Over 20,000 people reside in the 80-year-old locality At 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the roads were almost empty at Assam Gardens except for a few vehicles parked and protective mothers clutching their lit ...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 9: Two of the most important public health institutions in the city - Capital Hospital and Unit-IV Government Hospital - lack adequate measures for safe disposal of biomedical waste. ...More

BENGALURU: Of the more than 61 lakh vehicles plying in the city, 5.5 lakh (9 per cent) of vehicles are more than 15 years old, according to records of the transport department. This means these old ve ...More

A population-based study has suggested air pollution is deadly for the patients with lung cancer, as it shortens their survival span. The finding shows that the trends were most noticeable for ear ...More

(Reuters Health) - Exposure to air pollution has long been associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, and a new study suggests it might also be tied to a faster death from the disease. Resear ...More

NEW DELHI: Automobile giant Mercedes-Benz has moved the Supreme Court asking for the ban on diesel vehicles to be lifted. The German car manufacturing firm said it was ready to pay the environmental c ...More

The Maharashtra environment ministry has decided to install pollution-sucking devices at traffic junctions across Mumbai. The city will become the first to get such devices. According to the ministry, ...More

NEW DELHI: A big, population based study of lung cancer patients in California has shown that their survival is linked to the amount of air pollutants they are exposed to. Those living in areas with h ...More

Those battling lung cancer, you should consider moving to the countryside as a recent population-based study has found that air pollution can shorten your survival. The trends were most noticeable fo ...More

Bhubaneswar: The electric chimney installed at Swargadwar in Puri has become defunct, increasing pollution at the sought-after crematorium. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), which h ...More

South Korea's capital of Seoul will limit the number of old diesel vehicles on the roads starting next year, as the country tackles rising air pollution. Asia's fourth-biggest economy in June announc ...More

Brick kilns, which emit particulate matters and cause serious pollution, must meet notified emission norms and the conditions imposed by state pollution control boards, Environment Minister Anil Madha ...More

The Centre is on Tuesday expected to oppose in the NGT the green court’s order to phase out more than 15 years old diesel vehicles in Delhi. The Union government had on July 29 challenged the natio ...More

GUWAHATI, July 31: The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) was monitoring only three of the twelve air pollutants notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for monitoring, thereby ris ...More

Air pollution can affect a child's brain development, create abnormalities, and lower the IQ, health experts have claimed. The health experts, whose claim is based on several studies, said that the d ...More

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Air pollution can affect a child's brain development, create abnormalities, and lower the IQ, health experts have claimed. The health experts, whose claim is based on seve ...More

Nagpur: Sixty-year-old farmer widow Kamlabai Kale from village Borgaon (Khurd) inKalmeshwar tehsil of Nagpur district owns 15 acres fertile agriculture land that is sole source of income for her and h ...More

Four professionals from different fields have come together to study the impact of air pollution on the health of traffic police personnel in Bengaluru. The Anti- Pollution Drive Foundation (APDF) wil ...More

KOLHAPUR: The Maharashtra pollution control board (MPCB) has swung into action to take immediate and time-bound steps to curb air pollution in 17 major cities in the state, including Kolhapur, Mumbai, ...More

NEW DELHI: Health issues caused by air pollution led to approximately 16 lakh prematuredeaths in the country, the Lok Sabha was today informed. "As per Global Burden of Diseases Study in 2010, app ...More