Delhi To Expand Tree Adoption Policy, Citizens Push For Tree Census First
Delhi’s Tree Authority is planning a tree adoption policy as part of its efforts to…
air pollution
Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters
Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual…
‘Environment Protectors’: Punjab Move To Curb Stubble Burning
In a bid to stop stubble burning, the Gurdaspur district administration in Punjab has implemented…
Swachh Vayu Survekshan And The Search For Clean Air
Every year during the winter season, air quality across India deteriorates to hazardous levels. The…
Could Airshed Management Be The Solution To India’s Pollution Woes?
India’s flagship programme to reduce air pollution has seen slow progress, spurring discussions on airshed-level…
Gig Workers Are Exposed To Highly Polluted Air, Carcinogens: Study
Rohit Vishwas, 28, started working as a delivery person for a grocery delivery app in…
MP’s Stubble Burning Problem Goes Unnoticed
For the past few decades, crop residue burning has been the grim news story of…
Are Haryana Stone Crushing Units To Blame For Respiratory Troubles?
A two-kilometre detour from the six-lane national highway 152-D (Narnaul-Ambala), towards the interior villages in…
MP 2nd In Stubble Burning, Farmers Unaware Of Govt Schemes
Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country in terms of wheat production, which is a…
Residents Reeling From Construction Projects In J&K Fear Lithium Mining
The announcement from India’s key scientific agency in February this year that it had found…
4 ‘Cs’ Pose Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN Report
Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per…
Mothers Seek Action To Create Liveable Future For Their Children
Source: PTI Mothers in several countries, including India, staged protests on Saturday under the banner…
Covid, Conflict, Climate Change Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN
Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per…
Funds To Curb Pollution Remain Underutilised By Regulators
Ten state pollution control boards across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, which faces severe air pollution, have…
Bauxite Mining In Jharkhand Impacting Is Soil Fertility, People’s Health
Dumbarpath is a tribal village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a primary area of bauxite…
Dangers Of Poor Housing In Remote, Off-Grid Communities
At first glance, remote communities in Outback Australia and villages in India don’t have much…
Kochi’s Brahmapuram Fumes Over Waste
On March 2, 25-ft-high ‘hills’ of garbage, extending over 40 acres at the Brahmapuram waste…
Increasing Atmospheric Pollution In Rural India: Research
Source: PTI Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing atmospheric pollution…
Divided By Borders, Lahore & Delhi Are United In Smog
The sister cities of Lahore, in Pakistan, and New Delhi, in India, share many things…
How A United South Asia Can Beat Air Pollution
At a recent meeting for the launch of a new World Bank report on air…
Paradise Polluted: Kashmir’s Poor Air Quality Poses Health Risks
It was a foggy afternoon in December, and people – young and old – were…
Environment Overlooked In Infrastructure Rush In 2022
Infrastructure development continued on a grand scale and at a rapid pace in South Asia…
Air Pollution Linked With Multiple Long-Term Health Conditions: Study
(Source: PTI) Exposure to traffic related air pollution is associated with an increased risk of…
How ‘Airshed Management’ Could Tackle India’s Air Pollution Crisis
In 2019, air pollution in India caused the premature deaths of more than a million…
Crackers Burst Despite Ban, Delhi’s Air Quality Turns ‘Very Poor’
(Source: PTI) A large number of high-decibel firecrackers thundered throughout Diwali night on Monday as…