NEW DELHI: Exposure to pollution from car brake wear can prove to be more harmful to the lungs than diesel exhaust, according to a study.

NEW DELHI: While anaemia is long known to be caused by iron deficiency, experts on Thursday noted that air pollution and vitamin B12 deficiency have emerged as major culprits behind its increasing prevalence in the country.

NEW DELHI: Greater exposure to air pollution particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the three months before conception can raise the risk of childhood obesity to two years after birth, according to a study on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Severe wintertime ozone (O3) pollution may be driven by alkene emissions from local petrochemical industries, and can be detrimental to human health, finds a study.

ULAN BATOR: The Mongolian government declared a heightened state of preparedness on Friday in response to severe air pollution, traffic congestion, and other pressing issues in the nation's capital, Ulan Bator.

DHAKA: As temperatures have plummeted in recent weeks in Bangladesh, the capital city Dhaka's air quality has worsened to a large extent, creating untold suffering for millions of people in the megacity.

NEW DELHI: Taking note of the improving Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in Delhi and adjoining areas, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to ease the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-IV restrictions to GRAP Stage-II.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the public interest litigation (PIL) relating to the control of pollution in Delhi and the adjoining NCR area.

SYDNEY: An Australian-led international research has found that over 1.5 million deaths globally every year were linked to the health impacts of air pollution caused by landscape fires.

SEOUL:South Korea will host the final round of international negotiations for a binding plastic regulation agreement this week, officials said on Sunday, with attention paid to whether countries can reach an agreement amid a sharp division over regulatory approaches.

SEOUL: South Korea will host the final round of international negotiations for a binding plastic regulation agreement next week, officials said on Sunday, with attention paid to whether countries can reach an agreement amid a sharp division over regulatory approaches.

NEW DELHI: The air quality in the Delhi-NCR remained in the high concerning zone as several areas continued to be in the 'severe' AQI category on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: After getting relief for two days, Delhi's air quality deteriorated again to the ‘severe’ category on Saturday, with AQI crossing 400.

ULAN BATOR: Deteriorating air quality mostly driven by processed fuel-based heating has sparked growing public concerns in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, as residents embrace unusually harsh winter conditions.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to combat the rising air pollution woes of India, tech giant Google on Wednesday launched Air View+ -- an artificial intelligence-based solution that can help the government and the people with useful hyperlocal air quality information.

NEW DELHI: Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday shared plans to implement anti-pollution measures like work from home for government employees, and odd-even vehicle scheme, as Delhi-NCR recorded air pollution more than 17 times above the acceptable levels.

RUPNAGAR: Panchayats should work hard to make villages clean, green and pollution-free so that a Rangla Punjab can be established by modernising the villages.

MUMBAI: Veteran actress and talk show host, Simi Garewal, known for her wit and sharp sense of humor, recently cracked up the internet with a hilarious take on the pollution situation in Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP leaders on Tuesday staged a protest near Anand Vihar bus station, targeting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over its failure to address the alarming pollution levels in the city and also alleged corruption in the green cess, collected by city dispensation.

NEW DELHI: As Delhi-NCR chokes under "severe-plus" air quality amid dense fog, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the governments of Delhi and adjoining states to take an immediate call on stopping physical classes up to class 12.

NEW DELHI: As the air in Delhi turned toxic on Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi hit out at the Central government’s alleged inaction and uncontrolled stubble burning in Madhya Pradesh and other neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana for pushing the entire North India, including the national Capital, into a state of medical emergency.

NEW DELHI: As the national Capital chokes under ‘severe plus’ air quality amid dense fog, the Supreme Court is set to hear on Monday a public interest litigation (PIL) relating to control of pollution.

NEW DELHI: Patients with heart disease, specifically those with heart failure, are especially vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution and poor air quality and can take steps to protect themselves, a new study has said.

NEW DELHI: A crucial review meeting was held in New Delhi on Saturday, aiming to ensure strict enforcement of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) measures to control air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday announced that primary schools in the national capital will switch to online classes amid worsening air quality in the city.

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its "failure" to manage rising pollution levels, stating that "focus on corruption" has worsened air quality in the national Capital.

NEW DELHI: BJP National General Secretary Dushyant Gautam on Wednesday accused the Delhi government of blaming neighbouring states for the national capital's rising pollution and bashed its handling of the air quality crisis.

NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR continues to grapple with hazardous air quality levels, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining at 355, classified as 'very poor.'

NEW DELHI: Officials from India and the European Union (EU) conducted an online workshop to address marine plastic pollution, which is harmful both to human health and marine ecosystems.

NEW DELHI: Amid continuing poor air quality in the national capital, doctors on Wednesday reported a rise in digestive issues like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

NEW DELHI: As Delhi-NCR continues to witness a worsening air quality with the onset of winter, the month-long anti-open burning campaign is set to kick off in the national Capital from Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Government interventions in India and Pakistan may be able to curb the illegal practice of crop burning and reduce deadly air pollution in South Asia, a new study has said.

NEW DELHI: The air quality in Delhi deteriorated drastically as the air quality index (AQI) crossed the 400 mark on Sunday, two days after Diwali, pushing it into the hazardous category.

NEW DELHI: Amid rising pollution levels in the national capital, health experts on Saturday said poor air quality can affect all our organs.

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday condemned what he described as a "political fuss" over Delhi's pollution, asserting that some people were attempting to sow confusion among the public.

CHENNAI: A 25-member team comprising students and faculty of the Patiala based Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) are hoping to launch their nano-satellite ThapSat in 2023 to measure the air pollution levels in in the state, said an official.

NEW DELHI: To curb vehicular pollution, the Delhi government has impounded 1,754 vehicles, including diesel cars older than ten years or petrol cars over 15 years old.

CHANDIGARH: A Cyclothon Event from Panjab University Campus to Sukhna Lake was organised by NSS, Panjab University in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, PU to raise awareness on National Anti-pollution Day among students and general public.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has pressed 14 Anti Smog Guns (ASGs) into service to combat air pollution at the sites where it is constructing infrastructure for the metro rails.

NEW DELHI: Amid severe air pollution in Delhi, the Supreme Court has often witnessed either Centre blaming the Delhi government for not doing enough to curb pollution and vice versa. The Delhi government has also blamed stubble burning carried out by farmers in the neighbouring states. But, on Friday during the hearing, the Uttar Pradesh counsel, while opposing the closure of industries in UP, blamed the winds from Pakistan.

NEW DELHI: A day after the Supreme Court's rap, the Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR has told the apex court that it has constituted a five-member enforcement task force to monitor implementation of its directions to curb air pollution in the national capital. The commission also constituted 17 flying squads for taking punitive measures against defaulters.

NEW DELHI:At a time when air pollution in Delhi-NCR has reached an alarming level, a latest study has found that as much as Rs 1,096 crore per year could be saved if the advisories from SAFAR were followed diligently.

KAPURTHALA:Pushpa Gujral Science City organized a webinar on National Pollution control Day. Around 70 students and teachers from all over Punjab participated through virtual mode. Giving introductory remarks at the occasion, Dr. Neelima Jerath, Director General, Science City said that National Pollution Control Day is organized to make sure that the people understand the long-term effects of pollution on our life, health and ecosystems. It is also necessary to remember the people who have lost their lives due to pollution disasters such as the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy in India during the intervening night of December 2 and 3 due to leakage of Methyl isocyanate from the Union carbide Plant. Science and technology offers important solutions which are environment friendly and economically viable besides tools to help in monitoring of pollution levels, and that these should be used for the benefit of the society, she added.

GURUGRAM: A fine of Rs 18 lakh has been imposed on 171 people here for indulging in pollution-causing activities in defiance of the Gratified Response Action Plan (GRAP), issued by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, officials said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha members have raised at least 368 questions on air pollution in India from 2000 to 2019, with more than 200 of them raised in 2016 or later, with crop residue burning emerging as the most common source of interest, a new working paper has found.

NEW DELHI:The United Residents Joint Action (URJA) of Delhi, a consortium of more than 2,500 resident welfare associations (RWAs) in the national capital, on Friday launched a citizen driven monitoring campaign to accelerate the fight against air pollution.

GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has fined 162 people for not following the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) issued by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre and state governments for their inability to present a crystal-clear way forward to combat the menace of air pollution in the national capital.

GURUGRAM: The Haryana government has announced to impose odd-even rule in four districts -- Gurugram, Faridabad, Jhajjar and Sonipat -- from next week.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the content of debates on television, on court connected matters, and said that TV debates are causing more air pollution than anything else.

TORONTO: The drop seen in air pollution in India during the Covid-19 induced lockdown was misleading as much cleaner air facilitated more sunshine to get through creating conditions for ozone (03) to increase up to 30 per cent, leading to potential health hazards, claims a new study.

NEW DELHI:The Commission for Air Quality Management for Delhi and Surrounding Areas (CAQM) has called a meeting of all Chief Ministers of NCR states and even IGs of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday in connection with the increased severity of air pollution in the region.

NEW DELHI:European Union Ambassador to India, Ugo Astuto, on Monday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and took note of the national capital's fight against Covid-19 and its efforts to curb air pollution.

CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI:Slamming the Aam Adami Party (AAP) for wrongly blaming the Punjab farmers for Delhi pollution, Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister, Gurkirat Singh, on Monday said that Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi Government has indulged in the blame game to save it's own skin as it has completely failed to control pollution in the national capital.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre and state governments to examine the feasibility of work from home for employees and also asked the states to ensure that stubble burning does not happen for 1-2 weeks.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Delhi government for making "lame excuses" in connection with air pollution in the capital.

NEW DELHI: With an aim to minimise the impact of severe air pollution on citizens, the Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) on Sunday advised Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to shut down schools and construction and demolition (C&D) activities this week for the districts falling in the National Capital Region (NCR).

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday took a serious view of the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR and suggested that if needed the government can declare a two-day lockdown to bring down the levels, which has been caused by stubble burning, vehicles, firecrackers, industries, dust.

NEW DELHI: To curb air pollution emitting from open fires in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday announced to launch an anti-open burning campaign under which 550 teams from various departments will be deployed in the city to keep a check on burning in open spaces.

NEW DELHI: In view of the rising pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday with the departments concerned to take necessary steps to reduce pollution in the city, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday.

NEW DELHI:  The Delhi government on Friday intensified various initiatives, including installations of anti-smog guns in various locations of the national capital to fight the increased pollution that reached 'severe category', a day after the celebrations of Diwali.

NEW DELHI:Starting Friday, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for Delhi-NCR and surrounding areas has asked the concerned state governments to stop the use of coal/firewood in hotels and open eateries, among other suggestions to keep air pollution under check in the region.

NEW DELHI: In a move to counterbalance the level of pollution arising from Delhi's neighbouring states, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked the people of the national capital for help by following three simple steps.

CHANDIGARH: With less than five months to go for the Assembly polls, members of Clean Air Punjab, a citizen's collective, have written to Deputy Chief Minister O.P. Soni, who heads the Health Ministry, urging him to lead by example by taking up the issue of air pollution prominently.

NEW DELHI:  In a move to fight pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a complete ban on the storage, sale and usage of firecrackers for the third year in a row.

NEW DELHI: The same clean air policies that can reduce fossil fuel emissions and help reign in climate change can also add up to five years onto people's lives in the most polluted regions while globally adding more than two years onto lives on average.

NEW DELHI:The soon-to-be-launched National Mission on Air Pollution (NMAP) will have a dashboard for all polluting parameters that are being monitored and for all 132 cities that are currently under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).

NEW DELHI: India's national capital, Delhi got its first ever much needed smog tower, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
A 20-meter-tall structure was set up at Baba Kharak Singh Marg in Connaught Place in order to combat rising air pollution in Delhi.

GARHSHANKAR: Member Lok Sabha from Anandpur Sahib and former Union Minister Manish Tewari has written a letter to the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to take action against the pollution caused by paper mills causing many serious diseases in village Sella Khurd, Garhshankar tehsil. A delegation from the constituency which met MP Tewari had mentioned the problems faced by them, many people had fallen ill due to this pollution and even animals had died.

NEW DELHI:An early estimate from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D), has shown a decreasing trend in PM2.5 concentration over Delhi-NCR over the last four years.

KATHMANDU: The Nepal government on Monday announced it was shutting all educational institutions for the next four days owing to the severe deterioration of air quality in the recent period.

NEW DELHI: Among the numerous challenges that businesses and organisations are facing in the post-Covid-19 world, the challenge of protecting employees and customers is the supreme concern, says Ravi Kaushik, CEO at AiRTH which is currently focusing on removal of microbial contaminants from the air to safeguard people against airborne disease transmission.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government in its annual budget for 2021-22 presented on Tuesday allocated an amount of Rs 9,394 crore to improve the city's pollution situation which constantly has been a challenging task for the last several years.

CHANDIGARH:The installation of flue gas de-sulphurization (FGD) units to control pollution at the Lehra Mohabatt, the thermal plant is a costly proposition for PSPCL and is going to burden the consumers.PSPCL has planned to install a dry FGD systemfor Lehra Mohabatt thermal units to cut down emission of flue gases and to improve the air quality around power plant as directed by Central Pollution Control Board.

CHANDIGARH: The installation of flue gas de-sulphurization (FGD) units to control pollution at the Lehra Mohabatt, the thermal plant is a costly proposition for PSPCL and is going to burden the consumers.

 LONDON: Around 64,000 deaths a year in England are linked to air pollution, with disadvantaged communities hit the most, a new British parliamentary report revealed on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Replying to a supplementary question on the situation of air quality in Delhi, Union Minister of Environment Prakash Javadekar said that the main reason behind deteriorating air quality in the national capital in the month of Septmeber to November is the stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab.

NEW YORK: Researchers have identified that fine particulate matter has a detrimental impact on cardiovascular health by activating the production of inflammatory cells in the bone marrow, ultimately leading to inflammation of the arteries.

NEW DELHI: Air pollution woes have quadrupled for Delhi, as the state suffered the highest per-capita economic loss due to air pollution last year, a study in the peer-reviewed medical journal Lancet suggests.

NEW DELHI:With several government departments and agencies allegedly not adhering to rules and regulations to deal with pollution and disposal of debris, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued notices to over half a dozen such violators in the NCR-Delhi region.

NEW DELHI:  The Central Pollution Control Board on Friday said that open dumping of garbage, construction-demolition activity, unpaved roads, and re-suspension of road dust are the major local sources contributing to Delhi's air pollution at a time when the contribution of stubble burning to the crisis has plummeted to merely one per cent.

KAPURTHALA: A webinar on National Pollution control day was organized by Pushpa Gujral Science City jointly with NABARD. More than 250 students, teachers, farmers participated in this webinar. Dr. Rajiv Siwach, Chief Manager, NABARD Punjab was the Guest of Hounor at this occasion. Addressing the participants, he said that owing to Covid-19 outbreak, innovative ways were being used to generate awareness among the farmers.

GURUGRAM: Teams deployed under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to monitor implementation of measures to combat pollution in Gurugram, have penalized 267 persons for violating the norms from October 15 to November 30 and also collected Rs 57 lakh as penalty.

NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the Covid-19 situation of the eight worst-hit states in his first leg of PM-CM meeting on Tuesday.
Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Gujarat are the 8 states that are plagued with risisng Covid cases as India intensifies its fight against the pandemic.

PANAJI: Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi arrived in Goa on Friday afternoon, after doctors advised her to move out of Delhi for some time owing to her chest infection to avoid severe pollution in the national capital, according to party sources.

AGRA:Agra District Magistrate P.N. Singh on Monday banned firecrackers in Agra. Licences for the sale of firecrackers given for 12 identified spots in the city were also cancelled and the police have been told to strictly enforce the ban.

NEW DELHI: As Delhi faces another tryst with air pollution, a nine-year-old climate activist, Licypriya Kangujam has appealed the government to declare health emergency in Delhi, emphasising that people are choking due to the noxious air.

NEW DELHI: Mentioning that stubble burning in neighbouring states is behind the 40 per cent pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday appealed to the Central government to handle the issue suggesting it to analyse bio-decomposer as an alternative to the issue.

NEW DELHI: In its fight against pollution, the Delhi government on Thursday introduced a photo, audio, and video-based mobile app to enable citizens here to report pollution violations and local sources of menace in the city. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the app to increase citizen participation and ensure timely action.

NEW DELHI:The Centre has issued an ordinance, making pollution an offence with a jail term, which can go up to 5 years and a penalty up to Rs 1 crore. The ordinance, was issued on Wednesday night after the approval of the President.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi government is all set to launch the 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off' campaign in all the 272 wards here from November 2 in a move to reduce pollution in the national capital.

LONDON:In a major global study, researchers have revealed that long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to 15 per cent of Covid-19 deaths worldwide.

NEW DELHI:Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the Centre has taken a holistic view of the issue of air pollution in Delhi NCR, which also includes pollution due to stubble burning, and it intends to bring out a legislation in next three to four days to tackle this issue.

NEW DELHI:Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the US and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Monday.

NEW DELHI:The first-ever comprehensive analysis of air pollution's global impact on newborns finds that outdoor and household particulate matter pollution contributed to the deaths of more than 1,16,000 Indian infants in their first month of life in 2019, a new global study on Wednesday.

CHANDIGARH: Welcoming the latest data on the link between Delhi's pollution and stubble burning as vindication of his government's stand on the issue, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to "stop lying to divert attention from his own failure to protect the national capital's environment".

CHANDIGARH: Welcoming the latest data on the link between Delhi’s pollution and stubble burning as vindication of his government’s stand on the issue, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked Arvind Kejriwal to stop lying to divert attention from his own failure to protect the national capital’s environment.

NEW DELHI:To check the rising pollution levels across Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), Union Minister of Environment Prakash Javadekar on Thursday flagged off 50 teams of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for conducting field visits to the various hot spots to ensure checks on pollution. The field visits starting on October 15 will continue till February 28 next year.

NEW DELHI:About 65 per cent households of Delhi have one or more individuals who have already started experiencing pollution-related ailments, a survey has revealed.
Forty-seven per cent are facing cold, cough or sore throat issues, while 26 per cent are witnessing burning eyes, and 30 per cent are facing breathing difficulties, the survey results on Thursday showed.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Wednesday warned of action against government agencies like the PWD and MCDs as well as private entities in case they caused pollution in the national capital.

NEW YORK:In a major study, researchers have found that long-term exposure to urban air pollution may have made Covid-19 more deadly.

NEW YORK:Researchers have found that people living in countries with higher levels of air pollution such as India and China may face higher risks of developing kidney diseases.

MANSA: Punjab Pradesh Congress committee president Sunil Jakhar today said he would ensure that the issue of Talwandi Sabo thermal plant waste affecting human lives is resolved - an issue that he had raised voice against during the previous government regime. He was in village Raipur of Sardulgarh today to listen to the problems of people affected due to ash emanating from the thermal plant.

NEW YORK:Exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution at age 1 may lead to structural changes in the brain at the age of 12 which can influence the development of various physical and mental processes, warns a study.

NEW DELHI:With air pollution levels peaking in the city, and immunities dipping, its important to know how one can prevent the harmful effects of air pollution on ones health.