Centre's Plan Not To Focus On Just Emergency Measures

The environment ministry seems to be dragging its feet on the graded response plan despite the Supreme Court's order to notify the same in the wake of the rising air pollution.

China's courts will widen the range of offences that constitute "environmental crimes" to make it easier to take legal action against polluters, a senior judiciary official told a news briefing on

According to scientists, the PM 2.5 concentration in Delhi on Sunday was 273 micrograms per cubic metre.

While the thick blanket of fog engulfed Delhi on Sunday, air quality remained “severe” with four-fold increase of pollutant values.

GURGAON: As fog enveloped Gurgaon and the average minimum temperature plunged to 8 degrees Celsius, the level of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 shot up again, choking the city on the Christmas day.

Five districts in Beijing have announced plans to cap or lower their population in the next few years, local media reported on Wednesday, as the Chinese capital bids to tackle chronic pollution and

Scientists said on Wednesday that they have solved the mystery of how a major smog component, known as sulfate, forms during heavy pollution.