The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
As India rapidly becomes perhaps the most polluted country we have slowed down drastically in adopting cleaner cars. In 2010, we were five years behind Europe. Now, we are 10 years behind them. The reason is an almost criminal cycle of blame between the government, the auto industry and the …
Only half of Delhi is connected to sewer lines, which means that the other half’s waste flows, untreated, into the Yamuna. Though the Delhi Jal Board is constantly expanding its 7,200-km-long sewer network, rapid development has left large portions of the city without any alternative. A senior DJB official said: …
The Delhi government's environment and transport departments will be moving a cabinet note soon to offer a 15% subsidy on the price of e-rickshaws and other battery-operated vehicles. The subsidy was announced by transport minister Gopal Rai last month at a Janta cabinet. The subsidy would be given at the …
Here's some good news on World Environment Day. The quality of fuel which often determines the level of toxic auto emissions will improve sooner than we thought. For a city like Delhi, choking on foul air, this provides a sliver of hope. Speaking at a Times of India Roundtable Discussion …
Research and advocacy body Centre for Science and Environment today said consumers are unaware of ingredients and nutrition information of a product due to lack of appropriate "nutrition fact labelling" in the country, against the backdrop of row over Maggi noodles. CSE said that as a consumer's right, what is …
The AAP government in Delhi on Wednesday announced plans to test all noodle brands available in the city after imposing a 15-day ban on Nestle’s Maggi Noodles due to presence of “excessive lead.” City health minister Satyendar Jain said orders have been issued to lift samples of all other noodle …
Centre takes issue to Consumer Commission Noodles brand Maggi got into more trouble on Wednesday after the Centre lodged a complaint with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission against the Indian arm of the Swiss manufacturer, Nestle, and the Delhi government imposed a 15-day ban on the sale of the …
For some store owners, though, the controversy has not majorly impacted the sale of the product. While the Pune division of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will confirm whether Nestle’s product Maggie is edible or not by Friday, the two-minute noodles has not yet disappeared from the shelves of stores …
A CSE study on junk food had flagged health concerns over 'very high salt content' in Nestle's Maggi instant noodles. This was three years before reports on the presence of MSG and 'high quantities of lead' rocked one of India's biggest food brands. The Centre for Science and Environment study …
HYDERABAD: At a time when the national capital is under fire for its rapidly escalating air pollution levels, it turns out, the 'atmosphere' back home isn't very pleasant either. A steady increase in Hyderabad's vehicular population coupled with widespread construction and demolition activities - courtesy the Metro rail project - …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday welcomed the food authorities' initiative in testing processed food for contaminants like heavy metals - in the context of the ongoing controversy on Maggi noodles. Responding to the issue, in a statement, Chandra Bhushan, CSE's deputy director general and head of its …
Lutyens’ Delhi and hospitals are high risk zones, says latest CSE analysis This is bad news for those suffering from asthma and respiratory problems. It is dangerous if ozone increases even for short duration Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for …
Punishing brand ambassadors shows that the government is only interested in going after the low hanging fruit Indians love putting Maggi in their mouths – the country has the highest volume sales of Maggi noodles anywhere in the world, and in-country sales contribute almost 30% to Nestle India’s revenue. The …
CSE welcomes food authorities’ initiative in testing processed food like Maggi CSE’s earlier lab test on Maggi had revealed high salt content and empty calories Says celebrity endorsement of such products, especially those targeted at children, should be curtailed New Delhi, June 3, 2015: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) …
As the Centre and state governments in NCR dither on fixing air quality, the capital's image is taking a beating and its residents are paying the price of bad air with their health. After TOI published a piece by Gardiner Harris, South Asia correspondent of The New York Times, on …
NEW DELHI: The air Beijing was inhaling a couple of years ago was as toxic as Delhi's, but the Chinese capital had managed the crisis quickly and effectively. Experts say China's strategies were stringent and aggressive. Beijing barred registration of diesel cars as early as 2003. It implemented China V …
Delhi's appalling air pollution problem might not have prompted the government to take stringent action, but it surely has set the alarm bells ringing amongst its expat community. Penning a piece on the toll it has taken on the life of his own son, The New York Times's South Asia …
There is something cyclical about the air pollution debate in Delhi - almost like the seasonal cycle of air pollution itself. When air pollution control slows down and the courts step in to demand action against the killer pollution, especially toxic vehicular fumes, the city gets swamped with 'scientific facts' …
India is baking! The heat is on as most parts of India are reeling under a severe heat wave with temperatures hovering at over 45 degrees Celsius, and more than a thousand people have died because of the continuing heat wave, which is unprecedented in its spread all across the …
Elevated toxic ozone levels to reduce with fall in temperature and a partially cloudy sky today Finally Delhi has some good news. The elevated toxic ozone levels in the city are going to reduce drastically by Sunday with temperature going down and partially cloudy sky predicted for the Capital. This …
