Indian insurers are considering making New Delhi residents pay 10% to 15% more for new health policies after an extraordinary ...

However, spiritual leaders in India used the festival to champion environmental sustainability.Nearly one-third of India's ...

Amid chaos over the report highlighting increased Fecal Coliform (FC) in the river at Prayagraj, Professor Umesh Kumar Singh ...

At a time when many national and international media report on the atrocities committed against women in India, the stories ... gain more than men from better sanitation and hygiene.

Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

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 ...

As a result, according to India’s Central Pollution Control Board, fewer than half of them work effectively. 3 What’s more, India’s smaller towns cannot afford to build such systems. The good news is ...

A yoga event in Indore's dried-up nullah aimed to promote pollution-free water bodies. The programme, attended by local mayors and residents, highlighted the city's cleanliness achievements and ...

India's rapid urbanization is creating significant challenges, from infrastructure gaps, increase in pollution levels to rising affordable housing demands and the growing effects of climate change. By ...

In 2021, air pollution was a major global killer, contributing to 8.1 million deaths worldwide. India and China bore the brunt of this crisis, with staggering death tolls of 2.1 million and 2.3 ...

A recent report by Lancet on the impact of air pollution in India in 2019 says that 1·67 million deaths were attributable to air pollution, accounting for 17.8% of the total deaths. It also ...

Nearly one-third of India’s 1.4 billion plus population descended on the Maha Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu gathering held in ...