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
The Greenpeace India report states the greatest proportion of people living in India are exposed to PM2.5 concentrations more than five times the WHO's annual average...
The Air Quality and Health in Cities report by the State of Global Air Initiative summarizes data on air pollution exposures and associated health impacts in...
Paddy straw burning in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh is a major reason behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in...
In Delhi, the PM10 concentration has reduced from 241 micrograms per cubic metre in 2017 to 196 micrograms per cubic metre in 2021, according to the...
Key pollution ingredients PM2.5 and PM10 were far above the safe limit in Delhi throughout the summer between March and June this year, a report by...
India’s polluted air is reducing life expectancy of its people highlights Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of...