Vehicles may be polluting more than you think despite passing PUC testsThe International Council on Clean Transportation reported that Indian vehicles, including those compliant with BS VI norms, emit more poll...
24 Aug, 2024, 05.01 PM IST
In real world, emissions are much higher than in lab tests: StudyConducted as part of The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Initiative in collaboration with authorities in Delhi and Gurugram, the study utilised...
24 Aug, 2024, 01.16 AM IST
Campaign to curb vehicular pollution: Will answer all queries, resubmit file to LG, says Gopal RaiAddressing a press conference, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said, "We will give written answers to all queries raised by the LG and resub...
29 Oct, 2022, 08.48 PM IST
Around 64 percent of Delhi's winter pollution load comes from outside: StudyTransport (12 per cent), dust (seven per cent), and domestic biomass burning (six per cent) are the major sources of locally-generated poll...
09 Jun, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Open access to air quality data critical to tackling pollutionOpenAQ’s mission is to aggregate and harmonize open air quality data across the globe and to build an ecosystem of people across sectors an...
09 Jul, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
50 lakh kg of crackers burnt in Delhi this year: ReportIt equates to 1,50,000 kg of mass of PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres).
08 Nov, 2018, 10.03 PM IST
Household emissions adding to air pollution in India: UNSushmi.
01 Nov, 2018, 06.03 AM IST
Karnataka Pollution Board to install new meters. Will it clear air?A study showed how ambient air quality systems average out pollution data to indicate that Bengaluru has moderate or satisfactory air quali...
09 Jul, 2018, 11.44 AM IST
Delhi’s solar energy model best for power-hungry cities, says studyNet-metering was introduced in Delhi in 2014. Under this, home owners can either own a solar power system or lease their roof space to proj...
08 Sep, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
What's poisoning Delhi's air from crop-burning to auto pollutionWith conflicting reports on major sources of air pollution, experts say it’s time to take a holistic approach rather than viewing problem t...
13 Dec, 2015, 06.39 AM IST
- Little data, air index of no use
The national air quality index, which ought to function like the US Environment Protection Agency's Air Now system-in which air quality is ...
24 Apr, 2015, 03.50 AM IST
Nothing new in action plan, but considering NCR a welcome: ExpertsThe Centre's three-month action plan to curb air pollution in Delhi has nothing new, experts said.
15 Apr, 2015, 02.28 AM IST
Budget 2015 mum on air pollution curb, say expertsThe Budget 2015 failed to make any allocations or fiscal measures to control air pollution. Experts have not taken kindly to this.
02 Mar, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Premature deaths due to emissions from thermal plants to rise two-three times in India: ReportCoal consumption is expected to rise proportionately, trebling from the current 660 million tons/year to 1800 million tonnes.
09 Dec, 2014, 05.12 AM IST
After two years, no progress on Delhi’s pollution action planThe second-generation action plan for Delhi's pollution—drafted to deal with the deteriorating air quality, doesn't seem to have been final...
12 Feb, 2014, 10.19 AM IST
- Emissions from coal power stations claimed 1 lakh lives: study
Around one lakh people died prematurely as a result of emissions from coal-fired power stations in India in 2012, a new study has claimed.
12 Mar, 2013, 09.37 PM IST
- Coal power emissions may have killed 100,000 Indians in 2012: Study
The study is based on a database of 111 coal power plants representing a generation capacity of 121 GW.
12 Mar, 2013, 04.06 PM IST