NEW DELHI: India aims to reduce stubble burning, a major source of pollution during the winter months, by 70 per cent in its top two farm states this year, a top government official said on Tuesday

NEW DELHI: Technology will be used to ensure better air quality along the route of the Delhi Half Marathon to be held on October 21.

Have been deputed only to spread awareness, maintains Gurdaspur DC

NEW DELHI: Capital’s air quality fell sharply on Tuesday and nosedived towards the “very poor” category with the air quality index (AQI) at the upper end of the “poor” zone at 291, even though a nu

NEW DELHI: The launch of Air Quality Early Warning System on Monday has given the city a new tool with which to combat pollution.

NEW DELHI: After supplying power to the capital for over four decades, the Badarpur power station closed operations fully and permanently on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the pollution season, the Centre on Monday launched an air quality prediction system that would forecast the state of the air three days in advance for various areas in the capi

NEW DELHI: Stubble burning in neighbouring states may be drawing everyone’s attention during the peak pollution days in the capital in pre-winter harvest season, but it is the vehicular emission wh

The capital saw the roll-out of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) on Monday with a ban on use of diesel generator sets and the closure of the Badarpur thermal power plant, among others.