Air pollution

Starting October 15, stricter measures to fight air pollution will come into force in Delhi and its neighbourhood.

Air quality dips to 'very poor' in Delhi-NCR

3 min read . 13 Oct 2019

Delhi chief minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal (Ramesh Pathania/Mint file)

Kejriwal to address C40 summit via video conferencing on Friday

1 min read . 10 Oct 2019

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said studies have shown that the scheme helps to reduce air pollution. (HT)

Arvind Kejriwal brings back odd-even rule to control pollution levels

3 min read . 14 Sep 2019

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference as transport minister Kailash Gehlot looks on at the Delhi Secretariat, in New Delhi on Friday (ANI file)

Kejriwal claims pollution in Delhi down 25% in four years

1 min read . 06 Sep 2019

For the HOMEChem project, researchers deployed sensors and air quality monitors to make observations on change in air quality during regular activities such as cooking. (Photo: Callie Richmond)

Indoor air pollution: the invisible adversary

8 min read . 06 Sep 2019

PM2.5 is especially dangerous because it can travel far from its source, making pollution a nationwide issue (Photo: HT)

When breathing becomes scary

4 min read . 25 Aug 2019

Opinion | Why we need to look beyond the ‘electric’ smokescreen

Opinion | Why we need to look beyond the ‘electric’ smokescreen

4 min read . 07 Aug 2019

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit died on Saturday, 20 July, at the age of 81. (File photo: HT)

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Opinion | How Sheila Dikshit rolled out the world’s biggest clean air project

5 min read . 25 Jul 2019

IIT Kanpur, Ericsson partner to tackle Delhi's air pollution

IIT Kanpur, Ericsson partner to tackle Delhi's air pollution

1 min read . 25 Jul 2019

Exposure to outdoor particulate matter (PM) accounted for a loss of nearly one year and six months in life expectancy. Photo: AFP

Life expectancy in India down by 2.6 years due to air pollution: Study

2 min read . 11 Jun 2019

Samyakk Jain (left) and his father, who is a cancer survivor (Ishan Tankha)

Giving air pollution a face

1 min read . 07 Jun 2019

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani launched the pilot emissions trading project in Surat. (twitter@vijayrupanibjp)

Gujarat unveils India’s first emissions trading scheme to curb air pollution

2 min read . 06 Jun 2019

A view of a sand sculpture by sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik. (PTI )

1 lakh kids under 5 yrs of age die due to air pollution each year: Study

3 min read . 05 Jun 2019

Opinion | Breathing bad

1 min read . 05 Jun 2019

Both South-Asian monsoon and East-Asian monsoon are jointly referred to as Asian summer monsoon (AP)

Air pollution behind weakening Asian summer monsoon, shows study

2 min read . 17 May 2019

At least 40,000 machines are being used by agencies to monitor air pollution levels. (AFP)

India to develop own certification facility for air pollution monitoring

2 min read . 30 Apr 2019

(FILES) Buildings are seen on a polluted day in Beijing- (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

Asia's pollution exodus: Firms struggle to woo top talent

4 min read . 31 Mar 2019

Opinion | The suffocation that India needs to avert

2 min read . 06 Mar 2019

Stubble burning was banned by the NGT in 2015. (Sushil Kumar/ HT)

Study puts annual losses from stubble burning at $30 bn

2 min read . 05 Mar 2019

In five years, the economic loss due to burning of crop stubble and firecrackers is estimated to be $190 billion, or nearly 1.7% of India's GDP. (PTI)

Air pollution from crop stubble burning costing India $30 billion/year: Study

2 min read . 04 Mar 2019