Most urban dwellers wouldn’t know just how bad the air they breathe is, a study evaluating the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has revealed. Most Indian cities lack monitoring stations needed for ...

But first, it’s important to address one misconception. Air pollution is largely considered an urban problem though data shows both cities and villages are equally polluting. As a result, rural ...

Local air pollution can also be checked by introducing mechanized cleaning of roads at night as against the present practice of manual cleaning that contributes to aggravating air pollution.

The death toll from India’s air pollution is elevated even in cities previously thought to have relatively clean air, underscoring how the problem extends beyond megacities such as Delhi ...

Lung cancer surge in India driven by smoking, air pollution, and low awareness Since air pollution knows no boundaries, emissions from rural areas contribute to urban air quality deterioration.

Pune: Indian homes are among prime contributors to worsening air quality in cities alongside pollution by usual suspects such as transport and power s.

A recent analysis reveals a significant summer surge in PM2.5 levels. Byrnihat tops the list of most polluted cities, followed by Faridabad and Gurugram.

The traffic crisis is also a public health emergency: even cities once thought to have clean air are now seeing spikes in pollution-related deaths. And the cost is uneven.

Clean air plans of just 25 cities contain information on emissions from different polluting sources. But this information does not translate into prioritised actions listed in the plan.

Air quality may seem like a local problem but we have 42 Indian cities among the world’s 50 most polluted, which shows that the problem of air-quality neglect is a pervasive national issue. We ...

More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India's biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading researchers to call for action to save tens of thousands of ...

Air pollution in India’s cities is a well known threat to urban populations. But new models of air pollution exposure suggest that residents in both rural and urban areas of Northern India die ...