Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of leading environmental engineers and public health researchers.

The worsening air pollution at Anand Rao Circle following increase in high-rise buildings, prompted the board to install the first air quality monitoring station there in 1983.

The capital witnessed 981 deaths due to Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) from 2013 to 2017.

Jaipur: Rajasthan has used only 12% of the allocation of fund for District Mineral Foundation (DMF), a trust to work for the interest and benefit of persons and areas affected by mining related ope

A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan cited a report that said 20-25 per cent children suffer from respiratory diseases.

BENGALURU: A recent study by a senior pulmonologist has revealed that the city’s air pollution is resulting in rising incidence of chronic cough among children.

TRICHY: Neurologists based in Trichy on Sunday said the incidence of people suffering stroke due to air pollution has increased.

New study into the cost and benefits of installing pollution control equipment in India’s thermal power plants has estimated the bill that the sector will be plastered with at ₹3.91-3.96 lakh crore

NEW DELHI: Delaying implementation of emission norms for thermal power plants could mean massive health and air pollution costs, a new report has said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A detailed study by the Kerala government in the recent outbreak of Nipah virus has suggested that 17 of the 19 infected people might have contracted the deadly virus from the f