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Estimates suggest health savings from reduced air pollution may be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than cost of climate change mitigation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds poor air quality linked to cardiac illnesses in people

Study finds within day of being exposed to dense smoke, emergency room visits for heart attacks and other cardiac events...

18 April 2018 8:29 AM IST

China cut concentrations of hazardous particles known as PM2.5 by 6.5 per cent in 338 cities in 2017. (Photo: Flickr)

China's smog levels down but health damage already done, says study

China faces about 1.6 million premature deaths a year as a result of air pollution, the US-based Health Effects...

17 April 2018 12:49 PM IST

Air pollution a growing concern in India. (Photo: AP)

PWD directed to prepare data on demolition waste

The body has also asked the department to prepare a proper database of such waste generated from its sites and submit an...

16 April 2018 1:22 AM IST

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Proximity to oil, gas facility could increase health risk: Study

People living close to oil and gas facilities are at the greatest risk of acute and chronic health issues due to air...

11 April 2018 9:29 AM IST

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50 locations to manage air pollution

Kadam has set up a Pune-based manufacturing company dealing in these outdoor air pollution controllers.

7 April 2018 1:47 AM IST

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Researchers study impact of long-term exposures to outdoor air...

The study strengthens the evidence on the link between long-term exposure to outdoor pollution and asthma in adults.

6 April 2018 3:28 PM IST

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Air pollution: NGT slaps Rs 2 lakhs costs on Delhi government

The NGT granted a week to the Rajasthan government for filing the action plan and posted the issue for hearing on April...

4 April 2018 5:56 AM IST

A traffic policeman, wearing an anti-pollution mask,controls traffic amid smog and air pollution which continues to be above dangerous level.

Clean fuel will help fight Delhi pollution

IOC chairman Sanjiv Singh said no country in the world has gone from Euro-IV to Euro-VI in three years.

3 April 2018 5:49 AM IST

$The commission has said that \persistently high\ levels of nitrogen dioxide caused 70,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2013 (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Activists protest air pollution by putting masks on statues in Paris

In February 2017, the EU ordered countries including France, Britain and Germany to tighten controls on smog-causing car...

1 April 2018 2:30 PM IST

Nandini Sharma and Kabir Arora, Class 11 students of Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, bagged the innovation award on Wednesday after a two-month-long science competition on the topic Mitigating Air Pollution in Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Air quality takes turn for worse

The maximum temperature recorded for Sunday was 33.2 degrees, at par with the normal average for March.

26 March 2018 1:31 AM IST

A traffic policeman wears a pollution mask due to heavy smog and air pollution in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Air purifiers bought for PM's offices as pollution choked Delhi:...

The purchases came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced criticism for not taking effective steps to improve air quality...

20 March 2018 5:03 PM IST

The other eye infections, which are most common in this season like, red eyes and watery discharge can be attributed to due to conjunctivitis, styes, dry eyes and corneal ulcers.

High prevalence of conjunctivitis in NCR: Study

The study was done in rural areas of Guragon, Guwahati and coastal Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh.

11 March 2018 1:30 AM IST