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 ...

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 ...

Every winter, widespread crop burning in north India and weather ... to combine data from air pollution monitoring, satellite products and information on land use. We found that yearly PM2.5 ...

The DM also directed departments to submit verification reports for the 2024-25 afforestation drive and finalise land ...

This article is a part of Lung Connect India Foundation's initiative 'Lung ... and treatment. Delhi-NCR's pollution during October-November is largely of local origin, with stubble burning in ...

Globally, waste-to-energy (WTE) technology has emerged as a promising solution to the twin problems of waste disposal and energy generation ...

While anaemia is long known to be caused by iron deficiency, experts on Thursday noted that air pollution and vitamin B12 ...

Coastal areas, vital to India's industrial economy, have also experienced rising pollution despite the moderating effects of land-sea breezes. This increase is attributed to growing shipping ...

Considering the fact that India is the second-biggest coal user in the world after China, burning lower-quality coal in India will worsen global emissions.

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 ...

Mohali: The cessation of untreated water flow into a pond near Chhatbir Zoo has been delayed due to the pending acquisition of land for the sewage tre.