Pocket air sensors
Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these …
Why odd-even system can bring back the glory of bus transport
One can call it environmental injustice or incentive for pollution, public bus transport is more taxed than private vehicles
Supreme Court bans registration of diesel vehicles beyond 2000cc for three months
The court asks the Centre and Delhi government to work together and fix norms to clean the city’s toxic air
Paddy fields burning: Smog shrouds national capital
The smoke resulting from burning crop residues combined with vehicular emissions make the air we breathe deadly
Simply Put: Editing out the problem
Simply Put: Pillars of Destruction
How air pollution is adding to India’s diabetes burden
PM2.5 can enter the bloodstream and cause liver damage, thus enhancing diabetes risk
Air pollution grave threat to babies’ brains: UNICEF
Top seven things you should know about this debilitating problem
Pollution levels on Diwali night were 'unacceptably high', says CSE
But official ambient monitoring shows slight improvement over last year
Trouble in the air
Lights out in Hong Kong to protest polluted air
Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution
Africa has largely been ignored when it comes to official global air quality programmes. Yet low-income countries like many of those in Africa …
Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai recorded more pollution this Diwali than 2020: SAFAR
Pune was the only city among four metros which had lower pollution levels this Diwali than last year due to rainfall, according to SAFAR
Smoke from cement factory leaves toddlers gasping for air in Howrah
Breathlessness, skin allergy and eye infections is all too common for villagers in Dhulagarh in Bengal’s Howrah district
2018’s autumn, early winter show marginal improvement for Delhi air: CSE
Still, there are hardly any ‘good’, ‘satisfactory’ or even ‘moderately polluted’ days in sight
Uncertainty over air pollution in Delhi over the weekend
Satellite images from November 9 show intense stubble burning in Punjab; with the wind direction likely to change, it could be a choking weekend …
To let citizens die of air pollution is anti-national
Since 1996, it has been a suffocating journey of knowing and forgetting. An insiders' narration of the politics behind the mass murder
National Air Quality Index: A solution with too many problems
Due to lack of monitoring and maintenance, most of the authorized centres have failed to record real-time data on air pollution
Multi-pollutant crisis in Delhi-NCR: Ozone pollution another deadly contributor
With high pollution levels and growing heat stress due to climate change, the ozone level is frequently exceeding the standards
Why does Beijing value its citizens more than Delhi?
Both cities might have air pollution issues, but Delhi is way behind Beijing as far as awareness and solutions are concerned
Will implement odd-even without exemptions: Delhi government tells NGT
The Delhi government had withdrawn its decision to bring back the odd-even scheme for an interim period sighting safety issues for women
Your early morning walk could be a risk to your health
Pollution monitoring shows green areas in Delhi have much higher PM2.5 levels than road intersections during the early hours
A shot in the arm for Delhi
Neither odd nor even
BJP's Arjun Ram Meghwal is popular for being the MP who cycles to Parliament
Poor traffic management cause for worry
No encouragement for taking vehicles off crowded streets