Here is everything to know about Air Quality Alerts and how it aids in mitigating pollution risksAir Quality Alerts help to determine the severity of the pollution and the impact of the pollutants. This leads to taking necessary action ...
07 Jun, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
High levels of black carbon & Ozone due to forest fires turn Uttarakhand’s air lethalBy Friday, black carbon levels had gone from about 1,000-2,000 microgram per cubic metre last month, before the fires started, to 10,000-12...
10 Apr, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
Air pollution: India has the highest annual average exposure to PM2.5, finds global studyIndia leads the list of countries with the highest annual average exposures to PM 2.5- fine particulate matter hazardous to health- and the...
21 Oct, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
Local pollutants major contributor to Delhi's foul air: StudyAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), air pollution is estimated to cause nearly 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2016...
10 Jan, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
Ozone cannot lead to premature mortality; Report only putting India on spot: CPCBIn its report, US-based HEI had analysed the impact on the health of air pollution across the globe and found India had the most fatalities...
03 Mar, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
India tops list of countries in ozone pollution deathsIndia’s deepening pollution problem, which hit home with a vengeance after Diwali last year as Delhi and NCR woke up enveloped in smog that...
15 Feb, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
Ozone pollution killed 2.54L worldwide in 2015, most deaths in IndiaAccording to the State of Global Air 2017 report, as many as 2.54 lakh deaths occurred in 2015 on account of exposure to ozone and its impa...
15 Feb, 2017, 12.21 PM IST
Rise in ozone levels in India, harmful for lungs and crops: ReportA World Bank report estimates that the concentrations of O3 has increased by 10 to 20% in India between 1990 and 2013.
09 Sep, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
Pollution study extrapolated to defame India: Prakash JavadekarThe study in question was done by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) which is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth S...
08 Jun, 2016, 08.43 PM IST
- Rising mercury shoots up ozone pollution
Levels of tiny pollution particles (PM 2.5) are relatively lower now than in winter. But there is no relief from dirty, toxic air in the ci...
26 Apr, 2016, 01.45 PM IST
Odd-even traffic rule: No clear sign of reduction in air pollution so farOzone (O3) levels rose sharply on Monday from 33 parts per billion (PPB) to 45 ppb but continued to remain in the safe zone, according to S...
19 Apr, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
This time Delhiites can see odd even impact on PM 1 particles, ozone gasPollution experts are readying to study odd-even impact on the levels of poisonous ozone gas and tiniest PM 1 particles in the capital’s ai...
15 Apr, 2016, 02.50 PM IST
Ozone, other gaseous pollutants on radar during odd-even 2.0SAFAR has eight air-quality monitoring stations in Delhi and one each in Gurgaon and Noida.
13 Apr, 2016, 08.34 PM IST
Delhi's air toxic in summer too: ReportsThe System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research, reports the daily average PM2.5 levels going up from 80 micrograms per cubic me...
21 Apr, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
- Biomass burning a major source of pollution in India
Vehicles, air conditioners and industries may be the usual suspects contributing to the rise in pollution levels across the country, but th...
10 Nov, 2014, 01.24 PM IST
Air pollution in India cuts wheat yields by half: StudyThe research paper found that air pollution caused wheat yields in densely populated states to be 50 per cent lower than 2010.
04 Nov, 2014, 09.21 PM IST
- 'Green' Civil Lines has foulest air in Delhi
The government might have hurried with the air pollution monitoring action plan had it known that its officials were breathing possibly the...
29 May, 2013, 11.28 AM IST