Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Time to breath easy is over, air pollution is reaching critical levels again this winter. Centre for Science and Environment has reviewed the daily air quality data generated by the Central Pollution Control Board as well as the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the public information system developed by the …
PLANTS soak more atmospheric pollutants than thought. A study by US scientists shows that apart from carbon dioxide, plants rid the air of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, the most abundant class of carbon-based chemicals in the atmosphere. Automobile exhaust, coal burning and industry are some of the major sources …
Sangeetha HERE is a man who thinks, talks and walks cycle rickshaws even if he does not drive one. Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah, Executive Director of Centre for Rural Development (CRD) is a crusader for the cause of cycle rickshaw. He has extensively studied issues relating to cycle rickshaw pullers …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday banned plying of diesel-run vehicles including safari cantors in the Ranthambore tiger sanctuary with immediate effect. The order passed by Justice M N Bhandari puts a ban on the plying of as many as 48 diesel cantors, which are presently being used to …
Jairam Bristles At Buffoon Tag, Says 4x4s Guzzling Subsidies New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh reiterated his argument against increasing SUVs in the country, and cracked a joke at an editorial in a US daily that called him a
NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh reiterated his argument against increasing SUVs in the country, and cracked a joke at an editorial in a US daily that called him a
The clean-energy drive has moved into top gear with the government offering incentives to push sales of electric vehicles in India. So, if you plan to buy an electric car, you may get a waiver of Rs 1 lakh (if the incentive is passed fully). The incentive for three-wheelers could …
NEW DELHI: With the government earmarking Rs.95-crore incentive package for electric two wheelers during the remaining part of the XI Plan, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles on Monday expressed confidence that the electric two-wheeler market would witness 100 per cent growth. As per a scheme approved by the …
Carmakers are focusing on early electric vehicle challenges such as charging infrastructure and driver wariness, as mass market launches of many models draw near, executives told the Reuters Global Autos Summit. As carbon dioxide emission legislation tightens, carmakers are looking to full electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid technology to cut …
The present study deals with the quantitative effect of vehicular emission on ambient air quality during May, 2006 in urban area of Lucknow city. In this study, SPM, RSPM, SO2 , NOx and 7 trace metals associated with RSPM were estimated at 10 representative locations in urban area and one …
CPCB has evolved a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) for 88 study areas with an objective of identifying polluted clusters or areas in order to take concerted action and to centrally monitor them at the national level to improve the current status of their environmental components such as air and …
Hell broke lose when the environment minister Jairam Ramesh called SUVs criminal for guzzling cheap subsidized diesel. He is right -- The real beneficiaries of the diesel subsidy are the owners of "BMWs, Benz and Hondas'', and not the farmers. He pitched for reforms in diesel prices; penalty on those …
Telomere length reflects biological age and is inversely associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Ambient air pollution is associated with CVD, but its effect on telomere length is unknown. McCracken et al. investigated the association of ambient black carbon (BC), a marker for traffic-related particulate matter (PM), with telomere …
Only about 30% of breast cancer cases can be explained by accepted risk factors. Crouse et al. (p. 1578) investigated whether the incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer may be associated with exposure to urban air pollution. The authors used data from a hospital-based case
Many of the LPG-kit fitted autorickshaws in Chennai continue to run on petrol. CHENNAI: With Transport Minister K.N.Nehru recently announcing that a deadline would soon be set for all autorickshaws and taxis in the city to switchover to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), the issue of ambient air quality and the …
Avanindra Mishra | TNN Jaipur: The rising pollution levels are left police persons short of breath. Of the 109 traffic policemen who underwent a spirometry test, 26 were detected with weak lungs. The tests on Thursday were held at the police control room by doctors from SMS hospital.
