Air pollution

India’s life expectancy hit by 9 years due to pollution: Report

Representational image NEW DELHI: Air pollution might reduce the life expectancy of over 40 per cent of Indians by more…

3 years ago

AMC sets up a special unit to improve air quality

Representative Image AHMEDABAD: With relaxations on lockdowns, Ahmedabad’s air quality has begun deteriorating. Ahmedabad’s Air Quality Index (AQI) showed the…

3 years ago

Pune’s proposed ring road to help with city’s air pollution: UD Minister

Representational image PUNE: Eknath Shinde, Minister of Urban Development, Government of Maharashtra, said on Friday, July 30, that the proposed…

3 years ago

9 of the 10 most polluted cities in world are in India: Report

Representative Image NEW DELHI: World Air Quality Report 2020 was prepared and globally released on March 16 by IQAir, a…

4 years ago

CSIR-CMERI launches outdoor air purifier at residential campus

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI), Durgapur launched the Outdoor Air…

4 years ago

CSE analysis finds air in south India just as polluted

Representative Image HYDERABAD: A new analysis by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has shown that air pollution…

4 years ago

8 central agencies warned by CPCB

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Dust control measures were found insufficient during survey at construction sites of eight central agencies and…

4 years ago

Haryana’s industrial units ordered to use cleaner fuels

Haryana’s industrial units ordered to use cleaner fuels CHANDIGARH: To control and effectively deal with ascending air pollution pan-NCR, the…

4 years ago

Functioning of commissions to check stubble burning starts

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Sharad Arvind Bobde, The Chief Justice of India (CJI), in a hearing on Friday remarked that…

4 years ago

49% increase in stubble burning incidents in Punjab

Representative Image CHANDIGARH: Despite a recent ban on states near Delhi, the state of Punjab witnessed a 49 per cent…

4 years ago