WHO updated its air quality guidelines for the first time in 15 years
New Delhi: Experts on Wednesday (September 22) stressed on the need to focus on revising India’s air quality standards to make them more stringent as the...
The WHO guidelines recommend new air quality levels to protect the health of populations, by reducing levels of key air pollutants, some of which also contribute...
Stubble burning by farmers in Punjab, Haryana and neighbouring states is often blamed for air pollution in Delhi-NCR
NCAP seeks to achieve a 20 to 30 percent reduction in particulate matter concentrations by 2024
Recently the Delhi Government announced that it will prepare bio-decomposer solution from September 24 to cover 4,000 acres of farmland around the national capital
Diwali 2021: The move mirrors that by Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party last year, when air pollution levels were also linked by to the wider spread...
Air pollutants enter our body and cause several respiratory diseases and even heart attacks, said Ashwini Choubey, Minister of State, Environment
Researchers found evidence of higher death rates amongst people who had been exposed to more air pollution even though the levels were allowed under current official...
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Intercargo jointly proposed a levy based on mandatory contributions by ships trading globally, exceeding 5,000 gross tonnage, for each...
The World Meteorological Organization, releasing its first ever Air Quality and Climate Bulletin on Friday, cautioned that the reductions in pollution were patchy — and many...
India is the most polluted country in the world, with more than 480 million people or about 40 per cent of its population living in the...
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...
