A majority of China's provinces experienced air pollution that blew in from neighboring regions in 2015, but in Hainan, the island province, it amounted to as much as 72 percent of pollutants, acco
KARACHI: Despite growing global concerns over air pollution and the fact that Karachi has been declared the fifth most polluted city in a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released early this
Ghaziabad: The district pollution board, following a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) directive, has succeeded in goading 22 of the industrial units falling under the 'most polluting' categor
China needs to take "extraordinary" measures to meet pollution control targets set in 2013 despite improved air quality in various cities including highly- polluted capital Beijing, authorities sai
New human resources development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar, the only minister of state to be elevated to Cabinet rank on Tuesday, was in Berlin on an official assignment when he got a call as
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar was Tuesday elevated to cabinet rank, a reward for bringing reforms in the green ministry which during UPA regime was projected as a road block ministry by th
To simplify various formalities for industrial units, the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to issue them Consent to Establish for five years instead of the mandatory annual rene