Reward for electing Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second time: breathing privileges. Varanasi city, which falls in Modi’s constituency, cut its toxic PM (particulate matter) 2.5 level by more ...

The state government has decided that fitness tests of commercial vehicles will now be held at any of the regional transport offices or public vehicles departments. Till now, owners would have to repo...

The level of the most toxic air pollutant — PM 2.5 — in Kolkata's air has inched closer to pre-Covid times after a lockdown-triggered low in 2020, shows an analysis by the Delhi-based ...

 After an initial drop in the PM2.5 levels during Covid-related lockdowns in 2020, the eastern states of Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha saw a rising trend in the air pollutants in 2021, the Centre...

The battle against air pollution must be fought on multiple fronts. That seems to be the gist of the findings of a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi which found that more th...

Toxic air and deafening sounds of firecrackers greeted 2022 in the city. Public health experts said the rise in the air pollution level, a result of the combination of natural phenomena during winter...

Bose Institute’s findings point out that during the duration of their study, the overall load of PM 2.5 in the city increased by about 50 per cent. PM 2.5 particulates — 0.5 to 1 micron i...

The machines automatically measure around the clock the levels of PM 10, PM 2.5, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, as well as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and noise pollution. The fig...

More than 100 unidentified decomposed bodies were burnt in a heap at the Sibpur crematorium in Howrah on Sunday night. They were burnt after being kept in Howrah police morgue for at least three mont...

The Delhi government is going to ask e-commerce companies, food delivery services and cab aggregators to completely switch to electric vehicles as it aims to increase the EV share in total vehicle sal...