While the residents in the Capital are gearing up for a Diwali blast, authorities have taken measures to make the festival safe and pollution-free. If you are found burning crackers after 10 pm on Diwali, you would be in trouble.

R. Vimal Kumar

To monitor the noise and air quality in the city during Deepavali celebrations

On the premises of Jaiva Bhai Corporation Girls Hr. Sec. School and Kumaran Complex

The electric version of General Motors India

For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant, which left a film on their cars and pebbles of coal waste in their yards. Five states

New Delhi: It

MUMBAI: From the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd link road, the bio-medical waste treatment plant of the municipal corporation looks like an innocuous small factory with its chimney spewing gentle, white fumes.

Delhi is pulling out all stops to make the city cleaner and greener before the Commonwealth Games. But one factor is constantly overlooked: the city

Gandhinagar: The state government

WASHINGTON: A diesel powered, portable genset, switched on during power breakdowns at home can emit 100 times greater quantity of carbon monoxide (CO) than a car exhaust. New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that to prevent potentially dangerous levels of CO, which is colourless and odourless, users may need to place generators 25 feet from home.