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Ground floor residents breathe cleaner air: Upper floors in high-rise apartments record 40% more pollution and toxic air, study findsResidents on the ground floors of high-rise buildings may be breathing cleaner air than those living several floors above them, with upper ...- IITians get shocked when they learn a paani puri seller has Rs 4.5 lakh per month in profit: ‘He works for six hours…’A group of IITians was astonished to learn that someone earning more than Rs 1.2 lakh a month lacked a degree from IIT or any other univers...
- "Sink the idea": Mumbai sweats over a sea plan that intitially made waves but is now causing ripples of worryLight pollution is already recognised as a global environmental and public health concern. Research has linked artificial light to sleep di...
- AIIB eyes bigger India water funding push as El Niño threatens dry spellAIIB intends to expand its water sector funding in India, which faces severe drought conditions this monsoon season. The bank is prioritizi...
- From Gujarat to Rio: How India's pollution solution could offer lessons for Delhi-NCR’s dirty air crisisAn Indian emissions trading scheme developed in Gujarat is now being explored internationally. This market-based approach encourages indust...
- Gadkari vows record action against contractors, officials over delaysUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari aims to blacklist numerous contractors and suspend officials. He will personally inspect the delayed Mumbai-Go...
- Indian Railways is planting an aromatic-rooted grass in Lonavala ghats to prevent landslides and avert a Nepal-like flash flood situationIndian Railways is testing vetiver, an aromatic-rooted grass native to India, as a low-cost nature-based solution to stabilise vulnerable s...
- Maharashtra sets up panel to explore phasing out petrol and diesel vehicles in MumbaiA seven-member committee has been formed by Maharashtra government to explore banning petrol and diesel vehicles in the Mumbai Metropolitan...
- One lakh excess premature deaths linked to air pollution in 8 Indian cities: StudyThe international team of scientists aimed to address data gaps in air quality for 46 cities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East using spac...
- COVID-19: Lockdown in India may have saved 630 lives, says studyScientists, including those from the University of Surrey in the UK, assessed the levels of harmful fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from ve...
- Pollution doesn't kill just humans but businesses tooIf the govt takes tough measures against pollution, it will boost production and lead to economic benefits.
- 14,800 people died prematurely in Delhi due to fine particulate matter, says new study
- Air pollution linked to 3.2 million diabetes cases in a yearWhile earlier studies have suggested a link between diabetes and pollution, this study published in The Lancet Planetary Health is signific...
- Smog hangs heavy over India's GDP tooA World Bank study released last year revealed that India lost more than 8.5% of its GDP in 2013 due to cost of increased welfare and lost ...
- Air pollution killed 81,000 in Delhi & Mumbai, cost Rs 70,000 crore in 2015The study has said the impact on health as a result of exposure to pollution and the consequent burden of respiratory ailments rose with ev...
- 35% school children have poor lung health: Union GovtThirty-five per cent of school going children, including 21 per cent in Delhi, are suffering from poor lung health, Health Minister J P Nad...
- Rapid urbanization may make Mumbai vulnerable to climate change: StudyThe ‘urban heat island effect’ is more widespread in the island city as it is more densely built and does not have a national park or adequ...
- Air pollution worsens heart disease: StudiesBreathing in polluted air is injurious to your heart. Growing evidence suggests that microscopic particulate matter (PM) comprising constru...
- Polluter must pay for oil spill: Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh makes his stand clear though India can’t seek compensation under International Convention.
- Polluters will have to pay for oil spill: RameshGovernment made it clear that 'polluter must pay' for the environmental and maritime losses arising out of the collision of the two ships o...
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