There has been no let-up in the burning of garbage across the city despite several concerns raised by activists about its adverse effects on the environment and the health of people.

Civic officials in the past had promised action against the municipal workers burning solid waste. However, mounds of garbage continue to be burnt in the city to avoid transporting the waste for safe disposal.

This report by the Global Health Workforce Alliance Secretariat and the World Health Organization consolidate the latest information available on human resources for health and informs the global community on how to attain, sustain and accelerate progress on universal health coverage. Read the summary.

Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, assigned to conduct an environment impact study (EIS) on Goa's mining, has found high air pollution in the state's five mining talukas.

It is understood that most food or beverages sold in restaurants or stalls contain trace quantities of contaminants, but in the case of the piping hot cups of tea purchased from roadside vendors in

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday held that developers of the popular Ambience Mall in south Delhi violated conditions on which they were granted green nod by changing the commercial area and

The specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), announced today that it has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Read this release by IARC.

This document contains the text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury as agreed, in the form of the draft Convention, by the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury at its fifth session, held in Geneva from 13 to18 January 2013.

This book published by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) provides updated state-of-the-art overviews on topics related to exposure characterization, atmospheric and engineering sciences, epidemiological studies on cancer, results of pertinent cancer bioassays, and data elucidating potential mechanisms of carcinogenicity of compounds related to air pollution.

If you were planning a weekend lunch or dinner at your favourite restaurant in Hauz Khas village, you may have to consider other options.

Half of judicial energy is spent on waking up the government, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Monday, slamming the Centre for not setting up panels for examining the environmental impact

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