Latest Articles in air pollution
Delhi's Air Quality Remains In 'Very Poor' Category, Overall AQI 332
Capital's popular market place Chandani Chowk witnessed a 'severe' AQI of 405 while Mathura road saw 334.
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Lekhi Targets AAP Over Air Pollution, Quality Of Water In Delhi
In several places of the national capital, the AQI was in the 'very poor' zone while in some congested areas such as Wazirpur and ITO, the air quality plunged to the 'severe' category.
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IndiGo Says Systems Back To Normal After Outage Hits Flyers
"Our system is up now but has disrupted operations across the network," IndiGo said in a Twitter post, adding that it was working to bring operations back to normal.
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IndiGo Says Systems Down, Likely To Hit Operations
IndiGo's outage comes as dozens of flights face delays or cancellations on Monday, according to reports, due to a decline in visibility because of hazardous air pollution shrouding New Delhi.
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Delhi's Air Pollution Is Public Health Emergency, Worse Is Yet To Come: Doctors
Dr Arvind Kumar, head of the respiratory department at Sir Ganga Ram hospital said that Diwali hasn't come yet and even then the air pollution levels are rising.
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National Clean Air Program: Key Features, Challenges
The Government of India launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to curtail air pollution in January 2019.
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Minister Admits High Ozone Levels, Rejects Reports Of Reduced Life Expectancy Due To Air Pollution
The minister rejected the reports on life expectancy being reduced in India and children dying due to air pollution and rising ozone levels, saying there was no conclusive data to establish that.
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Environment Day 2019: Let’s Plant More Trees To Breath Clean Air
The theme for this year, set by the United Nations Environment Program is Air Pollution, a much-needed theme to raise awareness and action in India.
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Over 1.2 Million Early Deaths In India Due To Air Pollution: Report
Out of these, 3 million deaths are directly attributed to PM2.5, half of which is from India and China together
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Air Pollution From Stubble Burning Costing India $30 Billion Annually: Study
The study that estimates -- for the first time -- the health and economic costs of CRB in northern India also found that CRB leads to an estimated economic loss of over $30 billion annually
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Smart Mobility Can Build More Sustainable Cities
Smart Mobility is the intelligent integration of shared mobility choices
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How Monitoring Air Quality Data Has Become Absolute Necessity
Here are 3 reasons that tell us how monitoring air quality data can help us understand the impact of outdoor air pollution and ultimately channel us towards reducing our carbon footprints
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Air Pollution: Nip it Now
A lot of rural India still uses fossil fuels such as coal, charcoal, and wood for cooking and heating purposes, which needs to be stop
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Delhi Govt Partners With Washington University For Joint Study On Air Quality Evaluation
The project duration will be 18 months. The work will be undertaken by the personnel of the Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory which has expertise in identifying air quality problems and suggesting the solutions to curtail the emission for reducing the air pollutant release
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Delhi's Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor' Due To Unfavourable Weather Conditions
The Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) said the overall air quality of Delhi continues to remain in the 'very poor' range
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