AIIB intends to expand its water sector funding in India, which faces severe drought conditions this monsoon season. The bank is prioritizi...

An Indian emissions trading scheme developed in Gujarat is now being explored internationally. This market-based approach encourages indust...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari aims to blacklist numerous contractors and suspend officials. He will personally inspect the delayed Mumbai-Go...

Indian Railways is testing vetiver, an aromatic-rooted grass native to India, as a low-cost nature-based solution to stabilise vulnerable s...

A seven-member committee has been formed by Maharashtra government to explore banning petrol and diesel vehicles in the Mumbai Metropolitan...

The international team of scientists aimed to address data gaps in air quality for 46 cities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East using spac...

Scientists, including those from the University of Surrey in the UK, assessed the levels of harmful fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from ve...

If the govt takes tough measures against pollution, it will boost production and lead to economic benefits.

While earlier studies have suggested a link between diabetes and pollution, this study published in The Lancet Planetary Health is signific...

A 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 ...

The study has said the impact on health as a result of exposure to pollution and the consequent burden of respiratory ailments rose with ev...

Thirty-five per cent of school going children, including 21 per cent in Delhi, are suffering from poor lung health, Health Minister J P Nad...

The ‘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...

Breathing in polluted air is injurious to your heart. Growing evidence suggests that microscopic particulate matter (PM) comprising constru...

Jairam Ramesh makes his stand clear though India can’t seek compensation under International Convention.

Government made it clear that 'polluter must pay' for the environmental and maritime losses arising out of the collision of the two ships o...