After ‘bias’ row, Bombay HC judge brought back to hear noise pollution case

Maharashtra government faced flak for accusing Justice Oka of bias and trying to transfer the case to a different bench

Haryana has gone deaf

How silent are silence zones in India?

A study monitored 17 silence zones in Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow and found that none of them came anywhere …

Not just air, level of noise pollution in Delhi is also deadly: study

A new study confirms the findings of a 2011 CSE survey which had shown that the capital has the noisiest roads in the country

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The conductor's bane

A hush-hush affair

Noise control

Loudspeakers silenced

Unsound ways

Fatal flight

For the Dutch, one more runway at Schiphol may mean more business and jobs, but pollution could go over the top

Noise enfolded

Muffling the sound made by a supersonic jet during take-off could bring calm to areas where air traffic is high

Lagos takes action against violators to tackle noise pollution

State environmental agency LASEPA has shut 40 religious houses, industries and night clubs for contravening guidelines on pollution

Law made tough for noise makers

Will authorities enforce the rules?  

Noise pollution forces patients to check out of hospitals: study

Noise levels in intensive care units have been found to be as high as that generated by loud music coming through headphones

All in the mind

Noise over weapons blowup

Dynamics of noise

Researchers in the University of Wales are collaborating with European partners to improve the computer models which predict how a new …

Noisy airport

Sound vision

Computer simulations to map noise pollution

Some vertical gardens

Ludhiana's Income-Tax department officials have turned plastic into greenery on a wall under the Green-Plastic Initiative

Pollution in news on May 14

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

When 'anti-Hindu' sentiments take precedence over noise pollution

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on the plea moved by infants in the Supreme Court to ban firecrackers

Diwali celebrations

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto: Harsh Vardhan pushes for less noisy Diwali