Emergency services in the capital may soon have to rely on choppers, the Delhi high court observed on Thursday, commenting on the increasing traffic in the city.

Mumbai: Pollution levels in Mumbai fell on Monday but the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was still in the 'very poor' category and, worse than that of Delhi.

Noise and air pollution are hazards to the ambient environment and a cause of concern due to bursting of fire crackers during Deepawali. It is, therefore, necessary to conduct ambient noise and air quality monitoring during this festival to understand the level of pollution and correlate with the effectiveness of different abatement programs.

Madurai: Although the Madurai Corporation has spent nearly a crore on the purchase of road sweeping machines, roads in the city continue to remain dusty.

The Government of NCT of Delhi had implemented odd-even scheme from 1st to 15th January, 2016 with the objective of reducing air pollution in Delhi. The odd-even scheme applied to four wheeler Passenger/Private Cars.

Mumbai: Two years ago, the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, for the first time, classified air pollution as one of the causes for cancer.

New Delhi: While car owners grumpily awaited their alternate day on Delhi roads during the recent 15-day driving experiment, there was one group that grinned happily every day.

Outdoor air pollution is a major determinant of health worldwide. The greatest public health effects are from increased mortality in adults. However, both PM and O3 also cause a wide range of other, less serious, health outcomes; and there are effects on mortality and morbidity of other pollutants also, e.g.

Panaji: December, peak tourism season, may present stakeholders with enough reasons to smile, but this is the period during which the ambient air quality of the capital city of Panaji suffers due t

People in Patna are forced to inhale air containing Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) much above the permissible limit, an environment body has said, urging the Bihar government to tak

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