India’s neighbour ranked as most polluted country in 2025. Check full listPakistan topped the global smog chart in 2025, with hazardous PM2.5 levels soaring 13 times above WHO limits. India's Loni emerged as the w...
24 Mar, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
Bangladesh, Pakistan ahead of India in world's most polluted country list; this nation tops the chartIn 2024, Pakistan ranked third among the world's most polluted countries, as per IQAir's report. Despite government measures, the average c...
11 Mar, 2025, 03.52 PM IST
Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data showsLast year, only seven countries met WHO air quality standards, with Chad and Bangladesh being the most polluted. Significant data gaps exis...
11 Mar, 2025, 10.15 AM IST
Northern Lights: When to where to watch aurora borealis in US on Thanksgiving and Black FridayThis Thanksgiving, skywatchers across the United States have an additional reason to turn their gaze upward.
27 Nov, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
Over 1,700 fossil fuel lobbyists given access to COP29, list includes 24 from IndiaOver 1,700 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, outnumbering delegates from almost e...
16 Nov, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
Greenland has lost more ice than previously thought: StudyClimate change has led Greenland's ice sheet to lose 20% more ice than previously anticipated, according to a study released Wednesday that...
18 Jan, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Hyderabad pips Pune, B'luru among India's best cities in Mercer's quality of living indexChennai is the fourth Indian city in the list at the 161 spot followed by Mumbai at 164. Kolkata (170) and New Delhi (172). Mercer's Qualit...
12 Dec, 2023, 01.44 PM IST
Earth's warmest August saw 65 countries set record high temperatures: ReportAugust 2023 was the warmest August on record since 1850, with 13% of the Earth's surface experiencing record high temperatures, according t...
15 Sep, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
Smoke from Canada wildfires deteriorates New York air quality; surpasses New Delhi's pollution levelAccording to IQAir, New York City had the highest levels of air pollution among significant cities worldwide on Wednesday morning, surpassi...
08 Jun, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries: Survey14 Mar, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
In 2021, Delhi most polluted capital in world, no Indian city met WHO air quality standard: ReportThe report mentioned that among the most polluted capital cities, Dhaka ranked second after Delhi, followed by N'Djamena in Chad, Dushanbe ...
22 Mar, 2022, 03.20 PM IST
No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 - dataThe WHO recommends that average annual readings of small and hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 should be no more than 5 microgram...
22 Mar, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Environment threats 'greatest challenge to human rights': UN13 Sep, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
Here’s how climate change is viewed around the worldIn many countries, climate and the environment has become a political battlefield on which elections are increasingly being fought.
26 Jun, 2019, 11.54 AM IST
One third of people cannot see Milky Way due to light pollutionThe artificial brightening of night sky is profoundly altering fundamental human experience- the opportunity to view the sky above in eveni...
11 Jun, 2016, 12.06 PM IST
""Very few drops to drink"As the eminent poet W H Auden noted, “Thousands have lived without love, but not one without water.”
07 Mar, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
- Water wars?
With a steady stream of bleak predictions that "water wars" will be fought over dwindling supplies in the 21st century, battles between two...
19 Sep, 2006, 02.25 AM IST