According to the National Air Quality Index, prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), “very poor” air can cause “respiratory illness on prolonged exposure”. The index mentions that ...

Sibes Kumar Das, the head of respiratory medicine at Medical College, Kolkata, said the department witnessed aoriund 25 per ...

The blanket of smog that covers multiple developed and developing cities around the world — including our nation’s capital — ...

Tens of millions of people are still drinking arsenic-contaminated water 30 years after ‘the greatest mass poisoning in ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...