According to the World Health Organization, nearly 99% of people around the world breathe polluted air. It is an alarming reality that exposes everyone to harmful particles and increases the risk of ...

The Ministry of Environment is currently implementing several measures to control air pollution for the first time, as it aims to reduce the pollution caused by solid particles by 50 percent by the ...

New Delhi: In a bid to tackle worsening air quality in India’s major cities, the government has launched targeted clean air action plans across 130 cities with over 1 million residents each, minister ...

Each ward-level flying squad will include two engineers and one police officer, along with a vehicle equipped with a Vehicle Tracking and Monitoring System (VTMS), officials said BMC has already ...

Lung cancer accounts for a very large share of cancer deaths worldwide. Lung Cancer Awareness Month is the annual push to change that: to educate the public, name myths, promote screening for those at ...

Air pollution in Bangladesh is not just an environmental issue — it is a public health catastrophe. It is estimated that ambient air pollution causes 90 thousand deaths every year in Bangladesh.

The growing availability of low-cost air quality sensors is helping people across the world track air pollution. Headway The growing availability of low-cost air ...

T he implications of air pollution on health, education and work productivity dominate the headlines every winter, when air quality levels deteriorate to hazardous levels over north India. However, ...

New Delhi: Residents' groups and political parties have intensified calls for urgent measures to curb worsening air pollution in Delhi and NCR. Key demands include the temporary shutdown of ...