Penetrating evidence

Air pollution causes genetic damage among Kolkata residents

Revisiting economics of congestion

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Never too many pedals

The Invisible Killer: a hidden danger in the air

Autumn in India is smog season, the worst time of year for some of the world's most polluted cities. The air pollution that we breathe every day …

New app to let users report complaints about air pollution

Hawa Badlo will be available to the public on IOS and Android phones. The launch is part of the winter action campaign against Delhi's pollution

Delhi needs buses in off-peak hours too

The green tribunal had recently said that buses were a cause of environmental pollution in Delhi

Vehicular emissions are a cause for concern

Praful B Desai, professor emeritus and former director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, spoke to Leena Chakrabarti on …

First birthday

Although setting up of the EPA did result in policies to control pollution, political interference has blunted its effectiveness

Time To Introspect

Policymakers must put public health above everything else to chart the future. Consumers must demand change so that industry can be forced to …

Paradise under fire

The beautiful Valley of Flowers, known for its flower diversity and fecundity, is caught in a strange controversy over ban on grazing

More than unsafe

Safe ozone levels are often exceeded in Europe, says a study

A dinosaur mindset

Clean drive

Virtual trip on Delhi's DTC buses

South Asia

Beijing experiments with a cars' day off

Delhi summers more polluted than winters

Ambient benzene rises in Delhi, Mumbai

Maharashtra rejects court's traffic plan

Air pollution in rural India: Ignored but not absent

Air pollution is a transboundary problem, it transcends rural and urban boundaries. But the issue is rarely discussed and action plans are rigid

Pollution control boards should set their own deadline

An effective regulatory framework for pollution control boards can enable authorities to monitor air pollution better

Are signs on the wall signalling the death of diesel cars?

Mayors of 20 European cities have signed a petition to the European Union denouncing a loophole in diesel cars’ pollution limits

World's consumption levels are breaking new records, says report

The consumption demands of more than seven billion people are exerting pressure on the planet's finite resources

Rapid transit for BRT corridors

Delhi High Court dismisses plea to scrap bus rapid transit corridors; state plans 14 more