The Diwali in the city has been a quiet affair this year if data recorded by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is any indication.

Delhi on Diwali is about as happy a city as any other metro but it is certainly the noisiest and smokiest.

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the pollution control boards (PCBs) of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to test the ambient air quality and noise level status pre, during and po

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will monitor noise levels at 12 locations across the city and in three other spots in the neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad area for three days during Diw

In a few months, you will know exactly when to keep the pollution masks or inhalers handy. A system being put in place in the city will forecast air quality for up to three days.

With Diwali round the corner, people in Trichy have already started bursting crackers, though they are just a sample ahead of the D-day.

Release of dioxin in the air through burning of municipal waste, hospital waste and automobile emission is the major cause behind the spread of cancer in the state.

There is a slight breather from the usually terrible air pollution scenario in Delhi.