A noisy Diwali ahead: Supreme Court refuses to put blanket ban on firecrackers

Trends in air quality data show that the level of pollutants in the National Capital Region go up each year, with the bursting of firecrackers on&…

Green crackers answer to Diwali pollution but manufacturing limited

Most green crackers do not contain barium nitrate, which is the most dangerous ingredient in conventional crackers

National Clean Air Programme missed 2024 target to push back pollution, study shows

Durgapur in West Bengal deteriorated most; Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh saw most improvement during 2019-2024

India must redouble sustainability efforts: Environment performance index

Ranked 168 out of 180 countries; all South Asian countries, except Afghanistan, were ahead of India in the ranking  

78% cities recorded ‘good’, ‘satisfactory’ AQI during COVID-19 lockdown: CPCB

The CPCB monitored 115 cities between March 16 and April 15; NO2, SO2 emissions reduced significantly 

Delhi air less toxic amid COVID-19 lockdown

Average PM 2.5 level during 4 weeks of lockdown lowest on record outside monsoon since 2016

Simply Put: Looking for an uptick

Dense fog episodes twice more frequent in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh than Delhi-NCR: Study

Low-lying Terai region bordering India and Nepal worst hit

Simply put: Farm crisis

Chinese officials aided industries to defy pollution rules

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

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

Sooty clues

Plants as toxin purifiers

Cleaner air

Launch by a bomber

Blast blanket

Winged wonder

US researchers have developed an aircraft that could possibly explain the mystery of UFOs

Tending on its own

Flying with a laptop

A new sofware will now provide aspiring pilots the chance to do their groundwork before flying

Hanging wonder

Airships can provide transport on an eco-friendly and cost-effective basis

Safety kit for copters

Floating devices would save helicopters from capsizing

Flying machine

Miniature spy

Flying high on hydrogen

Hydrogen makes a comeback as a fuel to propel a new type of airplane