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Your life is getting short by 5 years due to air pollution: Chicago University report reavels scary numbersNew research from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago reveals that fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is significa...
30 Aug, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Pakistan ill-prepared to tackle new Covid-19 variant's arrivalThe National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) says that the situation is being closely monitored but according to the Dawn newspaper the...
26 Dec, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
World in 'wrong direction' as climate impacts worsen: UNThe UN's World Meteorological Organization and its Environment Programme warned catastrophes will become commonplace should the world econo...
13 Sep, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's four-day visit to India to boost bilateral relationsBoth Bangladesh and India share a lot of similarities in terms of culture, economics, language, political history, and religion. Despite th...
05 Sep, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai among world's top 10 polluted citiesWhile Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) at 556 made it to the top of the list, Kolkata and Mumbai recorded an AQI of 177 and 169, respectivel...
13 Nov, 2021, 05.49 PM IST
WHO raises bar for air quality, says health impacted even at lower levels of pollutionThe thresholds have been revised as it is found that air pollution inflicts damage on human health at even lower concentrations than previo...
23 Sep, 2021, 06.40 AM IST
Lethal pollution high in 2020 despite lockdowns: ReportThe partial or complete shutdown of transport and industry for months at a time in 2020 reduced average levels of so-called PM2.5 pollution...
16 Mar, 2021, 12.31 PM IST
It’s odd, even during the lockdown, air remains unhealthyPollution in Delhi improved significantly from hazardous levels before the lockdown but touched the healthy level only when wind and rain c...
16 May, 2020, 08.43 AM IST
Scientists want covid-19 pollution levels to be baseline for future policy targetsThis has huge implications for industry, which has to spend a fortune on pollution-control equipment and for motorists, who have suffered a...
14 May, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
View: How long will the pandemic last? 3 Covid scenariosThe pessimists among us are already afraid of a protracted tragedy that could lead to a deep recession.
05 Apr, 2020, 09.07 AM IST