Unclean air and water may be causing over 8,00,000 premature deaths in the country each year and morbidity costs amounting to 3.6 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bars, toddy shops, cinemas and other indoor public places in the capital city have been found to be the most polluted in the State.

New Delhi: Out of the city

Bangladeshs capital city Dhaka has been ranked third in air pollution in the world.

SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD MURLIDHAR Sadashiv of Nandivade in Jaigad taluk of Maharashtra

Deterrent against manufacture of guzzlers.

Arun S
Anil Sasi

New Delhi, Nov. 20 It could soon be a tough road ahead for vehicles with low fuel efficiency.

The Government is considering a proposal to introduce a new tax on such vehicles to ensure that they are phased out. This tax could be a deterrent against manufacture of fuel-guzzling vehicles.

Shell Foundation, with support from the State government, has launched an awareness campaign called

New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, known for courting controversy and making candid remarks, on Friday said if there was a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India would get it.

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FINANCE commission chairman Vijay Kelkar has suggested that the government pursue an