How to clean a ceiling fan without a ladder: A smart, quick methodDust on ceiling fans impacts health and efficiency. Research shows accumulated dust reduces airflow and stresses motors. A simple pillowcas...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.42 PM IST
Pollution spikes in 9 of 11 state capitals this year post-Diwali, highest in DelhiAs per India's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) tracker nine out of eleven state capitals experienced higher pollution levels in the fir...
14 Nov, 2023, 01.36 PM IST
AP industrial policy to focus on helping weaker sections socio-economicallyAt a meeting held on Thursday, the industry and commerce ministry officials told the chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy that steps were on...
03 Jul, 2020, 10.07 PM IST
WHO air pollution report: How south Indian cities sit pretty ?Pollution levels in major cities of Tamil Nadu like Chennai were within the permissible range in respect of parameters including the PM 2.5...
03 May, 2018, 06.30 PM IST
Some good news, some bad for 15 major cities on air quality frontPM 10 levels seem to be falling in Mumbai, Pune, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chennai while in Lucknow they are stabilising, according to report by ...
02 Jun, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
NGT’s diesel vehicle ban may extend to more cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, BengaluruThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to consider, on Monday, whether to impose a ban on the sale of large diesel-powered vehicles in 11...
30 May, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
NGT expands ambit of air pollution case beyond DelhiThe National Green Tribunal, restrained by the Supreme Court from dealing with matters on air pollution in Delhi, today expanded the ambit ...
07 Jan, 2016, 09.08 AM IST
National Green Tribunal expands ambit of air pollution case beyond DelhiNGT restrained by SC from dealing with matters on air pollution in Delhi, expanded the ambit of hearing by seeking responses on worsening a...
06 Jan, 2016, 07.03 PM IST
- MoEF team to visit Hyderabad for pollution check16 Nov, 2015, 04.11 AM IST
Hardly any checks on vehicle pollution in HyderabadThe rising heat that we are witnessing today has more than one reasons behind it, with a major contributor being vehicular pollution.
26 Oct, 2015, 09.24 AM IST
Ahmedabad air judged among most dusty in the countryOf the 13 cities in the country whose air quality index (AQI) is measured daily by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), five— includ...
10 Sep, 2015, 05.22 AM IST
Air quality status in Delhi moderateAir quality status at Delhi's five out of nine air quality monitoring stations was labelled as 'moderate' which can create breathing discom...
31 Jul, 2015, 10.24 PM IST
Amendments to key environment laws being reviewed: Prakash Javadekar"Based on experience, we are reviewing and there are many suggestions coming from all the states and stakeholders, Javadekar said.
27 Mar, 2015, 03.52 PM IST
- PCB notice to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories for polluting Hussainsagar
Even as environmentalists have been crying foul over the severe pollution of water bodies in the city, including Hussainsagar lake, the aut...
09 Nov, 2013, 07.14 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh government lifts 6-year-old ban on bulk-drug plantsAndhra Pradesh government has lifted a ban on the expansion of bulk drug manufacturing facilities imposed six years ago to curb pollution.
27 Jul, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
- Aurobindo Pharma planning to challenge SPCB order
Aurobindo Pharma which has been served notice to shut down its facilities by Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board for allegedly violating...
13 Jul, 2012, 06.09 PM IST
- Every Breath You Take
First the bad news: More than half of 130 Indian cities being monitored for air pollution are at critically polluted levels.
05 Jun, 2010, 12.12 AM IST