20 Chinese cities including Beijing to be hit by air pollutionApart from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, which is expected to see heavy pollution from February 12 to 15, air quality in more than 20 c...
12 Feb, 2017, 09.29 PM IST
China grounds flights as thick smog continues to chokeThe smog descended over Beijing and 40 other cities on October 17 and continued to get worse despite red alerts imposing odd-even rule for ...
20 Dec, 2016, 01.17 PM IST
China on yellow alert for smog in many citiesChina's meteorological authorities on Sunday issued a yellow alert for a new bout of smog that is expected to hang heavy in large areas of ...
11 Dec, 2016, 08.47 AM IST
China issues first alert for pollution in 2016The weather observatory upgraded its fog alert from yellow to orange for Saturday evening to Sunday morning under China's four-tier warning...
02 Jan, 2016, 08.21 PM IST
40 Chinese cities hit by worst smog of the yearBeijing, together with the cities of Baoding, Handan, Langfang and Xingtai in the neighbouring Hebei Province, have issued red alerts, the ...
22 Dec, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Beijing along with over 30 Chinese cities blanketed by heavy smogOver half of the 70 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are affected by heavy or serious pollution, state run Xinhua quoted it as sa...
20 Dec, 2015, 11.57 PM IST
Smog-hit Beijing chokes under 'hazardous' air pollution, red alert onBeijing's air turned from 'very unhealthy' to 'hazardous' as PM 2.5 touched 365 compared to yesterday's 256 level.
08 Dec, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Smog to blanket China, schools to suspend outdoor activitiesHeavy smog returned to blanket China partially as it is expected to cause air pollution in coming days, forcing schools to suspend outdoor ...
06 Dec, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
Snowstorms hit China; flights, bullet trains affectedHeavy snowstorms hit a vast area of north China today, slowing down bullet trains and grounding flights here besides disrupting traffic flo...
22 Nov, 2015, 07.31 PM IST
Smog levels in China drop dramatically: MEP dataEconomic downturn and energy-saving and emissions reduction policy also contributed to the drop in the pollutant level, officials said.
21 Jul, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
Beijing to restrict population to 23 million to curb traffic owesBeijing city would speed up construction of a subsidiary administrative center while promising to limit its population to 23 mn people.
12 Jul, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
Chinese cities see cleaner air in May after drastic measuresChina said Beijing and its neighbouring cities enjoyed better air quality in May after years of dreadful pollution, as the main pollutants,...
15 Jun, 2015, 10.38 PM IST
China's most polluted province Hebei cuts coal use by halfHebei Province in northern China which neighbours Beijing is often blamed for the capital city's pollution woes.
08 Apr, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
China takes tough measures to cut down pollution for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetChina has already initiated high level security measures by removing a number of roadside kiosks and deploying more forces in the city.
26 Oct, 2014, 03.38 PM IST
Thick polluted fog engulfs Beijing, Chinese govt issues yellow alertPolluted fog is back again to haunt the Chinese capital as the government issued a yellow alert for air pollution for the next three days a...
09 Oct, 2014, 03.09 PM IST
China to discard 6mn polluting vehicles this yearAccording to a report from environmental authorities, 31.1 per cent of air pollution in Beijing has come from vehicle exhaust.
26 May, 2014, 05.42 PM IST
Several Chinese cities reel under smogSmog continued to blanket China's north and central regions for the third day on Saturday, prompting the National Meteorological Centre (NM...
22 Feb, 2014, 12.25 PM IST