Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
As temperatures soar in the national capital, levels of toxic ozone, responsible for causing a number of health problems, especially for asthmatics, have crossed permissible limits, the met department said on Thursday. With torrid heat wave continuing in the capital, Delhi recorded maximum temperature at 41.1º Celsius, a notch above …
This is the first time that air pollution and its associated health risks have been discussed at the highest forum of WHO. Putting air pollution on global priority, the World Health Organisation has adopted a resolution on health impacts of air pollution, and urged its member countries to implement its …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based think-tank on green issues, on Tuesday said the NDA government's record was not as bad as feared but there had been no major reforms so far to improve the green clearance processes for safeguarding the environment. It also noted that the …
Here is a piece of startling information, in the form of a BBC report dated April 19, for candidates aspiring to be researchers in air pollution. “Saharan dust, traffic fumes, and smog from Europe may be clogging up London’s air at present, and causing alarm in the newspapers. But in …
The Government plans to set up air quality monitoring stations, which are presently functional at 10 places, in more cities in the country. The air quality monitoring stations is also proposed to be expanded to cover the state capital as well as those cities having a population of more than …
Delhi, Navi Mumbai, B'luru, Ahd Among Those To Get Real-Time Bulletins Exactly a month after launching the national Air Quality Index (AQI), which had its share of teething problems, Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced the release of a daily air quality bulletin for 11 cities, including Delhi, …
Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar's recent remark as to why people aren't referring to the national Air Quality Index (AQI) and instead depending on "one embassy's" data had taken pollution experts by surprise. The fact is that the environment ministry's pet project, AQI, is itself facing some serious quality issues. …
NEW DELHI: More than a third of schoolchildren in four big cities of India suffer from reduced lung capacity, with Delhi showing the worst results, claims a new study whose results could be pointing to how air pollution is impacting the health of kids in urban India. In the survey, …
KOLKATA: Around 35 per cent of school children in Indian cities are suffering from poor lung health, according to a survey. Released today by 'Breathe Blue' and Heal Foundation, the survey, carried out in four cities, revealed that the kids in Delhi were the worst-affected with 40 per cent of …
MUMBAI: One in four Mumbai schoolchildren possibly has poor lung function, according to a multi-city survey released on the eve of World Asthma Day on Monday. The outlook is grimmer if one considers the national average: 35% of the surveyed children had poor lung function. The survey, covering 2,000 children …
The district administration’s request for more stone quarries has led the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) to direct them to measure the air quality at sites before seeking for a green signal. With stone crushers likely to cause more air pollution, the SEAC has particularly asked the administration to carry …
The recently launched national air quality index, which is supposed to function like US Environment Protection Agency's Air Now system, seems to have to failed to meet expectations. In the US, air quality is monitored in all cities and disseminated in real time along with a health advisory. However, in …
Technological advancements in the automotive industry and the switchover from two-stroke engines to four-stroke ones may have been touted as vehicles 'going green', but new challenges have now emerged in the battle against ever-increasing air pollution. It has been found that fuel-efficient vehicles, which may be performing better on dated …
High air pollution levels in Delhi have been generally associated with winters, when atmospheric inversion traps pollutants close to the ground and causes smog. It's time to revise that view. Of late, the air quality continues to be poor even when temperatures are high, indicating that bad air in the …
Amidst the growing debate about the grim situation of air pollution in the national capital, and the Central government again expressing its serious intent to tackle the deterioration of air quality, Delhi’s air quality continued to remain very alarming even on Monday. The Environmental Monitoring and Research Centre, which is …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the release of the much-awaited National Air Quality Index (AQI), which will be used to inform people about daily air quality and provide advisories on health consequences. The AQI was released here on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It will …
India does not have a mechanism to reduce peak pollution The new National Air Quality Index launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, gives current as well as 24-hour average data on particulate matter – PM2.5 or very fine particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, and PM 10 …
City Fails On Debut; 3 Of 5 Monitoring Stations Record Very High Pollution The air quality index launched by Ministry of Environment and Forests on Monday confirmed that piecemeal measures will not curb air pollution. Of the five stations monitored in Delhi, three recorded `poor' air quality while data from …
