COVID-19 flattens peak-hour pollution
The flat rates of peak-hour pollution due to the lockdown proves why strong action is needed to reduce traffic volumes and cut tailpipe emissions …
COVID-19: Dirty air and vice of the virus
The novel coronavirus pandemic may have lowered air pollution. But this crisis-led change shows how health risk perception makes difficult …
These toxic metals make Diwali firecrackers 'beautiful'
From tremors, weakness, anxiety, shortness of breath to paralysis and cancer, the colours in Diwali firecrackers all have a toxic source
What is the national clean air program (NCAP)?
The Indian government recently announced the draft guidelines of the National Clean Air Program? Polash Mukherjee from the Centre for Science and …
Just how harmful is air pollution and how bad is India placed
In India, life expectancy dropped by 3.86 years in 2015 due to air pollution
Union Budget 2021-22: Clean air in focus — build ambition
The new clean-air funding, a good step forward, will hopefully enable deeper systemic changes for verifiable improvement in air quality
Delhi air quality dips further: Thursday mostly ‘very poor’
Mundka records ‘severe’ air, season’s worst amid calm winds, stubble fume
Air quality turns ‘severe’ in many parts of Delhi-NCR, north India
While Delhi overall had an unhealthy AQI (297), Meerut (359), Panipat (347) and Karnal (322) were marked in ‘severe’ category
We don’t know much about air pollutants that cause every eighth death in India
Researchers at Yale University find that molecular makeup of a pollutant varies despite it being from the same environment
Clean air is a human right: WHO
World needs to reduce number of deaths from air pollution by two-thirds by 2030, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO in his …
Why was post-Diwali air quality better this year?
Wind speed, warmer temperatures helped disperse pollutants
Air pollution killed 116,000 Indian kids within a month of birth in 2019
Household air pollution accounted for 64% of all neo-natal deaths attributable to air pollution
The Invisible Killer: a hidden danger in the air
Autumn in India is smog season, the worst time of year for some of the world's most polluted cities. The air pollution that we breathe every day …
No mention of regional coordination to curb air pollution in 102 city plans, finds study
Sources from outside a city’s boundaries account for at least 30% of pollutants in that city, according to study
Simply Put: Growing up in North India
India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective
Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework
WHO raises the bar on clean air
The WHO seeks significant tightening of clean air benchmarks for near zero tolerance for particulate pollution and to protect public health
Did unprecedented Covid deaths, funerals cause spike in Delhi’s pollution levels during second wave
New study recorded an unusual increase in particulate matter during the second wave lockdown
Delhi may see another peak pollution episode around the New Year: Experts
Episode to occur due to enhanced local emissions and secondary aerosol formation under favourable meteorological conditions
Fighting air pollution in Delhi for 2 decades: A short but lethal history
From days of smoke-fileld ‘90s with no plan in place to the GRAP is quite some thing though there's still more to be done
The day after: How the air fares post-Diwali
Air quality slips in Delhi, National Capital Region and several places across north India
‘We need to take a relook at our air pollution standards’
Down To Earth speaks to NEERI director, Rakesh Kumar on India’s air pollution standards
Air pollution in 2016 reduced life expectancy of Delhiites by 10 years
New study highlights the effects of air pollution on the life of city residents; and the need for urgent measures
Use your phone camera for real-time pollution check
Click an image either through the smartphone camera or by the app camera, uploade on the app to see the air quality index, PM 2.5, SO2, …
CSIR labs develop ‘green’ crackers
The new products emit 25% to 30% less particulate matter than the traditional crackers, said minister for science and technology Dr Harsh Vardhan&…