US points out that the amount of air pollution exposure data available in India is lar ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Tuesday wrote to environment ministers of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan asking them to prohibit burning of agricultural residue in October and November. They also as ...More