Acid in the air? IMD study finds rain turning more acidic in IndiaA 34-year study reveals a concerning trend of increasing acidity in India's rainwater. Visakhapatnam, Prayagraj, and Mohanbari are experien...
12 Apr, 2025, 01.02 PM IST
As air quality plummets, Mumbai, Pune huff and puff to breathe easyAs per the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), Maharashtra has the largest number of non-attainment cities, all fast-growing metropolitan ...
23 Oct, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
- To check river pollution, NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee11 Apr, 2019, 07.56 PM IST
NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee to prepare national plan for polluted riversThe NGT directed the Central Monitoring Committee to give its report by July 31.
11 Apr, 2019, 04.03 PM IST
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesThe environment ministry targets 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in the next five years for at lea...
13 Mar, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesConcept note of this plan, accessed by Greenpeace India under RTI, talks about tackling pollution from various sources. It identifies power...
13 Mar, 2018, 08.00 AM IST
Dedicated plan for 100 cities to reduce air pollution levels14 Feb, 2018, 06.48 AM IST
Winter’s here, but more cities see improvement in air quality: CPCBCPCB data shows 52% of the 482 stations have recorded an improvement or no change in annual average levels of PM 10 between 2013 and 2016.
01 Dec, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Delhi, Faridabad among 5 cities with worst air pollution: Government"Five cities where higher values of AQI have been observed for the period between Nov 2015 to Oct 2016 are Delhi, Faridabad, Varanasi, Luck...
27 Mar, 2017, 06.22 PM IST
Some good news, some bad for 15 major cities on air quality frontPM 10 levels seem to be falling in Mumbai, Pune, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chennai while in Lucknow they are stabilising, according to report by ...
02 Jun, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
Not extending ban on diesel vehicles to other cities: NGT"Sources of pollution are other than diesel vehicles as well. Other sources like dust and burning also contribute to the air pollution," Si...
31 May, 2016, 06.19 PM IST
Air pollution in Indian cities threat to future generations: Harsh VardhanUnion Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan today said that air pollution in big Indian cities was a major threat to future gen...
05 Jun, 2015, 09.44 PM IST
1.5 lakh old vehicles in Nagpur but nobody pays green taxFive years after the state transport department started imposing green tax on vehicles older than 15 years, the implementation remains in d...
07 Feb, 2015, 09.19 AM IST
Uma Bharti discusses Ganga rejuvenation plan with National Environmental Engineering Research InstituteThe minister interacted with the institute's scientists on selection of various locations considering the most polluted stretches of Ganga.
27 Oct, 2014, 01.40 PM IST
Prakash Javadekar drops hints of major Cabinet reshuffle in near futureJavadekar suggested there would be a 'major reshuffle' in the Cabinet either in October third week or in around the winter session of Parli...
06 Oct, 2014, 09.57 AM IST
- Coal power emissions may have killed 100,000 Indians in 2012: Study
The study is based on a database of 111 coal power plants representing a generation capacity of 121 GW.
12 Mar, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
- Only 14 mines asked to suspend operations in Goa: GSPCB
The GSPCB said only 14 mines have been asked to suspend their operations under the environmental laws as against the figure of 35 reported ...
04 Aug, 2011, 03.57 PM IST