Park vs pump

In the future

...only stringent and serious measures can control further rise in pollution

Plastic problem

A ban on recycled plastic in Delhi will have little effect

The curse of poor sanitation

A bacterial disease kills 42 people in India

Clean payment

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Dirty detergents

Detergents are rated for how ecofriendly they are

Right medicine?

Doubts are raised over the efficacy of two herbal medicines for asthma

Bytes

Sinking low

Pune metro rail on track

Public hearing was a farce, say activists

Break the odour

Wanted: technologies to make urinals waterless, stink-free

We need to worry about methane from landfills; look at Mumbai numbers

Waste sector emissions can be targeted for mitigation, suggests new study      

Commission for Air Quality Management orders phase-out of coal in Delhi-NCR by January 1, 2023

Centre for Science and Environment calls the decision ‘significant’  

Big Brother is watching you; actually your face

Facial recognition has become a frontline policing tool in India amid fears that it is prone to errors and allows the government to expand …

How to sustain municipal sanitation: Delhi’s Aya Nagar offers some lessons

The pilot project is a prototypical model for evolving a sanitation management programme in a high density settlement

Expect ‘severe’ Delhi air today

EPCA flags uncertainty over wind direction; Friday AQI was season-worst  

Why is Delhi facing a flip-flop in weather conditions

Following the record-breaking warmth on Sunday, temperatures dipped again as an active Western Disturbance brought rain on Monday

Crop burning in 2018 lesser than previous year, claims govt

The authorities have come out with figures and attribute the decrease to schemes it started for proper management of paddy stubble

Activists help reduce malaria cases in Odisha

Accredited Social Health Activists’ efforts brought down malaria deaths in the state from 89 in 2014 to 4 in 2018

Is Delhi's smog its own?

A recent study says that during winters, 64% fine-particulate pollution in Delhi comes from outside the city  

Who will take onus of clearing Delhi’s landfills? SC asks LG

The SC blasted the Lieutenant Governor as neither he nor the civic bodies are ready to take the responsibility for the city’s poor garbage …

Delhiites breathe in five times more SO2 than a decade ago

The national capital faces challenges on toxicity and vehicular pollution, highlights the Economic Survey

Rs 5 lakh fine for dumping debris on Yamuna bank

National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules the person who generates the debris as well as the one who dumps it will have to pay the fine

Farm laws 2020: Who are they meant to serve?

In rushing the farm bills through Parliament on strength of numbers, the Union government seems to have handed short end of the stick to states …