The National Green Tribunal’s suggestion of using crop residue in power plants instead of burning comes after stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana resulted in severely...
By the evening of November 21, Air Quality Index in some areas across Delhi-NCR was either "severe" or on the verge of slipping into "severe" category
The court had last year issued directions for curbing pollution levels in Uttar Pradesh in which it banned entry of vehicles in the municipal corporation area...
According to the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, in 2015, out of 9 million people who died in the world due to air pollution alone,...
In a letter to the chief of Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Environment Minister Imran Hussain issued a slew of directions to control rising levels of air...
Increase in stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana may affect Delhi’s air quality as Delhi is set to receive north-westerly winds from Punjab and Haryana
An Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur report, which assessed the chemical composition of pollution from various sources in the city, also concluded that combustion- vehicular and industrial...
At least 2.5 million people in India died early because of pollution in 2015, more than any other country in the world, according to a study...
The report said disease burden due to air pollution remained high in India between 1990 and 2016, as it caused cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and infections
The Supreme Court had on October 24 banned the use of pet coke and furnace oil in 3 states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan from...
According to Punjab state’s agriculture department, about 29.26 lakh acre of land was under rice cultivation this year and Punjab produced over 182 lakh metric tonnes...
An analysis of budget document this year shows 90% cut in budget in the allocation to the state environment department under the head solutions to air...
