Bad air chokes the life out of a vibrant Pakistani cityLahore, Pakistan, a city known for its vibrant night life, is grappling with hazardous smog levels. The government has imposed restrictions...
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two citiesPunjab, a province in Pakistan, declared a health emergency due to severe smog, which has affected nearly 2 million people. The government ...
How social media offers a welcome escape in smog season and why parts of virtual world need to be avoidedThanks to the smog season-social media offers a welcome escape. The problem is that like the real world, parts of the alternative one are a...
Third Eye: Wrong numbers, apologies, and smog concerns amid election seasonBJP's membership drive faced issues when party workers shared incorrect phone numbers, causing inconvenience to some citizens. A woman in G...
Environment Minister Gopal Rai issues order to restart functioning of Delhi's only smog towerThe smog tower stopped working after the personnel responsible for its operation 'locked it' due to non-payment of their salaries for Decem...
What is a smog tower and do they work? How India is fighting air pollutionFor over a decade, New Delhi has faced severe winter air pollution, harming residents, especially the vulnerable. Stagnant air traps toxic ...
Delhi govt planning to deploy 200 anti-smog guns for its anti-dust campaignThe Delhi government plans to deploy 200 anti-smog guns as part of its anti-dust campaign starting October 9. The guns, which will be mount...
Connaught Place smog tower has noticeable impact on air pollution up to 300 mts: Delhi Minister Gopal RaiThe smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg has 5,000 coarse filters and 5,000 fine filters developed by experts at the University of Minnesot...
Pakistan's Lahore becomes world's third most polluted cityLahore ranked third behind Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar on the pollution index, according to Switze...
Air quality severe amid unhelpful meteorological conditions as smog shrouds Delhi NCRAn official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said shallow fog and low temperatures in the morning -- Delhi recorded the seaso...
Delhi in grip of season's first smog episode, likely to be longest in 4 yrs: CSE“Predictably, the season's first episode has been triggered by the combined effect of unfavourable weather conditions (cool and calm winds ...
Arvind Kejriwal to inaugurate country's first smog tower on August 23"I am confident that the smog-tower will yield positive results for us. It must be noted that Central Government is also constructing one s...
Arvind Kejriwal to inaugurate Delhi 1st smog tower on August 23: Gopal RaiAnother 25-metre-tall smog tower, built by the central government at Anand Vihar, is expected to become operational by August 31, officials...
Causes for heavy smog in China unknown, need research: Li KeqiangWhile highlighting steps to address coal burning, exhaust of vehicles and dust to control smog specially in the winter, he said the causes ...
Causes for heavy smog in China unknown, need research: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang"I fully understand public concern about smog. Like air, blue skies treat everyone equally. We all want to have such blue skies," Chinese P...
China on yellow alert for smog in many citiesChina's meteorological authorities on Sunday issued a yellow alert for a new bout of smog that is expected to hang heavy in large areas of ...
Beijing may apply odd-even rule on cars for entire winterBeijing may force half of the city's over 5.6 million cars off the roads on an even-odd formula for the entire winter season .