Only 4 MPs turn up for parliamentary panel meet to discuss Delhi-NCR air pollution

Letter for meeting was issued a week ago

Diwali amid COVID-19: Will NGT order be enough to keep people from fireworks?

Air quality remains severe in Capital Delhi for 5th day straight

Delhi air in trouble again: Should farm fires be in focus

Satellite images show fire spots in severa places in Punjab, Haryana

Delhi air quality improves a bit

Strong winds help lift AQI to 'poor' from 'severe'

Public health emergency declared in Delhi due to air pollution

The overall air quality index on November 1 afternoon was around 530

Air quality in Delhi-NCR improves slightly to ‘very poor’

Change in wind direction primarily responsible; situation worsen during weekend

Supreme Court relaxes deadline to transition to BS-VI amid lockdown

Deadline to switch to cleaner fuel extended by 10 days across the country

Diwali amid COVID-19: Delhi air quality deteriorates as evening progresses

It could hit emergency levels if there is increased emission from firecrackers

Apolcaypse now: Toxic air shrouds Delhi

Delhiites breathed the season’s worst PM2.5 on the morning of November 3, 2019

Delhi air remains 'severe plus'

Emergency persists despite drop in stubble burning 

Delhi gets a breather from breathing toxic air after 41 days

However, air quality in the city is forecast to deteriorate again in the next 2 days  

जहरीली हवाओं से घिरी दिल्ली

विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के मानक के मुकाबले दिल्ली में तीन नवंबर को सात गुणा अधिक प्रदूषण कण हवा में रहे, जो इस सीजन का ...

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

वायु प्रदूषण से आंखों पर पड़ रहा है गंभीर असर: रिपोर्ट  

यह अध्ययन ताइवान की आबादी पर किया गया है, लेकिन भारत में इसका असर देखा जा सकता है  

What the toxic air did to Delhites

Down To Earth talks to doctors to get a sense of the ailments that residents of NCR are exposed to

दिवाली से पहले ही दिल्ली की हवा खराब

मौसम, पराली, वाहनों के साथ-साथ कुछ इलाकों में पटाखे जलाए जाने के कारण दिल्ली एनसीआर में हवा की गुणवत्ता काफी खराब हो गई है। ...

बजट 2020-21: हवा साफ करने पर खर्च होंगे 4,400 करोड़ रुपए

केंद्र सरकार की इस घोषणा का लाभ 10 लाख से अधिक आबादी वाले बड़े शहरों को मिलेगा  

Gujarat launches India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution

Launched on World Environment Day, the programme is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to …

North India air turns bad as winter approaches, CPCB data shows

Half of 54 cities, in six north Indian states, monitored by the CPCB, reported  ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ air

Air pollution as serious a threat as communicable diseases in Africa: Report

Average life expectancy in central, west Africa would be 1.2 years lower, and a total of 677 million person-years would be lost, if high …

Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report

Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report

Diwali amid COVID-19: Not bursting fire crackers will keep Delhi from turning into a gas chamber again

Even under a zero-firecracker emission scenario, PM2.5 levels are predicted to bring air quality at the edge of ‘very poor’ and ‘…

Parliament debates Delhi air, but what about earlier panel reports?

Parliamentary panel on science and technology and environment and forests tabled report in August 2018; nothing much has been done on …

How Haryana cut stubble burning this season

Distributing crop residue disposal machines, spreading awareness among farmers and increased sowing of Basmati rice brought about the good results

Centre proposes draft rules for Green Credit Programme

The programme will incentivise individuals & organisations to take positive actions for the environment