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 MoEF had on December 7, 2015 issued a notification revising the standards for coal-based thermal power plants across the country that aimed to reduce emissions such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, and regulate the amount of water consumption The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the …
KOLKATA: The city's air qual-ity index (AQI) finishing ab-ove 450 at 10am, when most of Kolkata's working popula-tion and students are out on the street, has prompted environmentalists and health experts to flag the dangers of the AQI's quirky behaviour. The AQI generally spikes after midnight till daybreak, with the …
China has been struggling with smog for years now and to fight the same, the country has done something really un-thinkable. They have constructed an experimental air purifying tower, which is said to be the 'world's biggest air purifier' and goes to a whopping height of 330 feet, reports South …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India to explain the details about the tests carried out on diesel cars produced by German auto major Volkswagen. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi summoned ARAI Director Rashmi Urdhwareshe to appear …
Better technology may not end the pollution crisis. Rather, it would allow one to monitor even finer particles which would become new health threats. While currently particle effluents in air -- PM10 and PM2.5, or particles with diameter less than 10 and 2.5 micrometers -- are the cause of major …
U.P. capital was ‘perpetually under dangerous levels’ of air pollution: NGO report The national capital may hog the limelight when it comes to deteriorating air quality, but if you are a resident of Lucknow you have much reason to be concerned. In 2017, the Uttar Pradesh capital had “good” air …
Gurgaon: The air quality in the city remained in the "poor" category on Wednesday, even as it was an improvement over the "very poor" reported earlier this month. The air quality index (AQI) was at 263 while the PM2.5 level hovered between 120g/m³ and 130g/m³ in the day. The data …
NEW DELHI: The Fukuoka prefectural government, one of the provincial governments of Japan, will help the capital fight air pollution. Delhi government and the Fukuoka prefectural government signed an agreement on Tuesday on the establishment of friendship and cooperation. Apart from air pollution and environment, the areas of cooperation will …
KOLKATA: Air pollution levels shot off the charts in Kolkata early on Tuesday, earning for the city the unenviable distinction of having the most foul air in the world. According to the US Embassy & Consulate that monitors particulate matter emission around the globe, Kolkata's PM 2.5 count shot up …
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 …
Coimbatore: Many of us romanticise the city weather by calling the haze in early morning and night hours mist or fog. But, the right word for it is smog—a mix of fog and a layer of polluted air—said researchers at the the Forest College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam, who …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has launched a campaign with a city-based private bus aggregator to raise awareness about the impact of shared mobility on air pollution. As many as 25 buses, owned by Shuttl, set up with info-graphical messages urging people to shift from private vehicles to …
Upgraded system installed at two industrial units Taking the matter of deteriorated air quality of Mandi Gobindgarh seriously, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) developed a pollution-control device for induction furnace industries of the Gobindgarh area. The air quality of the Gobindgarh area falls in the poor quality zone and …
KOLKATA: Pollutants hung heavy in the ambient air of the city and refused to dissipate even in the evening when the ambient air tends to get cleaner. Throughout Sunday, according to US Co nsulate air-quality monitoring station, the air was hazardous (301-500 g/m3) with the PM2.5 count of city's air …
GUNTUR: The ambient air quality (AAQ) level in the capital city area of Amaravati is growing from bad to worse, with the residents blaming the negligent attitude of the authorities. According to AP Pollution Control Board (APPCB), Particulate Matter (PM-10) touched 143 ug/m3 in Amaravati on Sunday. The highest permissible …
With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi's air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have developed a solution to the problem. With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi’s air pollution …
Vardhan said that the Union government will coordinate a joint campaign, for two weeks, with the Delhi government, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and other municipal agencies The Central government will launch a clean air campaign for two weeks in the capital in February, …
“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 …
Ford Motor Co will significantly increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11bn by 2022 and have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its model line-up, the company’s chairman, Bill Ford, said on Sunday at the Detroit auto show. The investment figure is sharply higher than a previously …
