Action needs to be taken to minimize the use of private vehicles, which contribute nearly 40 per cent to air pollution in Delhi, a green body said Monday as the air quality of the national capital

NEW DELHI: The earth’s protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery, thanks to international efforts against ozone-depleting substances.

Joint initiative of pollution board, HR institute and CSE

While BS-IV contains 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur, the BS-VI grade fuel only

Draft notification of Central rules on environment impact assessment is ready: expert

NEW DELHI: Air quality in Delhi-NCR is likely to worsen from November 1 when pollution caused by paddy stubbleburning in Punjab-Haryana is expected to impact the region, the Environment Pollution (

Delhi's air quality continued to be in the 'poor' category Tuesday, with the Environment minister directing all officers and agencies to be in "war mode" to combat air pollution.

Delhi's air quality continued to be in the "poor" category on Tuesday, a day after it had improved from "very poor" Air Quality Index (AQ1) zone.

The court took note of it on October 9. In the next hearing on October 12, Graphite India had told the court that it was using domestic petcoke for packaging and not as a fuel.

AHMEDABAD: Our dependence on vehicles to travel even short distances leads to injecting of approximately 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide daily — or 1 ton every minute — into our respirable air!