Taking a cue from the pillar-based vertical gardens in Singapore and Mexico city, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Ministry of Environment
NEW DELHI: A US-study has estimated that India and China together account for more than half of global deaths due to air pollution. The US-based Health Effects Institute’s State of Global Air study, released
China’s war on pollution is at risk of reaching a “stalemate”, with poor weather conditions undermining the country’s efforts to reduce smog, an environment ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Air
Specific to India, the report pointed out residential biomass burning was the largest individual contributor to disease burden. Coal combustion, open burning and open burning of agricultural residue were
GURUGRAM: There has been a three-fold rise in PM2.5 level in the city in the last five days as compared to the previous week. Experts attribute this increase to the onset of stubble burning season in Punjab
<p>More than 95% of the world’s population breathe unsafe air and the burden is falling hardest on the poorest communities, with the gap between the most polluted and least polluted countries rising rapidly finds this comprehensive study on global air pollution by the Health Effects Institute</p>
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to prepare a database of construction and demolition waste generated from its sites and submit an annual report
<p>Nearly 60% of U.S. children live in counties with PM2.5 concentrations above air quality standards. Understanding the relationship between ambient air pollution exposure and health outcomes informs
Dehradun: Clean Air Asia (CAA), an organization that is working towards clean air management in around 1,000 cities across Asia, including five in India, will now monitor pollution levels in Dehradun,
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018
