Simply Put: Looking for an uptick
Eight of 10 most polluted cities this winter from UP: CSE
The smaller and upcoming cities were the pollution hotspots
Air quality in Delhi sees improvement
GRAP measures instrumental in the cleanup, say experts
Patna’s severe air quality due to Ganga’s shifting course: Govt study
Ganga has shifted four kilometres away from the city, leaving an exposed bed of sand, which Himalayan winds are blowing into Patna, it says
Don’t venture out of homes, use masks if important: Nepal cautions against air pollution
No respite froom air pollution so far; govt had shut educational institutions for five days on March 30
Nepal schools shut: Forest fires, westerly winds from India may have contributed to air pollution
All schools and colleges in Nepal were shut on March 30 due to an alarming spike in air pollution levels
Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst
Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse
Dysfunctional monitoring stations thwart efforts for clean air
A CPCB official confirms that not all values from all the stations in a city are used for computing the AQI value of a city
Simply Put: Pillars of Destruction
Not just Delhi, severe air pollution has taken several other cities hostage
Not a single city in northern India meets international air quality standards
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
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
Science behind smog and its ominous implications
Actions to tackle the smog problem can be both preventive and punitive
Indian cities have a long way to go in air pollution mitigation: CSE
Most cities don’t meet prescribed WHO standards for pollutant levels; most of India is also not monitored, says CSE report
Winter pollution: Diwali night can add 300-600 µg/m3 of PM2.5 to Delhi's air
Delhi’s seasonal winter PM2.5 average had improved during the pandemic, but it stagnated post-pandemic. Action this winter will determine …
How carbon sinks can help India become a ‘net zero’ country
An increase in India’s green cover can help meet its Paris Agreement commitments and reduce toxic emissions in the atmosphere.
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
Deteriorating air quality in Delhi and Dhaka, as smog envelops both capitals
Bangladesh has been urged by the World Bank to clean up the air by coordinating more closely with its south Asian neighbours
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, …
Toxic air: Graded Response Action Plan announced for Kolkata, other Bengal cities
West Bengal government’s GRAP is neither graded nor forecasting-based like Delhi’s, say experts
Budget 2021-22 should incentivise clean fuel for pollution control
Transition to cleaner fuels used for combustion, as done in Beijing, is the most dependable solution to clean Delhi’s air
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
Delhi pollution: Looking at social, political facets of climate crisis can help in better adaptation
A balanced mixture of outrage and compassion is needed to give birth to new forms of policies and actions
Severely polluted air bars people from breathing
CPCB prepares response action plan to tackle air pollution
The CPCB action plan stresses upon the need to reduce response time of the Task Force so that people’s exposure to toxic pollutants is reduced