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A ‘smog season’ discount is another threat to India earningsIndia's severe air pollution is now a significant drag on company profits, impacting sectors from retail to real estate. Companies reported...11 Feb, 2026, 10.14 AM IST- Four in 10 cancer cases globally linked to preventable causes: WHO–IARC studyA new global analysis by the WHO and IARC reveals that up to 37% of new cancer cases in 2022, approximately 7.1 million, were linked to pre...07 Feb, 2026, 01.42 PM IST
- Air pollution India's biggest health crisis since Covid, warn doctorsSpeaking to PTI, multiple senior doctors practising in the UK asserted that a vast, hidden burden of undiagnosed airway disease is "buildin...26 Dec, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
- Kamal Hinduja’s insights on combating India’s rising lung disease crisisThe rise in lung-related disorders in India is exacerbated by air pollution, tobacco use, and traditional cooking methods. Kamal Hinduja hi...20 Jan, 2025, 01.56 PM IST
- Air pollution: Every day, 464 children in India die: Report464 children under 5 die daily in India due to air pollution, surpassing tobacco & diabetes as leading cause of death. China & India accoun...20 Jun, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
- Centre asks Delhi, 4 northern states to ramp up healthcare preparations to deal with pollution-triggered patient rushIn a letter to the health departments of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan this week, Director General of Health Services...10 Nov, 2023, 03.34 PM IST
- Bharat Biotech bosses welcome 'landmark' Budget, say vaccine funds will make Bharat Covid-freeHealth along with Human Capital, Innovation and R&D, Physical infrastructure were the main pillars of Budget 2021.02 Feb, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
- Air pollution may hinder India's fight against COVID-19, say scientistsTheir concerns come amid several global studies pointing to the possible connection between higher air pollution levels and increased COVID...27 Oct, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
- By 2030, climate shift may kill 250k more per yearThese deaths arise from the vast geographical distribution of diseases like dengue and from extreme weather events, like heat waves and flo...25 Sep, 2019, 04.22 PM IST
- Climate change will cause 250,000 deaths by 2030: WHOClimate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths from malaria, diarrhoeal disease, heat stress and under nutrition by 2030, a finding...11 Jul, 2016, 10.22 PM IST
- Climate change will cause 2,50,000 deaths by 2030: WHOExperts noted that climate change was already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year. This is in addition to 7 million deaths cause...11 Jul, 2016, 07.26 PM IST
- By 2030, climate shift may kill 250k more per yearClimate change is likely to kill 250,000 more people each year by 2030, latest assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows. Mos...11 Jul, 2016, 01.17 AM IST
- CSE comes up with telling stories on India's healthA number of public health catastrophes - arising largely out of environmental reasons — are staring the people of India in the face. While ...15 Dec, 2015, 08.30 PM IST
- PM Narendra Modi, CM Arvind Kejriwal on the same page about fine on trucksThe CJI said that he learnt from newspapers that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has already imposed green tax on trucks entering Delhi.09 Oct, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
- SC seeks plan in 3 days to stop polluting trucks entering DelhiThe Supreme Court on Monday pressed the alarm button on devising ways and means to arrest the rampant pollution of Delhi’s ambient air by o...06 Oct, 2015, 03.03 AM IST
- Harish Salve moves SC for pollution tax on trucks transiting DelhiSalve has been spearheading a pro bono campaign against diesel cars, terming them as the single largest cause for rendering Delhi's air unh...02 Oct, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
- Harish Salve moves SC for pollution tax on trucks transiting DelhiThe petition by three toddlers complaining about Delhi’s toxic air has resuscitated the issue, with amicus curiae and senior advocate in th...02 Oct, 2015, 02.13 AM IST
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