The anti-dust campaign will be run in Delhi till November 6. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said it was compulsory for all construction sites to follow all...
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) ordered implementation of all actions as envisaged under Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) - 'Poor'...
The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, estimated air pollution exposure levels for each participant based on their residential addresses
Cities that showed overall improvement in PM 10 concentration since 2017 include Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, among others
The researchers of the Colorado State University (CSU) found that cooking activities produced larger amounts of potentially toxic compounds, similar to some seen in wildfire smoke
Aerosols impacts human health, agricultural and economic productivity in unique global patterns when compared with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which are the focus of efforts to...
Graded Response Action Plan -- a set of anti-air pollution measures followed according to the severity of the situation -- will come into force 15 days...
Last year, the Delhi government announced a complete ban on firecrackers till January 1, 2022. It also ran an aggressive campaign, involving 15 special teams at...
The Delhi government had ordered a complete ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers in the national capital from September 28 last year to January...
The Delhi Government has extended the ban on manufacturing, storing, selling and bursting of firecrackers in continuation of last year's directive
The report found there is no structured capacity building programme in the air quality management sector
Due to the lockdown phases, nearly all cities recorded a dip in pollution levels in 2020 followed by a subsequent increase in 2021
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
