Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has announced the National Efficient Cooking Programme (NECP) and Energy Efficient Fans Programme (EEFP) ...

Three billion people still rely on traditional cookstoves that use solid fuels such as wood or coal, according to researchers from the Duke...

Traditional cookstoves, widely used in the rural parts of India, may be producing much higher levels of particulate emissions than previous...

The urgent need to tackle the deadly effects of household air pollution was not even on the agenda of the international community until two...

The iconic co-founder of Infosys also said that he has seen the impact of not having clean cookstoves.

An Indian-origin scientist in US has created a $1 metal insert for traditional cookstoves or 'chulhas' which may help save thousands of liv...

India has more than one million premature deaths per year from smoke from chullahs.

The recommendations were proposed after two days of deliberations by top national and international experts during the Anil Agarwal Dialogu...

The number of deaths is is second only to tuberculosis (TB) which takes about 5.5 lakh lives every year in the country, they said.

The government's new initiative assumes significance in times of global effort to reduce carbon emissions and reducing health hazards assoc...

More than two-third of India's one billion strong population continue to rely on carbon-emitting biomass and dung-based fuel to meet energy...

It says that India faces a significant challenge in providing access to adequate, affordable and clean sources of energy.

Mumbai-based Greenway Grameen's mission is to provide an affordable, desirable cookstove to improve quality of life for Indian women.

A relese made by TERI mentions approximately three billion people depend on traditional cook stoves for their cooking needs.

It is estimated that India will soon surpass China as the world`s most populous country.

The ministry of new and renewable energy has partnered with the X-Prize Foundation and IIT Delhi to put together a global prize for next-ge...

Government has invited bids from environment consultants to tap the benefits of Clean Development Mechanism that are available for energy s...