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 …
The company Thomas Talhelm started, ‘SmartAir’, has since sold over 30,000 DIY air purifiers within China, and has shipped to India and Mongolia. Clean air should not be a luxury and a lot more people should be able to afford it, Thomas Talhelm, assistant professor of behavioural science at the …
Delhi's pollution season is round the corner, but is the government better prepared this time to keep smog episodes at bay? The city may be marginally better off now that the graded response action plan is in place, but that involves responding to pollution crises with emergency interventions. In reality, …
Scientists have developed a catalyst that can curb emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel-powered vehicles, an advance that may help reduce air pollution and smog. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) is a priority air pollutant that is a key ingredient in smog. "Diesel engines power virtually all heavy-duty trucks, and NOx emissions …
From next April, real time pollution data of each vehicle will be available online in Vahan portal of central government, which is the depository of all vehicle related information. To start with, the system will be put in place in NCR. A road transport ministry official said standardisation of the …
The tribunal which had last year banned the registration of new diesel vehicles as well as their re- registration after 10 years clarified in its recent order that the new vehicles should be used only for carrying essential commodities and not for any other purpose. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Sunday against a swift abandonment of diesel cars after a series of emissions scandals, saying the fuel is still needed if climate change targets are to be met. Speaking at a pre-election town hall event on RTL television on Sunday, Merkel called on German …
German vehicles manufacturer Volkswagen on Thursday submitted a roadmap to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on recallling its 3.23 lakh vehicles for violating India's emission norms. The automobile major is in the process to recall its vehicles fitted with a 'defeat device' meant to cheat on emission tests and roadmap …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has been asked to set up 20 more real-time monitoring stations by 15th October. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on Thursday conducted a meeting and reviewed the measures to alleviate air pollution in the national capital. The L-G Anil Baijal suggested that anti-firecracker campaign should …
The study has found that the disease burden due to COPD was highest in Papua New Guinea, India, Lesotho, and Nepal while the burden for asthma was highest in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Fiji, Kiribati, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland. India accounts for a quarter of deaths caused worldwide …
Air pollution is a visible problem in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The city's poor air quality is evident in its congested streets where passenger vehicles, trucks and motorcycle taxis jostle for space while belching clouds of black smoke. Nairobi's construction boom and practices like the burning of garbage only add to …
Meanwhile in Thane, which witnesses high decibel levels during Gokulashtami celebrations saw lesser number of events organised as compared to last year Janmashtami celebrations saw a major dip in the usage of loudspeakers this year. Sumaira Abdulali, Convenor of Awaaz Foundation who was out measuring decibel levels across Mumbai and …
NEW DELHI: The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) in comments submitted to the Supreme Court recently said real world or on-road emissions testing for BS VI diesel vehicles will be in-built at the time of type approval or production of these cars 2020 onwards. But the SC-mandated Environment …
BERLIN (Reuters) - German efforts to overcome a diesel scandal were dealt a blow on Tuesday after prosecutors widened a Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) probe and a key environmental group said steps proposed by automakers to cut pollution remained inadequate. Germany's car industry, which employs some 800,000 people and is the country's …
Centre stresses need for India to have stricter monitoring A new study of on-road emissions has shown that adding one diesel SUV to the road can cause as much nitrogen oxide pollution as 25 to 65 petrol-based cars, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has noted. ‘Dieselgate’ controversy Citing …
An international study, testing on-road emissions of passenger cars in India, says a diesel SUV may be emitting 25 to 65 times more oxides of nitrogen (NOx) than a small petrol car. On-road emissions of diesel cars may also be far higher than their emissions under lab certification conditions, it …
KOLKATA: The city that had been the first to combat sound pollution two decades ago, has emerged as the country's noise capital with silence zones falling prey to the deafening cacophony of honking. A study submitted by West Bengal Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday showed …
The Centre for Science and Environment welcomed the top court decision and said that it can have far reaching impact on curbing air pollution. New Delhi: In a bid to curb pollution, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions including that insurance companies will not renew insurance …
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) teams have inspected 225 authorised vehicular pollution-checking centres and found 100 such centers violating norms. These centres issue pollution under control (PUC) certificates to vehicle owners. The spokesman of the PPCB said, “We have been receiving regular complaints that these pollution- checking centres are issuing …
In a move intended to reduce pollution caused by vehicular emissions, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to take steps to refuse insurance cover to a vehicle that does not have a valid pollution under control (PUC) certificate. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta passed the …
(Reuters) - German ministers, regional politicians and car executives have agreed a package of measures aimed at cutting inner-city air pollution and averting bans on diesel cars. Following are some of the key points of the agreement: SCRAPPAGE INCENTIVES As a way to take older, polluting cars off the road, …
