India's cleanest cities struggle with pollution despite top rankingsIndore, India's cleanest city for 7 years, saw a 21% increase in PM10 pollution levels in 2023-24 compared to 2017-18, joining 30 other cit...
01 Dec, 2024, 05.10 PM IST
Clean, good news is in the air!The environment ministry's latest data shows that 95 out of 131 cities under the National Clean Air Programme have improved air quality. No...
09 Sep, 2024, 10.52 PM IST
21 cities under NCAP cut PM10 pollution by over 40% since 2017-18, shows CPCB dataNinety-five out of 131 cities under India's National Clean Air Programme have improved air quality, with 21 cities reducing PM10 pollution ...
08 Sep, 2024, 02.29 PM IST
Zetwerk to supply 10,000 mt fabricated girders for the bullet train projectZetwerk Manufacturing will supply 10,000 MT fabricated girders for the Mumbai - Ahmedabad Bullet Train project being executed by National H...
21 Apr, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
Minimal or no improvement in air pollution levels, Ghaziabad most polluted: NCAP reportSome of the cities have even recorded an increase in particulate matter (PM) levels, it said. Cities are declared non-attainment if they co...
10 Jan, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
WHO raises bar for air quality, says health impacted even at lower levels of pollutionThe thresholds have been revised as it is found that air pollution inflicts damage on human health at even lower concentrations than previo...
23 Sep, 2021, 06.40 AM IST
NHSRL invites bids for collection of data for preparation of DPR for HSR corridor from Delhi to AhmedabadThe tender invited on Tuesday asks for Data Collection and Associated Survey Work for DPR of Delhi-Ahmedabad HSR Corridor.
01 Sep, 2020, 07.34 PM IST
COVID-19: Lockdown in India may have saved 630 lives, says studyScientists, including those from the University of Surrey in the UK, assessed the levels of harmful fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from ve...
17 Jul, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Government invites bids for Delhi-Varanasi high-speed rail corridorThe National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, a joint venture of the Government of India and participating state governments, invited b...
03 Jul, 2020, 08.39 AM IST
Air pollution drops by 40-50% in big Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai after lockdown: EU sat data27 Apr, 2020, 06.18 AM IST
Lockdown: Major air pollutants PM2.5, PM10 and NOx down by at least 50% in DelhiWith vehicles off the road and industries shut due to the ongoing lockdown imposed to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the presence of majo...
07 Apr, 2020, 04.36 PM IST
With social distancing and janata curfew, cities observe cleaner skiesWhile Mumbai’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 63 on Sunday –– the lowest reading for 2020 –– New Delhi came in at 159, Pune at 58, and Ah...
23 Mar, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Over 1 lakh deaths in 29 cities due to air pollution: StudyWhile environment minister Prakash Javadekar is often heard stating that there is no correlation between air pollution levels and premature...
15 Feb, 2020, 07.28 AM IST
- Mumbai and Bengaluru among 10 polluted cities yet to submit air action plan, Centre asked to modify NCAP target21 Aug, 2019, 11.36 AM IST
Coal-based power makes India top global SO2 emitter: GreenpeaceIt is estimated that SO2 commonly makes up more than 10% of the deadly fine particles in India and China.
20 Aug, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesThe environment ministry targets 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in the next five years for at lea...
13 Mar, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
- Mazda bags order from PI Industries
Automated valve and air-pollution control equipment manufacturer, Mazda Ltd has bagged a Rs 2.37 crore order from PI Industries for a tripl...
27 Dec, 2006, 06.20 PM IST