Nearly 75 percent of China’s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in June, the environment ministry said yesterday.

Chennai had the highest proportion of ‘severe’ days based on AQI

The glass industries in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district today came under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal which sought response from the Centre and Central Pollution Control Board (CPC

According to Central Pollution Control Board trends, air quality in Vijayawada is worse than in Vizag and Hyderabad

The government also proposed to increase registration tax for all categories of private vehicles — registered in the name of companies and partnership firms — by 25 per cent of the existing rate.

The air quality in Delhi has worsened considerably in past few years, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2014-15 released on Wednesday

Discussing the increasing air pollution in the Capital, experts viewed that lack of public awareness and concern besides missing political will has led to Delhi acquiring the dubious distinction of

Administrative staff to serve in New Delhi for three instead of four years now

Air pollution from respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) could be responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 premature deaths in Delhi — up to 80 deaths each day — authors of an international study released

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday blamed the erstwhile UPA government for not doing much to improve the national capital's air quality, which started deteriorating in 2007.