Air pollution

New Delhi: Gurugram has been ranked as the world’s most polluted city in 2018. Seven Indian cities feature in the top ten and 22 in top 30. China, which is often in the news for air…

New Delhi: Air pollution caused more deaths than tobacco in 2017, and is responsible for one in eight deaths in the country. A comprehensive study published in Lancet Planetary Health…

New Delhi: Pollution levels have crossed the 'severe' mark in most parts of Delhi. The capital city is covered with a thick envelope of smog. The government is now mulling a ban on private…

New Delhi: It's slash-and-burn time in Haryana and Punjab, and that means smoggy air in the country's capital. Farmers use this technique of burning the post-harvest crop residue every year…

New Delhi: Fourteen Indian cities, including country’s capital New Delhi, are in top 20 most-polluted cities of the world. The AQI (Air Quality Index) near US Embassy in Delhi showed a…

Sundargarh: Local residents of Kuanramunda block in Sundargarh district observed a six-hour bandh on Wednesday to protest against pollution caused allegedly by sponge iron factory. Most…

If you are living in New Delhi or any other place where air pollution levels are extremely bad, here are a few things you can do to minimize the impact on your health: Air Purifiers…

Air pollution in New Delhi has shot up with the onset of winter. A top medical body has termed it as a ‘public health emergency’ and a Supreme Court-appointed panel has recommended emergency…