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 …
Says they will not be permitted to ply in Delhi-NCR Reiterating its previous orders, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that diesel vehicles that are 10-year-old will not be permitted to ply in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel …
SECUNDERABAD: The Local Military Authority (LMA) had promised to undertake a joint inspection by SCB officials along with representatives of resident welfare associations (RWAs) of all civilian roads in Secunderabad Cantonment. That was two months ago. Leave alone the joint inspection, even the resolution passed by the Secunderabad Cantonment Board …
Acting U.S. EPA chief Andrew Wheeler told lawmakers on Wednesday he would welcome any deal between the auto industry and states like California that might result from a long-awaited Trump administration effort to roll back vehicle emission rules. The Trump administration’s proposal on vehicle fuel efficiency, which would roll back …
National Green Tribunal on Wednesday again held that 10-year-old diesel vehicles would not ply in Delhi and National Capital Region. The directions were issued after a bench headed by chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel disposed of a nearly four-year-old case on air pollution in the capital. The order further stated …
BENGALURU: A recent study by a senior pulmonologist has revealed that the city’s air pollution is resulting in rising incidence of chronic cough among children. Dr H Paramesh, a senior paediatric pulmonologist, has found that air pollution was to blame for 21% of the chronic cough cases in children below …
A new study on lung cancer has thrown up disturbing trends on the emergence of the disease among non-smokers, younger people and females. The trends are stark considering lung cancer is typically a disease of the smokers, elderly and one with male preponderance. But the scenario seems to be changing …
Cummins Inc has agreed to recall about 500,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the United States to correct a faulty emissions control system in the engines it made for the trucks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday. The EPA said the Cummins recall of vehicles produced between 2010 …
China’s southeastern province of Guangdong has issued draft guidelines that call for a ban on new industrial capacity for a range of businesses in the Pearl River Delta region, to limit air pollution. The Delta, a manufacturing hub on the edge of the South China Sea that includes Guangdong’s main …
India's tech hub Bengaluru on Tuesday joined 13 other cities, including London, to clean up toxic air and check pollution in urban areas the world over. Hosting the first meeting of the C40 Air Quality Network, Bengaluru brought experts and policymakers from 13 other cities from the world over to …
1,012 buses are older than 10 years while 127 are above 15 years old. Hyderabad: RTC has been running some old buses that have run their lifespan. These buses ply the city with high emissions, causing pollution, as they are not maintained properly. In fact, these buses have become one …
The Punjab Cabinet today agreed to revise the terms and conditions of the Paddy Straw Challenge Fund to find a viable technological solution to combat the menace of paddy straw burning. The decision was taken by the Council of Ministers at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh …
The Punjab Cabinet today agreed to revise the terms and conditions of the Paddy Straw Challenge Fund to find a viable technological solution to combat the menace of paddy straw burning. The decision was taken by the Council of Ministers at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh …
Greenpeace India said instead of being euphoric about few improved air quality days, the authorities must ensure the source of pollution is tackled Noting that air quality in the national capital has improved due to meteorological factors and not by addressing the "source of pollution", an environment conservation non-profit group …
Heavy rains in Delhi may have brought with it water-logging and other problems for the residents of the national capital, but it has also brought a lot of good news too. Delhi's infamous air quality turned 'good' this week for the first time in the year after continuous rains washed …
Heavy rains in Delhi may have brought with it water-logging and other problems for the residents of the national capital, but it has also brought a lot of good news too. Delhi's infamous air quality turned 'good' this week for the first time in the year after continuous rains washed …
China's capital Beijing will shut around 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020 as part of a programme aimed at curbing smog and boosting income in neighbouring regions, state media said on Monday. Beijing will focus on dynamic, high-tech industries and withdraw from "ordinary" manufacturing, the Communist Party paper People's Daily reported, …
Authorities in Vietnam are taking major steps to improve the air quality in one of the most polluted cities in Southeast Asia, including an ambitious plan to ban motorbikes by 2030. In 2016, Hanoi had the second worst air pollution in the region, only beaten by Saraburi, in Thailand's industrial …
Nearly 16 years after Delhi’s entire bus fleet started to run on CNG to reduce air pollution, authorities are now pitching for an even cleaner alternative, hydrogen-CNG (H-CNG). Nearly 16 years after Delhi’s entire bus fleet started to run on CNG to reduce air pollution, authorities are now pitching for …
The city generates 2,100 tonnes of solid waste every day, of which 1,078 tonnes is processed, and there are plans to set up seven plants to process the remaining amount. The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC’s) efforts to reduce the emission of carbon may not have yielded much result, as a …
China’s industry ministry will adopt a more nuanced, “scientific” approach when it comes to curbing emissions from polluting firms, it said on Wednesday as the country bids to fine-tune its tactics after a four-year battle against smog. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), in charge of heavy industries …
