The rising pollution levels in the National capital region have caused a health emergency according to the Indian Medical Association, more than that this year the...
Entry of heavy and medium goods vehicles in Delhi have been banned for three days beginning 11pm on Thursday as the city's air quality worsened to...
Despite being the festival week Delhi residents it began it by coughing, rubbing their eyes and gasping for clean air. The AQI (Air Qality Index) on...
Delhi is facing a deadly air pollution crisis. Some steps have been taken but perhaps it's too little, too late. We could have done a lot...
With decrease in wind velocity and increase in instances of stubble burning, people residing in Delhi-NCR are losing their breath. While Ghaziabad and Delhi has already...
Supreme Court has restricted the use of firecrackers across India saying that only green crackers will be allowed. To avoid increasing air pollution, inducing fire accidents,...
With over 40 different kinds of crackers used every year during Dussehra and Diwali, firecrackers pose a huge health hazard especially to children and people bursting...
Even as farmers in Punjab continue to burn crop residue despite a ban on stubble burning, the Punjab pollution control board says there has been a...
While majority of the farmers in the state of Punjab stick to the practice of stubble burning, Jasbir and his friends from Shehzada Kalan village in...
At the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India 12-hour cleanathon, Chief Minister of Punjab, talks about whether we can expect a better winter ahead this time with less...
There are various sources for air pollution - vehicular pollution, industrial emissions, pollution from brick kilns and road dust, diesel generators, domestic fuel, crop burning among...
Did you know that India, a country of 1.2 billion, is running the risk of drowning in all the waste it generates on a daily basis?...
This year, the Supreme court has banned the sale of firecrackers during Diwali in the Delhi NCR. Firecrackers not only cause air pollution and noise pollution...
Farmers in Haryana are flouting the ban on crop residue burning, despite the threat of steep fines by local authorities. Seventeen incidents have been reported in...