Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
PATNA: The state cabinet has approved the modification in the Loknayak Ganga Path project. Of the 20.5km proposed driveway along the Ganga in Patna, a stretch of 11.7km will be now an elevated structure. The IIT-Roorkee had been assigned to study and modify the driveway project in 2016 in view …
CHANDIGARH: With the Union government setting a target for reduction of pollution, the UT administration has decided to prepare a comprehensive action plan. It will also be getting an Rs 5-crore device to monitor pollution. Chandigarh is in the list of 100 cities identified on the basis of level of …
Noted geographer Prof. Abani Kumar Bhagawati of Gauhati University has said that without studying it deep taming the Brahmaputra is an impossible proposition. He has also said that while going to tame the river one has to keep it in mind the valuable riparian culture and nature should not be …
The National Green Tribunal today appointed an expert committee to study the harmful effects of antimony on environment after a plea sought a ban on the manufacture, use and import of solar panels containing the heavy metal. A bench of Justices Jawad Rahim and R S Rathore constituted a three-member …
Study by researchers based at IIT Delhi and University of California, Berkeley suggests that climate change could reduce levels of the highly toxic fine particulate matter of size smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in the air above the Indian landmass. While climate change is expected to have disastrous consequences worldwide, …
Mumbai: Students of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) have created an initiative to provide 70 lakh solar study lamps to remote villages in five states Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Villagers including women and youth are being trained by IIT-B students to repair and create these lamps for …
CHENNAI: Though the only study on monitoring of air quality in Chennai is two years old, it still holds good. It offers important pointers about factors that affect pollution levels like ventilation coefficient readings (the product of maximum pollution mixing depth and average wind speed) and the number of air …
NEW DELHI: A recent study has found that Delhi needs to take very aggressive steps to reduce emissions, including a complete prohibition on crop residue burning in neighboring states, to even bring down people's average PM2.5 exposure closer to the national safe standard by 2050. According to 'Burden of Disease …
Exposure to household burning emissions and coal combustion were the main reasons behind 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India in 2015 which came chiefly from rural areas, reveals a report. The report, by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Bombay and the US-based Health Effects …
“It uses a solion-based method and is one of a kind. It doesn’t cause an adverse impact on the environment. The captured pollutant — essentially black carbon — is processed and converted into ink and paint,” Arpit Dhupar (25), chief technology officer, said A device that can convert air pollution …
NEW DELHI: Exposure to air pollutant PM 2.5 from the burning of domestic biomass (chulha) is the deadliest source of air pollution in India, responsible for around 25% of all pollution-linked deaths in the country, according to a study. The study, 'Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources …
A new study released on Thursday titled "Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources in India" has found that residential biomass burning or use of solid fuels inside homes followed by coal combustion contributes to highest PM 2.5 exposure in both cities and villages. The study by IIT …
GUWAHATI: The city will from Tuesday host a two-day workshop for coming up with an action plan to improve air quality. "Guwahati is among the few cities selected across India and the first in the northeast to take up the air action plan initiative. It will allow a wider discussion …
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) had opined to MoEF&CC; that the particulate source apportionment study of air quality in Vasco, through IIT Bombay was a must before considering the coal expansion project proposed by SWPL at MPT for environment clearance (EC). “We have already written to the Ministry …
With Environment Ministry granting a week’s time to various agencies to respond whether deadlines listed in a mega plan to clean Delhi’s air by a Supreme Court-monitored panel suit them or not, some clarity may emerge about actions plans. Delhiites will have a fair idea on whether the national Capital …
KOCHI: A team from Cochin university of science and technology (Cusat) proposes green energy generation for offshore platforms like oil rigs using piezoelectric crystals. The findings were presented at the international conference on ships and offshore technology held at the IIT Kharagpur in association with Royal Institute of Naval Architects …
The All India Professionals’ Congress (AIPC) presented a white paper on ‘Air pollution in Delhi’ at Rajiv Bhawan on Monday. The paper stated that ‘road dust’ and ‘vehicular pollution’ account for 65% of PM10 concentration and 58% of PM2.5 concentration in the city, and were the two main contributors to …
NEW DELHI: The government has offered several exemptions under GST, including on direct sales to patients of imported life-saving medicines, subject to meeting certain conditions, besides clarifying that admission fee charged at "protected monuments" will not be subject to the levy. The government will also clarify that permanent transfer of …
NEW DELHI: The capital's roads will once again have only odd numbered cars on odd dates and even numbered cars on even dates from November 13. But the efficacy of this scheme in fighting pollution is highly disputed among air pollution experts and researchers. While some are convinced the two …
With an aim to contribute to public health in India, Indian Americans raised $2.4 million over the weekend at an event in New York. The donation worth $2 million made by Mr Chirag Patel, co-CEO and chairman, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, and his family, at the second annual gala of WHEELS Global …
