Nearly 200 Bangkok schools close over air pollutionAir pollution in Bangkok forced nearly 200 schools to close on Thursday. Officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehi...
23 Jan, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
'Easy, convenient, cheap': how single-use plastic rules the worldDespite global efforts to curb plastic pollution, single-use plastic remains prevalent in various countries. From Thailand's street food ve...
25 Nov, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
South Asia air pollution fell in 2022, but remains major killer: ReportIn 2022, South Asia saw a surprise improvement in air quality, leading to a global decline in pollution, likely due to favorable weather co...
28 Aug, 2024, 10.00 AM IST
India, Indonesia, Australia resolve to work towards free Indo-PacificAt a focal points meeting, India, Indonesia, and Australia reaffirmed their commitment to a free, rules-based, peaceful, inclusive, and pro...
16 Jul, 2024, 09.39 PM IST
Groundwater is vanishing worldwide, but it can be rescuedAs the planet warms, more people will need to develop water consciousness: understanding the scarcity of this resource and, when necessary ...
29 Mar, 2024, 11.52 AM IST
Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets Thai capitalTo mitigate harmful air pollution, Bangkok city officials have instructed employees to work remotely, as a thick layer of hazardous haze en...
16 Feb, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
Coast Guard ship Samudra Prahari on overseas deployment to ASEAN countriesThis deployment is part of India's ASEAN initiatives for marine pollution response, showcasing the pollution response capabilities of the I...
17 Sep, 2023, 09.06 PM IST
Offshore oil spill threatens beaches in eastern ThailandThe Star Petroleum Refining Public Company said the leak occurred at about 9 pm. local time Tuesday at a mooring station about 20 kilometer...
26 Jan, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
IIT Kanpur professor appointed honorary member of WHO bodyMukesh Sharma has been associated with WHO, Geneva, International Council for Clean Transport, Clean Air Asia United National Environmental...
12 Jun, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
Delhi lost 6% of its GDP to bad air in 6 months: StudyOf the 28 metropolitan cities around the world, Delhi has borne the highest economic cost - 5.8% of the GDP due to air pollution in the fir...
11 Jul, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
Permanent solution for Delhi’s pollution woes soon: Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport & Highways Minister"The Eastern Expressway on the outer periphery of Delhi will be constructed in 400 days. PM has given us this instruction and we are trying...
18 Dec, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Turning waste into powerJust when Bangalore is staring at a sea of garbage piling on its streets, one Bangalorean has shown how waste can be effectively converted ...
27 Oct, 2012, 12.53 PM IST
8 Indian cities among world's 25 riskiest offshoring locationsA study has named 8 Indian cities among the world's 25 riskiest places for offshoring on concerns like terrorism, pollution and geopolitica...
01 Jun, 2009, 02.09 PM IST
- Poor nations demand more money to cope with global warming
Poor countries at a UN conference on Tuesday said they won't sign a global warming pact unless industrialized nations guarantee them billio...
01 Apr, 2008, 08.31 PM IST
- Violent student brawls life in Asia's swelling cities
The students and teachers of National High School 6 call it "Bloody Friday". About once a month, dozens -- and sometimes hundreds -- of stu...
26 Dec, 2007, 10.13 AM IST
- Airbus A380 flies by Hong Kong skyline
An Airbus A380 cruised past Hong Kong's famed skyline twice Monday in a bid to drum up sales in Asia for the world's largest passenger jet.
03 Sep, 2007, 07.30 AM IST
- Asian countries pledge to tackle health problems
Fourteen Asian countries pledged on Thursday to tackle problems related to everything from climate change to air pollution that cause the d...
09 Aug, 2007, 08.45 PM IST