Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Stubble burning in neighbouring states has increased the pollution level in the city. Data collected by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) during the past few days reveals that there has been an increase in the air pollution level at all stations where it was monitored. The pollution was monitored …
NEW DELHI: In view of high pollution levels in Delhi, group of doctors from top hospitals has issued an advisory suggesting people, especially elders, to avoid morning walks. They said the concentration of PM 2.5, tiny particles that can enter the lungs, and other toxic gases are highest at body-level …
The Lancet Countdown 2017, a global research study of various climate change indicators, has flagged the health impact of PM2.5 (fine, respirable pollution particles) in India, suggesting that air pollution contributed to more than 5.2 lakh premature death in the country in 2015. The report released in London on Monday …
Doctors say even lungs of non-smokers in the city showing signs of toxic deposits due to air pollution What is the constantly high air pollution levels in the Capital doing to your health? More specifically your lungs? If images from the medical records of patients in the city are any …
Bracing for spike in air pollution in the national Capital in winter, the Aam Aadmi Party Government on Monday urged the Centre to provide helicopters/aircraft for aerial sprinkling of water across Delhi to settle pollutants. Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain has written a letter to Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh …
Ludhiana: Two days after pollution during Diwali festivities virtually turned Ludhiana into a gas chamber, air quality index of the city continues to be very high suggesting very poor air quality. This has posed a health hazard to the residents as pollution can cause respiratory, skin and eyes problems. As …
Air pollution is a significant contributor to increasing cases of heart attack in the city. According to Dr C N Manjunath, director and head of cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, around 20% of the heart attack cases admitted to the ICU at the institute are caused …
The Lancet study concluded that pollution is now the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world today — three times more those from HIV-AIDS, TB and malaria put together. India has topped the list of countries with pollution-related deaths in 2015, with 2.51 million people dying prematurely …
This landmark study published in Lancer finds that toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9 millon people and cost trillions of dollars every year. Pollution kills more people in India than anywhere else in the world revealed the study. Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease …
Agra: In an already heavily polluted Agra, which ranks among the worst cities in India in terms of average Air Quality Index (AQI), the district administration has said no firecrackers will be burst in the city after 10 pm on Diwali. The district administration said citizens will be able to …
While the Supreme Court ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has been drawing mixed reactions from people in general, majority of working professionals in the region have supported such prohibition, noted a quick random survey by ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation. While there is no doubt about construction activities, road …
As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been notified and is already in place – and October 17, 2017 is the …
As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been notified and is already in place – and October 17, 2017 is the …
Urban air quality in most megacities has been found to be critical and Kolkata Metropolitan City is no exception to this. An analysis of ambient air quality in Kolkata was done by applying the Exceedance Factor (EF) method, where the presence of listed pollutants’ (RPM, SPM, NO2, and SO2) annual …
A Network of partnerships established to look into and find solutions to air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa has received a £2 million funding. According to a press release from the University of Portsmouth copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the AIR Network has received over £2 million to bring together arts and humanities …
CHANDIGARH: The farm practice of setting wheat and paddy stubble on fire has come under sharp focus for being a key contributor to the smog in Delhi and surrounding areas, causing severe respiratory and other health problems among residents, but burning of sugarcane residue in north India has largely gone …
Exposure to fine particles is measured using metrics such as mass concentration (MC), number concentration (NC) and surface area concentration (SAC). This study aims to find correlation between the three metrics in outdoor environments of a city – city periphery, city centre and on-road. Simultaneous real-time mass, number and surface …
Michael H Merson has led a number of training programmes to strengthen the capacity of scientists in Russia, China, India and South Africa to undertake research on HIVAIDS prevention. He's held multiple posts with the World Health Organization (WHO) -medical officer of the Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Program, and director of …
GENEVA - The World Health Organization reports some progress is being made in reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases. But it says much more needs to be done to save the lives of nearly 40 million people who die every year from preventable causes. In this latest global assessment, the …
Air Pollution Institute of Research will begin with collecting data to link pollution to diseases Alarmed by the growing negative impact of increasing air pollution on public health, eight of the country’s top doctors specialising in various disciplines have come together to form the Air Pollution Institute of Research (AIR) …
