Air pollution retards lung growth in Delhi children; studies point to health emergency

Children’s Day comes with a grim reminder of growing health risk from worsening environmental risks, especially air pollution

If you are in Patna, there's no respite from "very high levels" of PM2.5 concentration

The CSE study found that PM 2.5 levels even inside anganwadis were more than 42 times higher than the permissible safe standards for ambient air …

Toxic Delhi air can get deep into your lungs; 22 million at risk

Pollutant particles can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause permanent harm to cognitive development

Delhi faces its worst smog; CSE calls for emergency action

Delhi government must issue health alerts and take emergency action as well as more permanent measures

Delhi Airport experiences worst smog in 17 years

The visibility has fallen to 300-400 metres as unfavourable weather conditions add to the smog problem post-Diwali

Dutch invention dubbed the world’s largest vacuum cleaner for outside air

It is capable of filtering out 100 per cent of fine particles and 95 per cent of ultra-fine particles 

Air pollution levels go down after rain: No odd-even scheme in Delhi for now

Supreme Court had termed the scheme as optics

Diwali blues: Ministry issues health advisory for residents

Scientists have predicted that Noida and Delhi University will witness the highest pollution level this festive season

India’s air 'toxic': WHO

Fourteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India, says the new WHO database

Pollution in your city: Is wearing a mask the solution?

Originally intended to safeguard industrial and health workers, masks have now emerged as people's defence mechanism against air pollution

Fight barriers to solutions to clean air

Need solution-driven agenda to build public and political will to overpower resistance from inconvenience of change

Crop burning: Dreadful pollution back in Delhi, air quality plunges

Air quality in Delhi and some cities in Uttar Pradesh plunged in the last fortnight as farmers started burning stubble

Simply Put: Vehicular fumes

Air quality in Delhi sees improvement

GRAP measures instrumental in the cleanup, say experts

Union government needs to focus on clean air

According to the State Of Global Air Report 2019, 12 lakh people are dying prematurely due to toxic air and dying 2.6 years earlier in India

Plantation drives not enough to fight air pollution

A sapling cannot do what a mature tree can as it takes it decades to be able to support environmental needs

How does vacuum cleaning of roads change exposure to pollutants?

A real-time assessment by Centre for Science and Environment found marginal reduction in particulate matter after vacuuming of a Delhi road

'All polluters are equal, but some polluters are more equal than others'

With so many exemptions and VIPs refusing to use public transport, can the odd-even scheme be considered a success?

While in Delhi, watch out your lungs

DTE Coverage: Delhi’s first smog episode of 2023-2024

National capital in global spotlight again as ‘world's most polluted city’

Europe air quality: Which capital cities should be worried

A study of 24 European capital cities show Athens fared the best in curbing air pollution while Reykjavik slipped the worst

What is COVID-19 signaling about building design for healthy living?

The possibility that our air-conditioned and cooled living spaces may make coronavirus comfortable and spread needs to be well understood to spur …

Action must on hotspots to curb air pollution in Delhi

It well help reduce overall ambient concentration, cut toxic exposure for the most vulnerable communities in worst affected areas and make cities …

Delhi's Karol Bagh: On-street democracy for cleaner air

Pedestrian only street in Karol Bagh proves why urban renewal is needed for clean air and sustainability

New systems, old habits

Launched in 2014, the new-age regulatory mechanism for highly polluting industries remains a non-starter due to poor planning, hasty execution …