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Gurgaon India's most polluted city during March 2026: ReportGurgaon emerged as India's most polluted city in March. Haryana recorded four of the top ten most polluted cities. A report highlights that...- Not Delhi, but this city emerged as India’s most polluted during winterGhaziabad emerged as India's most polluted city in winter 2025-26, with PM2.5 levels significantly exceeding national standards. The analys...
- Delhi tops India in PM2.5 pollution; 447 districts exceed national air quality limit: ReportNew Delhi, Delhi is the most polluted state. Its annual PM2.5 concentration is 101 micrograms per cubic metre. This is 2.5 times the Indian...
- 'Faulty premises': Jairam Ramesh slams govt after it eases SO2 emission normsJairam Ramesh criticizes the government's decision to exempt coal plants from installing anti-pollution systems. He says the Environment Mi...
- Pollution in Delhi a year-round challenge, not just a winter affair: CPCBDelhi experiences high levels of pollution throughout the year, not just in winter. Primary pollutants include dust and ozone, with signifi...
- Delhi's November PM2.5 level reaches highest monthly average in 8 years despite GRAP: ReportDelhi's PM2.5 levels in November 2024 hit the highest average since 2017 despite GRAP measures and reduced stubble burning incidents. The a...
- Haryana has 15 cities among India's 100 most polluted: Gurgaon, Faridabad tops the listFifteen out of 24 cities in Haryana ranked among India's 100 most polluted cities based on PM2.5 levels in the first half of 2024. Faridaba...
- Air pollution in Indian districts significantly increased death risk across age groups, study findsA study led by the International Institute for Population Sciences identified a correlation between air pollution and increased mortality r...
- Panel suggests improving 2009 Air Quality standardsET gathers that an expert panel report submitted last month to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) suggested a downward revision of ...
- Delhi AQI: With PM2.5 level 132X deadlier than what's safe, some pockets turn into kill zonesIn and around Anand Vihar, hourly PM2.5 levels reached 1,985 micrograms per cubic meter during that hour. This is 33 times beyond the natio...
- Congress seeks revamp of Air Pollution ActIn November 2009, after a thorough review by IIT Kanpur and other institutions a more stringent and wide-ranging National Ambient Air Quali...
- Over 99% of India's population breathes air that exceeds WHO's PM2.5 guidelines: Report
- View: The daunting task at hand for India's battle against air pollutionThe NCAP is indeed a good start in India's battle against air pollution. But we should be prepared for the daunting task at hand when, as p...
- India to redefine the air quality standards in 2022NAAQS was adopted in 1982 for the first time by the country and following that was revised in 1994 and 2009 making mentions of eight prime ...
- India's pollution control policies unlikely to improve air quality: StudyThe study, released IIASA and the CEEW in New Delhi, shows that only about 833 million citizens would be living in areas that meet the Nati...
- Greenpeace calls out govt for omitting 139 highly polluted towns and cities from its NCAP
- Government downplays NGO report on air pollutionDownplaying Greenpeace India's recent report which said India overtook China's air pollution levels in 2015, the Centre today said the stud...
- Particulate matter levels higher in most of 244 cities: Government"The levels of particulate matter are exceeding the norms in a majority of cities and towns with fluctuating trend," Environment Minister P...
- Air quality in Delhi violates prescribed norms: CPCBWhile fine particulate matter was monitored in four of the 16 cities - Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Rohtak, in all four, the levels exceed...
- WHO terms Delhi as most polluted city in a select manner: GovernmentPM10 is the particular matter having the size equal to or less than 10 micron while PM 2.5 is particulate matter having the size equal to o...
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