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According to medical journal The Lancet, over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution and some of the worst polluted cities of the world are in India. (Photo: PTI/File)

Delhi: Localised solutions to help fight pollution next winter

The DPCC had set up 20 new monitoring stations in November 2017 across the city, taking the total number of stations...

1 Feb 2018 7:48 AM IST

A mixed flock of Painted Stork, Large Egret, Indian Cormorant at Delhi zoo.

Hope flies away as fewer waterbirds seen at zoo this year

Although overall the number of majority of wild bird species has declined, the number of Painted Stork increased.

25 Jan 2018 3:04 AM IST

Govt may send scheme to L-G again for his nod

A final decision in this connection will be taken next week in a meeting between the health officials and health...

7 Jan 2018 3:29 AM IST

File picture of medicines.

Cap margin on drugs sold in pvt hospitals to 25 per cent'

The committee held several rounds of meetings with various stakeholders.

5 Jan 2018 2:49 AM IST

A flock of bar headed geese.

Pollution delays arrival of winter birds?

Environmental experts said that the species diversity and the number of birds have been fluctuating for some years now.

31 Dec 2017 1:45 AM IST

There are around 550 teachers working in 136 state-run night schools in the city.

Schools flout nursery admission norms

Moreover, Mahavir Public School is giving five points each to children of parents who are non-smokers, vegetarians, and...

29 Dec 2017 1:24 AM IST

Students of Number 26 Jaibai School.

Over 85,412 pupils drop out of government schools in 1 year

Shows RTI reply given to NGOs.

17 Dec 2017 2:07 AM IST

A traffic policeman, wearing an anti-pollution mask,controls traffic amid smog and air pollution which continues to be above dangerous level.

Parents of triplets bear brunt of smog

According to experts, during the winters when air pollution spikes several times, parents should avoid touching newborns...

19 Nov 2017 2:41 AM IST

Anumita Roychowdhury

Delhi-NCR has to reduce particulate pollution by as much as 74%'

No other city has seen so many news headlines on air pollution as Delhi has, says Anumita Roychowdhury.

12 Nov 2017 6:45 AM IST

People commute through smog in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Delhi air quality reaches alarming levels, primary schools shut

The Delhi government may reintroduce its odd-even scheme to regulate vehicular movement, Mr Sisodia said.

8 Nov 2017 2:50 AM IST

Manju, with her luggage and household items, at a makeshift camp for those displaced from Kathputli Colony.

Relocated Kathputli residents live in squalor

The residents of the area are also exposed to various infection and other health hazards.

3 Nov 2017 2:11 AM IST

A blue-capped rock thrush

Rare bird sighted at Okhla bird sanctuary

Last year, the bird was reported by the Delhi bird watchers at Sultanpur National Park and the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.

2 Nov 2017 5:35 AM IST