China's smog-covered north on highest pollution alert as visibility dropsNorthern province Hebei launched an anti-pollution emergency response, listing traffic safety controls for when necessary including suspend...
17 killed, 22 injured in road traffic accident in eastern China: State mediaThe "major road traffic accident" took place just before 1 am (1700 GMT) in Nanchang County. Around an hour after the news emerged, Nanchan...
Urban heat island burns hole in fog over DelhiUrban heat island refers to the higher temperature seen in a city compared with adjacent rural areas because of intense concrete developmen...
Urban heat island burns hole in fog over DelhiUrban heat island refers to the higher temperature seen in a city compared with adjacent rural areas because of intense concrete developmen...
Superfog covers 2,000km, from Pakistan to northeastThe Met office said visibility would further improve over the next two-three days. Fog is formed when a cold, moist air current meets relat...
China cracks down on factories as it battles pollutionA total of 72 Chinese cities including Beijing have issued yellow, orange and red smog alerts, official media reported quoting the Ministry...
Heavy smog blanket over one-tenth of China's land areaSeven provinces and municipalities, including Beijing and Tianjin, saw the air pollution levels on rise, with Air Quality Index (AQI) readi...
Delhi Fog Campaign helped in early prediction of fogThe Delhi Fog Campaign Pune helped scientists forecast the zero visibility fog of the morning of January 8, about 6 hours in advance with h...
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...
- Smog capitals: Alert in Beijing, business as usual in Delhi
As world leaders met in Paris on Monday to commit to a united fight against climate change, the capitals of India and China remained blanke...
China's bullet train on trial run in China's farthest northA bullet train departed from the provincial capital of Harbin at around 5 am to the city of Qiqihar, according to the Harbin Railway Bureau.
Solar Impulse-2 aircraft extends stopover in city once againSolar Impulse-2 (SI-2), the world's first aircraft to be powered solely by solar energy delayed its departure until Wednesday due to "fog c...
DGCL to give Air India Dreamliners ILS category II certification to fly in light fogBut whether the most crucial Cat III B certification — which lets aircraft land in dense fog — happens this winter or not remains to be see...
106 flights cancelled due to heavy fog in ChinaA total of 106 flights have been cancelled and hundreds more were delayed in the airport in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province.
Beijing air pollution soars to toxic levelsChinese meteorological authority has issued a yellow alert for fog indicating dangerous levels of smog in China’s northern and western regi...
IGI airport: Fog affects schedule of over 120 flights, 18 divertedTwo other international flights, one of Jet Airways from Singapore and other of China Southern Airlines from Guangzhou, were also diverted ...
- New gold mine discovered in China
China has discovered a new gold mine, with at least 80 tonnes of proven reserves, in a mining base in northwest Shaanxi Province, the provi...