Delhi gets a breather from breathing toxic air after 41 days
However, air quality in the city is forecast to deteriorate again in the next 2 days
जहरीली हवाओं से घिरी दिल्ली
विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के मानक के मुकाबले दिल्ली में तीन नवंबर को सात गुणा अधिक प्रदूषण कण हवा में रहे, जो इस सीजन का ...
Air pollution killed 116,000 Indian kids within a month of birth in 2019
Household air pollution accounted for 64% of all neo-natal deaths attributable to air pollution
वायु प्रदूषण से आंखों पर पड़ रहा है गंभीर असर: रिपोर्ट
यह अध्ययन ताइवान की आबादी पर किया गया है, लेकिन भारत में इसका असर देखा जा सकता है
What the toxic air did to Delhites
Down To Earth talks to doctors to get a sense of the ailments that residents of NCR are exposed to
दिवाली से पहले ही दिल्ली की हवा खराब
मौसम, पराली, वाहनों के साथ-साथ कुछ इलाकों में पटाखे जलाए जाने के कारण दिल्ली एनसीआर में हवा की गुणवत्ता काफी खराब हो गई है। ...
बजट 2020-21: हवा साफ करने पर खर्च होंगे 4,400 करोड़ रुपए
केंद्र सरकार की इस घोषणा का लाभ 10 लाख से अधिक आबादी वाले बड़े शहरों को मिलेगा
Gujarat launches India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution
Launched on World Environment Day, the programme is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to …
North India air turns bad as winter approaches, CPCB data shows
Half of 54 cities, in six north Indian states, monitored by the CPCB, reported ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ air
Air pollution as serious a threat as communicable diseases in Africa: Report
Average life expectancy in central, west Africa would be 1.2 years lower, and a total of 677 million person-years would be lost, if high …
Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report
Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report
Diwali amid COVID-19: Not bursting fire crackers will keep Delhi from turning into a gas chamber again
Even under a zero-firecracker emission scenario, PM2.5 levels are predicted to bring air quality at the edge of ‘very poor’ and ‘…
Parliament debates Delhi air, but what about earlier panel reports?
Parliamentary panel on science and technology and environment and forests tabled report in August 2018; nothing much has been done on …
How Haryana cut stubble burning this season
Distributing crop residue disposal machines, spreading awareness among farmers and increased sowing of Basmati rice brought about the good results
Delhi air quality dips further: Thursday mostly ‘very poor’
Mundka records ‘severe’ air, season’s worst amid calm winds, stubble fume
Centre proposes draft rules for Green Credit Programme
The programme will incentivise individuals & organisations to take positive actions for the environment
‘We need to take a relook at our air pollution standards’
Down To Earth speaks to NEERI director, Rakesh Kumar on India’s air pollution standards
Delhi may see another peak pollution episode around the New Year: Experts
Episode to occur due to enhanced local emissions and secondary aerosol formation under favourable meteorological conditions
No country on sustainable transport track: Global mobility report
Most of the developed and developing countries were ranked low on policy goals of universal urban access, gender and efficiency
2020 की चुनौतियां: क्या जहरीली हवा पर लग पाएगा अंकुश?
केंद्रीय पर्यावरण मंत्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर यह मानने के लिए तैयार नहीं हैं कि वायु प्रदूषण का स्वास्थ्य पर बुरा असर पड़ता है। ऐसे में, ...
Delhi on the verge of another 'severe' air quality episode
Calm surface winds and a decrease in the ability of the atmosphere to disperse pollutants have made conditions conducive for such an episode
Delhi should be ready for 'severe' air again
Northwesterlies bring in stubble burning fumes into capital; low temperature, slow winds keep them trapped
No mention of regional coordination to curb air pollution in 102 city plans, finds study
Sources from outside a city’s boundaries account for at least 30% of pollutants in that city, according to study
Coming up in 2020: Air pollution to figure in a number of developments
From new BS-VI standards in Delhi to likely entry of more electric vehicles to efforts for combating stubble fires, India will be stepping up its …
Expect ‘severe’ Delhi air today
EPCA flags uncertainty over wind direction; Friday AQI was season-worst