Polluted air has high concentrations of particulate matter (PM). They are around 10 micrometres (PM10) or 2.5 micrometres ...

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

This data will help assess the impact of these initiatives on air quality and guide future policies to combat urban pollution ...

Kolkata's air quality significantly improved on the last day of January, with most areas reaching 'satisfactory' AQI levels due to a rise in temperatu ...

New satellite data and firsthand accounts reveal that PM2.5 levels in rural India far exceed safe limits. From biomass cooking with cow dung cakes to relentless stubble burning and unchecked ...

While the problems may look common, what is different is the source of these problems in each city and how they affect the ...

India’s Kolkata, Mumbai and Pakistan’s Karachi occupied the first ... Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the ...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee Urbanisation in India has emerged as a big problem as most cities are expanding in an unplanned manner, ...

Emphasising the importance of increasing green cover, the West Bengal budget for 2025-26 allocated Rs 1,091.11 crore for the forest department and Sunderbans Affairs. A senior forest official ...

Kolkata: The state govt has moved the Calcutta High Court, proposing the extension of commercial vehicles' lifespan and ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, a spiritual event that brings millions to the banks of the Ganga, raises a critical question: Can the sacred river endure the pollution from such a massive gathering?