Transport-related emissions in megacities: Delhi on top, Bhopal emits the least

Urban commute in even smaller cities is becoming highly polluting and energy-intensive, finds CSE’s latest analysis

Blanket of dust to cover North India in few days; air quality will be hit

These are ominous signs for Delhi, which saw a public health emergency in 2016 and 2017 due to extremely poor air quality

Across cities, commuters are giving metro a miss: CSE

Besides Delhi, cities such as Kochi, Lucknow and Chennai have seen a massive drop in projected ridership

A giant backing out?

Mercedes-Benz has put on hold investments in India due to ban on sale of larger diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR

Toll contractor refuses to levy ‘green tax’ on trucks in Delhi

Says collecting tax from trucks entering Delhi as ordered by Supreme Court is 'an impossible task'

Beijing undertakes measures to fight air pollution

City has launched initiatives to gradually ban coal, impose a pollution fee and create “air corridors”

Business as usual

Air pollution and our right to clear air

As Delhi’s air pollution levels reach alarming highs, even non-smokers in the city have started developing smokers’ lungs. But the …

दिवाली से पहले जानें यह रहस्य, हमारी जिंदगी में कैसे आए पटाखे?

चीन में बारूद का आविष्कार और 15वीं शताब्दी में भारत में इसके आने के बाद पटाखों का चलन शुरू हुआ

वायु प्रदूषण से भारत पर पड़ रहा है सालाना 1 लाख करोड़ रुपए का अतिरिक्त बोझ: स्टडी

एक नए अध्ययन में कहा गया है कि हर साल देश में होने वाली करीब 10 लाख असमय मौतों के लिए भी वायु प्रदूषण ...

डीजल से होने वाले प्रदूषण से बढ़ रहे हैं निमोनिया के मामले

आमतौर पर स्वस्थ इंसान के नाक और गले में मौजूद रहने वाला एक हानिरहित न्यूमोकोकल बैक्टीरिया, प्रदूषण के कारण निमोनिया जैसी गंभीर बीमारी का ...

Simply put: Farm crisis

जग बीती: अब कुछ भी असामान्य नहीं रहा!

Not ‘go slow’, need more certainty in electric vehicle pathways

The auto industry slow down must not provoke reactive posturing but spur a firm policy roadmap and a legal mandate in consultation with the …

IIT Hyderabad scientists convert fly ash into waterproofing material

Treating fly ash with stearic acid, used in soaps and shampoos, modified the nature of fly ash and helped develop materials with contrasting …

Chinese officials aided industries to defy pollution rules

President Xi Jinping had last year called for efforts to fight pollution

Why Kashmir University should prefer footfalls over whizzing cars in its campus

The university recently declared a war on black carbon through a decision to ban fuel-burning vehicles in the campus. The decision has gone down …

Delhi notifies guidelines for scrapping vehicles, but some issues remain unaddressed

The guidelines should make periodic testing of roadworthiness of vehicles mandatory and link the scrapping process to deregistration of vehicles 

Ozone pollution can damage wheat crop

Banaras Hindu University scientists found that most wheat cultivars developed after 2000 are more sensitive to damage due to ozone, a byproduct …

Delhi's odd-even number-plate rules are far from perfect

Oh! the hypocrisy of it all...

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on Delhi's pollution problem

Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi: CSE analysis

Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone

Sooty clues

Plants as toxin purifiers

Ironing out pollution

A recently-developed cheap and environmentally-benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides