Festival-goers who let off firecrackers in New Delhi during this year's Diwali face up to six months in jail as per a statement from the city's environment minister
An emergency meeting of the Sub-Committee for operationalization of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining...
Annually, air pollution has cost the world $8.1 trillion, or 6.1 per cent of global gross domestic product, causing between 6 to 9 million death, the...
Development Minister Gopal Rai informed that 957 farmers have applied to get their fields sprayed with bio-decomposer free of cost
People with lung disease are more likely to die if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution composed of chemicals associated with industrial...
A total of 1,695 incidents of stubble burning have been reported this year so far from Delhi, its adjoining states and Punjab as against 3,431 farm...
Manorama Ekka, the founder of HOPE, a civil society organisation, said that even though the government has provided LPG cylinders to villagers, it’s still not affordable...
Sharing the data collected over a year, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the giant air purifier (smog tower) can cut down air pollution by 70...
The union minister urged the farmers to avoid stubble burning and promote its utilization being a valuable resource. He also urged agricultural entrepreneurs or agripreneurs to...
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is a major reason behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and...
Earlier this week, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had held meetings with various farmer bodies and assured that the government was making efforts for the management...
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